Artificial Intelligence Committee
AI in the UK: ready, willing and able?
Report of Session 2017-19 - published 16 April 2017 - HL Paper 100
Contents
“As soon as it works, no one calls it AI anymore …”
Chapter 1: Introducing artificial intelligence
Defining artificial intelligence
Figure 1: Definitions of artificial intelligence
Box 1: Common terms used in artificial intelligence
Figure 2: Deep neural networks
Categories of artificial intelligence
Robotics and artificial intelligence 19
Machine learning: the power and promise of computers that learn by example 20
Data Management and Use: Governance in the 21st century 20
Growing the artificial intelligence industry in the UK 20
Industrial Strategy: Building a Britain fit for the future 20
Chapter 2: Engaging with artificial intelligence
General understanding, engagement and public narratives
Chapter 3: Designing artificial intelligence
Access to, and control of, data
Strengthening access and control
Box 3: The Competition and Markets Authority
Chapter 4: Developing artificial intelligence
Turning academic research into commercial potential
Improving access to skilled AI developers
Immigration and overseas skilled workers
Chapter 5: Working with artificial intelligence
Government adoption, and procurement, of artificial intelligence
Figure 5: Percentage of working people employed in each industry group, 1901–2011
Figure 6: How worried are you that your job will be replaced by AI in the near future?
Chapter 6: Living with artificial intelligence
Education and artificial intelligence
Impact on social and political cohesion
Chapter 7: Healthcare and artificial intelligence
Box 8: DeepMind and the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Chapter 8: Mitigating the risks of artificial intelligence
Criminal misuse of artificial intelligence and data
Box 10: UK Government definitions of automated and autonomous systems
Box 11: Definitions of lethal autonomous weapons systems used by other countries
Chapter 9: Shaping artificial intelligence
The AI Council and the Government Office for AI
Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
Box 12: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
A vision for Britain in an AI world
Box 13: Data Protection Impact Assessments
Summary of conclusions and recommendations
Appendix 1: List of Members and declarations of interest
Appendix 4: Historic Government policy on artificial intelligence in the United Kingdom
Appendix 5: Note of Committee visit to DeepMind: Wednesday 13 September 2017
Appendix 6: Note of Committee visit to Cambridge: Thursday 16 November 2017
Appendix 7: Note of Committee visit to BBC Blue Room: Monday 20 November 2017
Appendix 8: Note of SME Roundtable Event at techUK: Thursday 7 December 2017
Appendix 9: Recommendations relevant to the Government’s new AI organisations
Appendix 10: Acronyms and glossary
Evidence is published online at http://www.parliament.uk/ai-committee and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7129 3074).
Q in footnotes refers to a question in oral evidence.