As Sarah O'Connor (FT) argues, while Govt.s want to 'unleash' the potential(s) of AI & associated technologies, voters are more sceptical about the positive impact of such deployment, not least as historically technological change's immediate negative impacts hit workers hard(er).

as she sums it up:
'many people feel they are in a speeding car without either a seatbelt or their hands on the wheel. In those circumstances, nobody should be surprised if they vote to hit the brakes'

#AI #workers

@ChrisMayLA6 The sole "potential" of AI is how much money it might potentially make people with far too much of it as it is.

@beemoh

Well, without wishing to support AI's deployment - for it to potentially make money, it much be offering something to someone.... which is not to say we should be welcoming it, only that its 'potential' is highly;y focussed but not just on those supplying it....