By Professor Andy Pardoe, Professor of AI at the University of Warwick, Chair of the Deep Tech Innovation Centre, and co-Founder of AI VentureFlows – a unique AI SEIS Fund
The artificial intelligence (AI) industry is moving so much faster than it has ever done before. For researchers, industry leaders and investors, understanding the landscape of AI and how it will evolve over the coming years is becoming increasingly important as AI plays a bigger role in every aspect of our professional and personal lives.
AI is no longer “just another tech wave or bubble.” Unlike previous AI winters, AI technologies are working at scale across many different applications and use-cases, delivering valuable insights and productivity gains. It is rewiring energy demand, compute economics, and national competitiveness. It is fair to say that it is reshaping the focus in academia, industry, economic and political domains.
From a national perspective, the UK has a deep and long-standing reputation in the field of AI innovation, which it is desperate to continue in this new era of AI, wanting to position itself as an AI Superpower, alongside the US and China. The UK has significant research and innovation talent, which, if supported and nurtured properly, could allow the UK to define the next generation of AI capability, leading the world in responsible and trustworthy AI.
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