Evidence week: Shaping the future of AI

<p>The UK government has recently pledged to put around £14 billion into supporting the development of artificial intelligence over the next few years.  But because AI comes with perils as well as promises, careful policy decision are going to be crucial. In order to make such decision in an informed way, politicians need to interact with the mathematicians and scientist who develop AI.</p> <p>In this episode of Maths on the Move we talk to mathematician <a href='https://people.bath.ac.uk/mascjb/'>Chris Budd</a> who recently went to Parliament for something called <a href='https://senseaboutscience.org/evidence-week/'>Evidence Week</a>, where he and other AI researchers talked with MPs and Peers from the House of Lords. Chris tells us about the discussions he had with politicians — about the worrying issue of bias in AI, its promising applications, for example in the medical arena, and also about the fact that AI is built on mathematics. A strong maths education, starting at primary sc...