Science Secretary Peter Kyle said he supported children doing their homework with AI if they were “using it the right way,” and the tools could be used to “overcome barriers” for neurodivergent children.
Kyle said there were children with “real talents” who could use AI to “turbocharge” their learning and “give them a challenge they’re not getting in other places.
“So we need to help people use this, but it should never be a replacement for the expertise of teaching. That’s the key thing. We need to get it right.”
He told the Observer that he wanted the UK to be at the “cutting edge” of AI technology rather than “buying off the shelf from others”.
The details of the plan are yet to be announced, but Kyle was adamant that attracting tech investment would not come at the cost of weakening safety standards.
“And none of our basic protections for children and vulnerable people are up for negotiation… Safety is not something that is pitted against economic investment.”
Kyle added that “all the constituent elements” of the success of Silicon Valley in the US were available in the UK, but currently, they were “not coming together.
However, he acknowledged that AI could ” disrupt ” British jobs in the future but insisted that it would “also create a lot of new jobs.”
“I’m not someone who thinks we should just sit back and let this technology wash over our economy and pick up the pieces afterwards.
“We got into Government for a reason. We’re a Labour Government. We want to make sure that everyone from every background uses this technology safely, and safety is baked in at the outset, but we fully explore the potential, and we use the power of Government to make sure that equity is baked in at the outset.”
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