Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 11:14 am on 9 November 2023.

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Photo of Michelle Donelan Michelle Donelan The Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology 11:14, 9 November 2023

The opportunities from AI are limitless, and they can transform our public services. In fact, that is already happening. We see our doctors detecting cancer earlier, and we see us utilising the technology to try to tackle things such as climate change more quickly. In relation to jobs, my hon. Friend is quite right that AI, like any technology, will change the labour market. If we look back to 1940, we see that 60% of jobs we have now did not actually exist back then. AI will create new jobs, and jobs we cannot even think of, but it will also complement our jobs now, allowing us more time to do the bits of our jobs we actually train to do—for example, assisting teachers to have more time in the classroom and doctors to have more time with patients.