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government AI nicknamed Humphrey

2025-01-22 10:25:27 | Reading - politics/gossip
The photo of Sir Tony made me click the article.
This is the article regarding the UK government plan of investing to AI recently.

Government AI assistant named after ‘machiavellian’ sitcom legend
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ai-humphrey-yes-minister-whitehall-politics-b2683343.html

dub [Collins]If someone or something is dubbed a particular thing, they are given that description or name.
machiavellian
archaic - remember!
greenlight - greenlit - greenlit
hit out at
overhaul
antiquated
nonsensical
in a bid to
teething [Collins] When babies are teething, their teeth are starting to appear through their gums, often causing them pain.
lock away

[quote]Sir Keir Starmer has already greenlit a plan to use the immigration system to recruit a new wave of AI experts and loosen up data mining regulations to help Britain lead the world in the new technology.[unquote]

UKAI
[quote]That immediately makes people who aren’t in that central Whitehall office think that this is something which is not going to be empowering and not going to be helping them.[unquote]

One of the comments on the article is the most concern.
[quote] Today the main problem is that such systems must have 100% integrity and security. [..] But any classified or personal data used in the data mining operation must not be handled by outside systems or sources. [..] The system solution to their process is possible but the non government (foreign owned) people who perform the data extraction of personal medical data should not be ‘cleaning’ it and passing copies around the world! [unquote]

Antique system should be better to be replaced but it doesn't reduce significant cost, I think. Don't make My Number Card. Don't use My Number Portal.

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