Tony Blair on how Britain will be 'left behind' unless it embraces AI revolution | Today Programme
Speaking ahead of the The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change's Future of Britain conference former PM, Tony Blair, joined Nick Robinson to discuss how the only 'long-term solution' for economic growth is 'the full embrace of this technology revolution.'
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As someone living through the effects of his previous revolution, I think I’ll give him a wide berth
@just-a-yt-guy
19 күн бұрын
You can give him a wide birth (which is sort of irrelevant) but you can't do the same to AI. It is hear to stay and will affect everyone's lives.
Blair ought to stop yelling from the sidelines, its distracting and unhelpful. He could give advice to the current government when they ask for it, but otherwise he should probably find a hobby and stop acting as though he's still in power. Same could very much be said of Cameron - in fact, to a much greater extent, given his economic vandalism.
@sacredgongs
21 күн бұрын
Sidelines,he's in the driving seat.
@KS777-h1w
21 күн бұрын
@@sacredgongs only if your a crazy conspiracy nut
@sacredgongs
21 күн бұрын
@@KS777-h1wok prick
@sacredgongs
21 күн бұрын
@@KS777-h1w ok Tony
@wayneabel5421
21 күн бұрын
@KS777-h1w at this point it's just theory's as conspiracy turn out to be right far too often especially where Tony is involved
Blair having faith in AI? yeah since it's more dangerous than nukes.
We have the imagination. We do the start ups but we sell them off to foreign companies. The government needs to change the law to prevent foreign ownership like other countries do.
How is this criminal not banned from discource about society. He should be in a cold dark cell.
@declantill8864
21 күн бұрын
Well mainly because he's not a criminal
@blazzz13
21 күн бұрын
By that logic, you need to add Cameron for Libya
@Matick-
21 күн бұрын
@blazzz13 happy to do so. You will find no love for Cameron from me
@Matick-
21 күн бұрын
@user-mw9bd2ey6s In an honest world, he would be charged with war crimes.
@George-px6xe
20 күн бұрын
Criminal? For helping remove a horrific dictator who was using chemical weapons on his own people?
Why does anybody give Lionel Blair airtime? More red wine on his plate than Fred West and Harold Shipman.
Keeps pushing digital ID. He's always pushing an agenda.
I heard Blairs interview, heard his solutions. But while he was droning on I had the impression that they all sounded too easy, just salesman's BS. I think that's how he got into power.
@mrwu2
19 күн бұрын
He's still in power. You think you voted for starmer lol?
@RollaArtis
19 күн бұрын
@@mrwu2 All I know is that people didn't vote for the Tony Blair Institute..
@mrwu2
19 күн бұрын
@@RollaArtis well they did because they were duped. The election was rigged with the process starting to ensure a labour victory with the 'right man for the job' in 2019
@neilrobson3064
13 күн бұрын
@@mrwu2Listen to yourself - childish conspiracy theories…..
@mrwu2
13 күн бұрын
@@neilrobson3064 You are blind to the truth. Must have voted for him haha. You think Starmer's path to downing Street was the result of normal and fair democratic procedure? Haha
He obviously knows more about AI than the tech experts. Half the people working on creating AI are saying we need to slow down and take pause
@kathleenswift7979
21 күн бұрын
He'll have some financial interest in it, he's like a window salesman who won't leave til you accept what he's pushing.
@jmh9741
19 күн бұрын
I work in AI. Worlds about to be a very different place.
@just-a-yt-guy
19 күн бұрын
Unfortunately if you slow down you will be left behind I can guarantee Chine (etc) will not pause. What needs to happen in parallel is that governments need to look at what needs to be done to control the use of AI - as they are doing.
@kathleenswift7979
19 күн бұрын
@@just-a-yt-guy they will use ai to control.
@jmh9741
19 күн бұрын
@@just-a-yt-guy are govs really?
Where's he planning to invade with these AI robots then.
He reminds me very much of one of the villains in C.S. Lewis's much underrated sci-fi novel That Hideous Strength. Something about that paradoxical bloodless zeal about him. Frightening stuff.
Is it just me or does it sound like Tony Blair is running the country ??
@AurumEtAes
12 күн бұрын
His tendrils run deep into the State via his Institute of Global Change
@Romulan2469
6 күн бұрын
Of course he is. He is texting Starmer every day apparently and high up on his agenda was ID cards.
@ehnowthen
13 сағат бұрын
He is.
War criminal
@dylanblack8487
5 күн бұрын
Traitor!
AI will just put more people out of work.
@NorthSon
20 күн бұрын
It’s inventible. Automation and AI technology will advance if we like it or not, if not us the advances will come from China, the US or the EU. These advancing technologies could put us closer to being a more productive nation, with that a universal basic income will eventually be necessary.
@vicicooper4720
20 күн бұрын
Which is why it is foolish to allow so many people to join our ranks.
@vicicooper4720
20 күн бұрын
@@NorthSon Totally agree.
the problem with revolutions, and more so with revolutions on top of revolutions, is that victims fall by the way side. the crucial question: what does this mean for employment? will more and more people be out of work because AI has taken over? how many human jobs will be lost? where will people who lost their jobs go? what is in the "revolution on top of the revolution" for them? or will this mean the hardening of the divide between those who control AI and those who do not? Blair is not totally being transparent here...
@AurumEtAes
12 күн бұрын
And why is he so in favour of massive unskilled immigration to a country that doesn’t have job opportunities to offer them, outside of care home work that people lie about being willing to do to get a visa to come and chasing wildly oversubscribed gig economy work like Deliveroo rider, and is going to lose do many jobs to AI and automation in the coming years? There’s literally no way to justify it. Future jobs will be highly skilled roles programming and coding future generations of AI software and improving automation hardware
Probably has shares in the AI industry 🙄
@capri2673
15 күн бұрын
I think it's more sinister than that but yeah, he'll be making money off it.
To those who commented about blair, would you have watched if it was someone else?
@just-a-yt-guy
19 күн бұрын
His message is still on point. It is stupid that some people reject his message outright just because it is someone they don;t like giving it.
@tommyrix7793
13 күн бұрын
Never watched you clown just commented on his character as he has previous.
@undesignated3491
6 күн бұрын
@@just-a-yt-guy What message has he given. Britain is not a superpower, it doesnt need top universities it needs a functioning government that looks after its own people. Why care about top university when you import millions of under educated people in late adulthood. AI is gonna be down on the list !
@undesignated3491
6 күн бұрын
And yes i would of watched it for the comic effect
.. google his son... heavily invoved in AI...See you next tuesday
A big problem with AI doing a civil servant's job would be that an AI can't whistle-blow if things aren't right - AI seems to appeal to top-down managers seeking total control, which is perhaps a cause for concern (only opinion, not an expert)
@just-a-yt-guy
19 күн бұрын
AI will be absolutely be able to do a policing/whistle blowing role if that is what it is asked to do. No reason at all why it could not.
@peterfludde1206
17 күн бұрын
@@just-a-yt-guy Thank you for replying. I see your point. The thing is though that "if that is what it is asked to do" is exactly the difference: humans know how to be awkward, and do things they're _not_ asked to do, which can be annoying for managers but can also challenge bad practice. Best wishes.
Interesting he talks about DWP and getting AI much more heavily involved to make the service better. I think at this point it’s time to abolish all in person appointments and get rid of job centres for that purpose. Many of the existing buildings could be emptied of office desks and made into small community hubs where job seekers are invited regularly to meet local employers and see some of the latest vacancies. People would still have to engage with the system via their online portals and either take part in live chat appointments or telephone/videos but overall the system could be moved towards compassion and genuine support rather than intimidation and fear. I understand there are people in DWP who genuinely nice and want the best for job seekers but unfortunately there are plenty who are not like that, and invariably those nastier elements are pulling the strings on decision making in that government department. Hopefully Mel Strides departure will allow for a proper rebuilding of the culture of that place which for a long while now have been toxic and hostile towards very vulnerable people.
This man should not be getting air time. Secondly he harps on about 'technology' like my grandad, God rest his soul, used to talk about the 'interweb'. Retire to the garden Tony.
@Romulan2469
Күн бұрын
You mean retire to prison where a war criminal belongs.
Imagine conducting an interview where it’s claimed that 40% of the tasks done by people could be done without people, and not asking how society manages that impact to jobs and the great mini in the workforce who aren’t going to become engineering wizards. Ah wait, I just watched one! Typical London bubble - okay I know the BBC studios aren’t in London these days but the thinking still is.
@AurumEtAes
12 күн бұрын
Labour / the left is a big proponent of mass migration of low skilled and unskilled people into the West, who often have little or no language skills for their destination country. What exactly does he expect these people to do in a high tech future where AI and automation keeps on wiping out jobs? Pay them all Universal Basic Income, because there isn’t enough productive work for low skilled people to do?
How much do big tech companies give to the Tony Blair Institute?
@just-a-yt-guy
19 күн бұрын
That does not change the fact he is absolutely right. Countries that are not leading in the AI tech revolution will be left behind, and consequently become poorer and thereby provide poorer services to its citizens.
@nickjourno
19 күн бұрын
@@just-a-yt-guy garbage. It’s just more big tech dream time.
@just-a-yt-guy
19 күн бұрын
@@nickjourno and it was people with views like yours, that when early computers came out in the 1970's and 80's, that they were just toys or a fad etc etc and were only good for typing a letter. Now they are in every part of our lives, and if they are not in yours it is only because you are either in a 3rd would country, or you are a luddite.
@HSstudio.Ytchnnl
18 күн бұрын
AI is more dangerous than nukes... & Blair is happy
@jacquelineloaring2438
14 күн бұрын
@@HSstudio.Ytchnnl Blair is not a nice person.
Why do we need Al for all we go forward we really go backwards. This man stuffed our country years ago, now interference is there with every move he makes.
@TimComley
21 күн бұрын
He’s bit brighter than you
@paulmartin7271
21 күн бұрын
@@TimComley you must like using chatgpt instead of thinking
There is no way this man actually fully understands "ai". For one he is throwing it around like the buzzword it is. But secondly, he's a lawyer/politician, not a tech expert. He does not understand this subject at all as much as he thinks he does, I am sure of that.
@tonywilson4713
21 күн бұрын
Aerospace engineer here - you have summed that up perfectly. AI is the most overhyped technology I have ever seen. Its like every couple of years there's a new hype product and the less understood it is then the higher the level of hype. Basically the more you see people hying something the less you should want to have anything to do with it. Look at what happened with crypto & FTX. There's a giveaway into these sorts of people making these claims. They keep of saying _"we COULD do"_ They rarely say _"here look at what this CAN DO."_ In other words its all conjecture if what they propose will work.
@odysseussiren4274
21 күн бұрын
@@tonywilson4713Beautifully said. Thank-you!
@twyscape
21 күн бұрын
@@tonywilson4713lol. As an engineer you should know better. The possibilities of artificial intelligence are limitless. Why are the magnificent 7 companies pouring billions of $ into the development of it? It’s not because it’s overhyped. Software that can automatically learn and do the braindead tasks (bookkeeping, filling in spreadsheets, planning your diary) to free up productivity hours. It will assist with speeding up medical research which is critical with diseases. It’s going to be used in education, travel, engineering of all types, the possibilities are insane. From your comment, it appears that you are just as green about Ai as Mr Blair. I’m somewhat in the Ai industry as an engineer, and I can tell you it’s going to change the world over the next few decades to come.
@tonywilson4713
21 күн бұрын
@@odysseussiren4274 Thanks - Look at the other reply I got from the Kool Aid drinker. And I do recommend Adam Conover's interview with Ed Zitron. I am actually playing it through again as I type this. He actually strips down the whole system and lays it out bare.
@aion5837
21 күн бұрын
@@twyscape So all these 'advances' should just happen without due governance? Splitting the atom gave us cheap energy while at the same time could destroy the entire planet. How will AI manage permanent mass unemployment?A logical AI solution would be to greatly reduce the global population. What do human beings then become? Expendable?
If Blair still has an audience in UK, UK is doomed
Well, Britain is already behind…😢
@NorthSon
20 күн бұрын
3rd in the world in terms of AI advancements. We could be a big player in this emerging field and profit from it. It will advance regardless if we like it or not. We could get ahead and benefit from this.
@JonAlexGQ
7 күн бұрын
So let's just stay behind shall we? And lick our wounds.
War Criminal
I wonder what investments he has in AI and Digital ID's
@NorthSon
20 күн бұрын
Probably a lot. It’s a smart thing to invest in, it’s an emerging technology that’s going to bring in large amounts of money. I’ve made money from investing in AI. You should look into it too.
You leave things another 10 or 20 years until the solution is so blindingly obvious and cheaply commodities off the shelf just like batteries, PCs etc 😅
Just testing if my saying that KZread deletes all my comments on this toerag’s interview is also censored
LOCK HIM UP
Mr Former PM Tony Blair appreciated as PM as kind man ( certainely no mystery on that for you ) let me tell you more than a colleague more than a question to me let me invite you to create a think tank small caps i have told 😅 adding the humain science realizing many progress about the questions you ask 😅😅😅 one or two weeks a professor Ph D Sociology was invited 🙂🙂🙂🙂
Riding on someone else’s coat tails. This is not the time to up your profile.
The Tony Blair institutes biggest donor is Larry Ellison - co owner of Oracle. What is their major product that has been highly invested in? AI tools. And so the siphoning off public money to private investors continues.
Criminal
this dude actually did it. He came back to power in Britain.
AI’s a fantastic tool, I used it to sex-up a dossier I was working on the other day…
@lintburn
21 күн бұрын
Yawn. He was bang on about Corbyn tho. An utter disaster for Labour and the country . Oh how the far Left hate a Labour government
I wonder what AE companies the Blair family have got investments in? Health care AI- he wants access to NHS records because the data would be worth billions.
I feel sorry for Tony for when judgment day comes from God. He's in deep trouble.
The UK today is a Nation up to it’s neck in DEBT, public as well as private. The only solution is printing more money and paper IOUs which will affect the value of Sterling. The result as we are witnessing today is…. INFLATION.
Tony Blair must feel really oot o' place when returning back hame tae Scotland.
I bet the comments will get turned off. Anything old Tony on gets shut down 9n the comments. I wonder why maybe it's because he's a war criminal
" Delighted to be joined " - By a war criminal - nice one
He needs to shut up.
@TimComley
21 күн бұрын
Is that your argument 🙄
@petrichor649
21 күн бұрын
@@TimComley it is.
@CalumnMcAulay
21 күн бұрын
Don’t think so… he is basically outlining the importance of embracing AI which will be absolutely critical for our future prosperity and survival
Blaire is so full of hypocricy its almost unbelievable. But hes there, so I believe it. Everything he says, he does the opposite. What did he says before, during and after being PM? Small government, free markets. What did we get? Big government, more rules and constitutional reform. What does he say about AI? Increase productivity and make public sector jobs more efficient? Can anyone seriously imagine, in any universe, Blair cutting public sector jobs to replace them with AI. The man swaggers around pontificating for hours about all his great ideas. But when it comes down to the real business of doing the work he does the opposite or nothing.
Thanks Tony, but I'll stick to genuine intelligence.
I agree with him, but the question is, how how should ai be embraced and applied
War criminal!!!
PAYED OFF , COTTAGER
The keyword is future. Investing is all about the future. Where are things going, where should things go? Get your money there and leave it.
most successful prime minister sees john major
Who gives a toss what you think?
AI will be great at “cooking the books”. Also great at TAX avoidance. Also great at money making money from money and from nothing else. I’m other words…..business as usual.
Best Prime Minister this country has had so far!
@johnlaw4513
20 күн бұрын
Including the Iraq war!
My data is not yours to share Tony
Immigration tony you sure f it up
Screw the digital id... I do not consent B- liar..
BLAIR YOU end up with the Face you Deserve. ( Mr.G Orwell)
@dot222able
20 күн бұрын
He looks like Josef Fritzl 😂
The Endgame is to Connect the Human Brain 🧠 to A.I 🤖
We have all had more than enough of Blair's thoughts and influence.
abudoakurvaanyjat
blair ❤
we need a college for knowledge said the president JFK we need the formers PM as catalysts not only given the directors lines&plans isn't that Correct Mr former PM Tony Blair ?? 😁😁 speaking about the collabaration between the public &private sectors The Siamese Brothers 😗😅 the professor PhD chemistry visiting me in a private lab and talking with the director of the lab also Ph D chemistry 😁😁 don't forget us that The training tax you pay 😅😅we are ready to receive 😆😆
Why isn't he in prison?
Shame
We have to use AI but don't kid yourself you got to watch out, Tony Blair should shut up though, interview Elon about AI not Blair
Low growth low productivity,! And why do you thin that is if the far east can make the same product for one third the price. or even less. The pound is our problem.
Best Prime Minister in my lifetime. Labour should use his talents.
@stayhappybetrue
21 күн бұрын
they did
War criminal!
@TimComley
21 күн бұрын
Desperate mate
All the liebour voters finally realizing they just put Tony Blair back in power hahahah 🎉
Propaganda
Who paying Blair. Big tech giants must be lining his pockets again.
@br0wnkrak3n70
21 күн бұрын
Whilst Johnson...whilst Cameron...surely they have had their pockets well and truly lined with money...PPE contracts are just one example.
@andys2856
20 күн бұрын
Bill gates
It begrudges me to say he's right ... but he absolutely 100% is. I was preaching this in 2016. We needed to be ahead of the curve, not lagging behind it... the UK has been in the wilderness since Brexit, now... stay calm and carry on. and bloody well get on with it. Ai or die ... literally
War criminal