Our Future of Britain initiative sets out a policy agenda for governing in the age of AI. This series focuses on how to deliver radical-yet-practical

Governing in the Age of AI: A New Model to Transform the State

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2024-07-09 11:00:08

Our Future of Britain initiative sets out a policy agenda for governing in the age of AI. This series focuses on how to deliver radical-yet-practical solutions for this new era of invention and innovation – concrete plans to reimagine the state for the 21st century, with technology as the driving force.

Governing in the Age of AI: A New Model to Transform the State is a joint report by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and Faculty.

Contributors: Benedict Macon-Cooney, Jeegar Kakkad, Roger Williams, Rachel Irwin, Ursule Kajokaite, Laura Britton, John Gibson, Nijma Khan, Paul Maltby, Sona Hathi-Rehman, Filip Wolski

There is little doubt that AI will change the course of human progress, much like previous general-purpose technologies that dramatically reshaped the world around them. But unlike past waves of change, much of the foundational infrastructure for AI is already in place: the internet and data, cloud and storage, chips and compute. The scope and scale of change will be vast. And it will come quickly.

The private sector is already making historic investments in its future. With chips and data centres, leading tech companies are building infrastructure that surpasses 20th-century mega-projects such as railroads, dams and even space programmes. But across the corporate world leaders all face a choice: invest in AI capabilities or risk perishing.