Foreign Policy: The U.K. Pivot to AI Is Doomed From the Start

https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/10/ai-uk-starmer-opportunities-plan1189169/

at frickin last - I wrote this in January and it's finally been published

archive: https://archive.is/RSU91

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11 Comments

plasticcheese@lemmy.one · 6 pts · 1y

The more I use various LLMs, the more I've come to realise that they have a tendency to confidently lie. More often than not, it seems an LLM will give me the answer it thinks I want to hear, even if the details of it's answer are factually incorrect.

Using these tools to decide and affect real peoples lives is a very dangerous prospect.

Interesting article. Thanks

SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Thank you for this much needed reality check. I don't understand why the Government are doing venture capital's bidding.

dgerard@awful.systems · 6 pts · 1y

Labour are all about the billionaire donors these days.

aaron@infosec.pub · -9 pts · 1y (7 replies)

Presumably 'AI' can make simple rules based decisions, if done properly (unfortunately, being the UK government this is a big 'if').

But what exactly is sacking a million people supposed to do to the economy?

froztbyte@awful.systems · 11 pts · 1y (6 replies)

Presumably ‘AI’ can make simple rules based decisions, if done properl

honest question: was this meant seriously, or in jest?

aaron@infosec.pub · -8 pts · 1y (5 replies)

Serious.

  1. Fill in form online
  2. AI analyses it, decides if applicant is entitled to benefits.

Why do you ask the question?

self@awful.systems · 10 pts · 1y (2 replies)

why do you think hallucinating autocomplete can make rules-based decisions reliably

AI analyses it, decides if applicant is entitled to benefits.

why do you think this is simple

aaron@infosec.pub · -9 pts · 1y (1 reply)

My excel spreadsheet does it on a daily basis.

This is boring.

self@awful.systems · 12 pts · 1y

good, use your excel spreadsheet and not a tool that fucking sucks at it

Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y

"AI" in the context of the article is "LLMs". So, the definition of not trustworthy.

froztbyte@awful.systems · 5 pts · 1y

citation/link/reference, please