UK workers wary of AI despite Starmer’s push to increase uptake, survey finds
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Exclusive: A third of those polled do not tell bosses about use of tools and half think AI threatens the social structure

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It is the work shortcut that dare not speak its name. A third of people do not tell their bosses about their use of AI tools amid fears their ability will be questioned if they do.

Research for the Guardian has revealed that only 13% of UK adults openly discuss their use of AI with senior staff at work and close to half think of it as a tool to help people who are not very good at their jobs to get by.

  • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Sam Altman, the co-founder of OpenAI who has signed a memorandum of understanding with the UK government to explore the deployment of advanced AI models in areas including justice, security and education.

    Oh good. All sectors that are easily automated and don’t require anything in the way of skill and nuance.

    It’s a shame we can’t get an automated government, I think most people would be in favour of that.