It slightly depends on what they think their job is, doesn’t it? If it’s “spouting plausible rubbish” then Gen AI is spot on. If they’re actually looking to do some proper work, then probably not.
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I have a plausible answer: No.
sep 2, 2025, 10:47 am • 0 0 • view
"Is it your job to do anything correctly?"
sep 2, 2025, 5:58 pm • 0 0 • view
youtu.be/HqjhHVUzl8o?...
sep 2, 2025, 11:23 am • 0 0 • view
With your digital futurist hat on - if you were an MP with a case load - not the speeches bit - is there any scenario where AI could or should be used?
sep 2, 2025, 10:14 am • 0 0 • view
Problem with using AI to help with case load is that it would require uploading some potentially very sensitive information. MPs should never, ever use any model that folds uploaded data into its training model. That would not just betray a constituents' confidentiality, it could be dangerous.
sep 2, 2025, 10:34 am • 0 0 • view
Depending on the AI used - the data should be protected. www.computerweekly.com/news/3666141... learn.microsoft.com/en-us/copilo...
sep 2, 2025, 10:43 am • 0 0 • view
Which goes back to what Nick was saying about formalising its use across MPs
sep 2, 2025, 10:44 am • 0 0 • view
Heh.
sep 2, 2025, 10:43 am • 0 0 • view
"Should". Sadly, my trust with this stuff is limited.
sep 2, 2025, 10:53 am • 0 0 • view
Yes, let’s use Microsoft instead of running models locally using Ollama (or similar) 🤦♂️
sep 2, 2025, 11:12 am • 0 0 • view
Yeah, running a local - circumscribed - system seems like the obvious choice, but a) it multiplies the resource problem and b) government culture feels very much geared to push the other way: acquire as much data as possible.
sep 2, 2025, 11:23 am • 1 0 • view
Maybe. It wouldn’t be the Gen variety, but you might be able to do some interesting stuff with a more serious application. Trouble is it’s likely to be messy - like the crime prediction systems which basically replicate our prejudices.
sep 2, 2025, 10:20 am • 4 0 • view
But… traffic flow for public transport? School places? Health risks and hospital beds? All kinds of things seem plausible, with good data and an awareness of what the system can and cannot do with it.
sep 2, 2025, 10:22 am • 3 0 • view
Traffic control? What could go wrong? 🦈
sep 2, 2025, 10:47 am • 0 0 • view
“When driving, ignore Left and Right signs. These are merely political slogans.” - Gerald Hoffnung
sep 2, 2025, 10:56 am • 0 0 • view
Ah. Flow. Design. Not real time control.
sep 2, 2025, 11:20 am • 1 0 • view
I am sure Firewatch said much the same thing at the start... 😅
sep 2, 2025, 11:28 am • 1 0 • view
But it’ll take work and sensible governance! So… maybe.
sep 2, 2025, 10:23 am • 5 0 • view
I’m interested in that dataset analysis. IBM describes it as a form of Generative AI. www.ibm.com/think/topics... At some point (like now), we’ll have to see the limitations, and I think the reaction will be to set some regulations (restrictions) on its use. The genie is out.
sep 2, 2025, 10:31 am • 0 0 • view
The public discourse is so hyped that the terns of art are a bit broken. ML vs AI vs AGI etc. Say, then, that eg an AlphaFold for traffic flow seems plausible to me, but I’m concerned about the quality of human social data.
sep 2, 2025, 10:43 am • 1 0 • view
And certainly I’d be hesitant about whether an individual MP - already under-resourced given the gravity of the job - has access to the necessary staff, data, expertise & compute. Maybe a group?
sep 2, 2025, 10:26 am • 3 0 • view
My biggest concern with MP's using AI for constituency work is that they will be sharing sensitive and personal information with the AI provider, perhaps without consituents realising this is the case. There's a Data Protection element to it that, as you say, individual MP's may not appreciate.
sep 2, 2025, 10:40 am • 0 0 • view
At this point I’d be happy if a government would accept the basic notion of privacy in the digital space.
sep 2, 2025, 10:45 am • 2 0 • view
You could almost treat the question as a litmus test of whether someone is a good MP.
sep 2, 2025, 10:06 am • 19 0 • view
And you should.
sep 2, 2025, 10:12 am • 1 0 • view
The Voight-Cunt Test?
sep 2, 2025, 10:24 am • 2 0 • view
*crying* 🤣🤣🤣
sep 2, 2025, 10:26 am • 2 0 • view
There are a LOT of pro writers - including me - who would give their time to write speeches for an MP they believed in if, let’s say, that MP’s budget wouldn’t stretch to a speech writer even part time.
sep 2, 2025, 10:07 am • 14 0 • view
Of course, that would require MPs to behave with decency or risk losing their writer. You couldn’t… I don’t know, go on Newsnight and spout crap about refugees and trans people, because then I’d bin your speech.
sep 2, 2025, 10:10 am • 18 0 • view
I can imagine a sketch whereby the writer slips a few last minute changes into the final draft.
sep 2, 2025, 10:13 am • 1 0 • view
Maybe we could replace MPs with an elected AI model in each. constituency? Vote for the desired outcomes and model weights, parameters and hyper parameters. A socialist paradise lies ahead!
sep 2, 2025, 10:09 am • 1 0 • view
It would probably do a better job than the legions of advisors they employ. But they will keep the advisors and replace the civil servants with AI.
sep 2, 2025, 10:07 am • 0 0 • view