English PM #RishiSunak is currently in Washington DC, pleading with Joe Biden for the UK to be allowed to lead a global effort on #AI regulation. As previously reported, neither Biden nor the ROW is listening.
You have to give little Rishi marks for trying. #RuthDavidson, former manager of the Tory branch office in Scotland, recently described Sunak as an "earnest and industrious chinchilla". Which was nice of her.
The UK is full of BS, on the one hand we try and boast that we are 'leading the world' or will 'lead the world' when it comes to online safety, granted we have had a pandemic, but before the pandemic the government announced their online harms bill, (online safety bill)
Fast forward to June 2023, we still don't have this on the statuate books, other countries have taken the idea and acted and created laws to help protect users. Back in November 2022, we had the take over of twitter, since then it has slid in to the cesspit it is today, a Daily Mail article saturday from a facebook whistleblower highlights how their algoritms help amplify problems.
We have just come out of a major hack on Capita and some of the largest UK companies, the government are just sleep walking perfer to argue they don't need to hand over whatsapp amessages unredacted to the covid inquiry, apparently boris has already done so, court case is costing taxpayers HOW MUCH?
The UK and other countries need technical skills, doctors, nurses (all STEM subjects) and we still fail to prioritise this, no wonder no one is listening we are a joke. To add to the problems, if you are studying post doc you are welcome, just you can't bring family members with you, which is just crazy and hardly going to encourage people to move.
