Co-author of Adopt, Innovate, Transform @sasjkia outlines the report’s main 5 asks of government to help encourage successful AI adoption:
1. Clarify a vision and the mechanisms for delivering it. The government must engage workers and trades unions to co-create and communicate a vision,
and then mobilise the machinery of government to deliver it.
2. Ensure everyone has access to the right technology. The
government must take steps to understand gaps and reform
procurement to improve access to both conventional technology and
AI – including by monitoring and scaling effective solutions.
3. Cultivate talent strategically. The government must map existing skills, establish progression pathways, promote
multidisciplinary leadership to deliver complex cross-government transformation, and raise pay strategically to get the right people in
the right roles.
4. Support and incentivise workers to make things better. The government must implement targeted support to help innovators get things done and ensure that they are properly rewarded.
5. Make AI synonymous with good and meaningful work. The government must work with unions to establish clarity on
protections, evaluate the impact on workers, and use technology to
create efficient ways for workers to understand and feed back on AI
use.
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