Michelle Donelan MP, a government minister for the Conservative Party administration in Britain, has said that AI applications along the lines of Chat GPT have great potential, and that officials should not be afraid of embracing the technology to help them run the country.
It comes as artificial intelligence gains ground in other parts of Europe, with Romania’s prime minister unveiling what he claims to be the world’s first AI government advisor last week.
Donelan, whose own professional background is in marketing for the likes of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), reportedly believes that AI technology can have a role in aiding governance, saying that it was now up to officials to figure out how best to utilise the likes of chatbots in the work of government.
“We should never be afraid of these technologies. We should be embracing them,” the minister told The Telegraph.