Britain should prioritize AI adoption and investment in local computing infrastructure instead of competing with America and China in developing cutting-edge AI models. The UK lacks the resources, money, land, and energy to match the AI investments of the US, China, and Gulf States. The emphasis should be on deploying AI effectively across various sectors to boost productivity and innovation. Considerable investment in AI infrastructure is required to meet growth and security goals, but the current pace of development may not meet the target of 6 GW of AI-ready capacity by 2030.
The UK needs to take infrastructure seriously to remain competitive in the AI era, and fix systemic problems that cannot be resolved overnight.
Britain lacks the resources to keep up with the US, China and the Gulf States, which are pumping hundreds of billions into vast datacenters for AI training.
Instead of competing directly, the focus must be on deploying and widely adopting AI to demonstrate effective application across sectors including health, education, government, and science.
Following this strategy will require considerable investment in AI infrastructure; the UK government acknowledges this necessity in its AI Opportunities Action Plan.
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