OK, here's the "AI Opportunities Action Plan". https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-opportunities-action-plan/ai-opportunities-action-plan It's *utterly* meaningless; not a single mention of any actual *need*, or *how* any of this will help people. And the section on public sector […] - ThreadSky

Floppy.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy • 86 days ago

OK, here's the "AI Opportunities Action Plan". https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-opportunities-action-plan/ai-opportunities-action-plan

It's *utterly* meaningless; not a single mention of any actual *need*, or *how* any of this will help people. And the section on public sector […]

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pbarker.social.afront.org.ap.brid.gy•86 days ago

@Floppy Unfortunately, what it is likely to do is divert resources away from things we actually need.

katthernandez.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy•85 days ago

@floppy oh my goodness I had the same kind of experience. I'm a musician and recently earned a PhD in music, which means my luck is run out in terms of earning money! I turned to this new tool to try to figure out work and it just shot a bunch of hideous bullshit at me that totally sounded like […]

jim.social.openrightsgroup.org.ap.brid.gy•86 days ago

@Floppy If only we could ignore it!

Floppy.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy•86 days ago

@jim yeah, 'twas ever thus. I remember the great blockchain revolution of 20-dickety-seven, those were the days. I tied an onion to my belt, as was the fashion at the time...

Floppy.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy•86 days ago

And the thing is, because of this PR-driven moneylaundering shite, I know *exactly* what's going on in the various digital teams across the public sector today, as their leaders suddenly try to pivot them all to AI shit rather than *solving their institutional problems* which are *always* the […]

Floppy.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy•86 days ago

It makes me so angry that we're going round this roundabout AGAIN. The tiny little glimmers of useful insight in that report (and you have to read between the lines very generously) are *exactly* the stuff we've known for well over a decade, probably a lot longer, but don't deal with, because […]

Floppy.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy•86 days ago

As always, the useful work that gets done from this will be from good people just getting on with things, and managing to write the latest buzzword on just enough of their slides/reports/memos/proposals to satisfy the clueless that they're complying with the new direction.

Floppy.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy•86 days ago

OK, rant over, time to stop being angry, back to writing code and giving it away to people for free to make the Internet a less shitty place.

Because that's how we get shit done.

Floppy.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy•86 days ago

Turns out it wasn't time to get back to work. Instead, enjoy this handy point-by-point summary of the report!

> 1. Set out, within 6 months, a long-term plan for the UK’s AI infrastructure needs, backed by a 10-year investment commitment.

Someone should totally make committee to make a plan […]

Floppy.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy•86 days ago

> 2. Expand the capacity of the AI Research Resource (AIRR) by at least 20x by 2030 - starting within 6 months.

We need more computing power so that we can Do Stuff! Defining “stuff” is left as an exercise for the reader.

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kinghornbeach.bsky.social•85 days ago

I imagine a roomful of government ministers dropping phrases like "information superhighway" to show they know what they're talking about

mothninja.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy•86 days ago

@Floppy masterpiece of a thread, thank you

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