Sir Tony Blair has advised Britain to embrace AI doctors and nurses as he said the world was 'in the foothills' of the greatest tranformation because the Industrial Revolution.

The previous prime minister declared AI might have an 'absolutely transformative' effect on civil services by making them better, less expensive and more .

He stated, if he was in power today, he would be considering 'how you reorganise the entire government around how you accept and access this transformation'.

The ex-Labour premier outlined how 'all the regular jobs' in Whitehall could be freed up by innovation.

Sir Tony stated it was 'ridiculous' the UK had not yet made NHS data available to harness development.

He likewise provided a withering decision on the civil service, declaring it was a 'conspiracy for inertia' with a 'genius for taking in the inspiration for change and suffocating it'.

A recent Government explore AI - involving 20,000 civil servants throughout 12 significant organisations - saved officials approximately 26 minutes a day.

It demonstrated how AI tools might free up Whitehall staff from 'recurring administrative tasks' and deliver higher worth for British taxpayers.

Sir Tony Blair declared AI could have an 'absolutely transformative' influence on civil services by making them better, more affordable and more effective

The former PM urged Britain to welcome AI physicians and nurses as he stated the world was 'in the foothills' of the biggest tranformation since the Industrial Revolution

Speaking at the SXSW festival in London, Sir Tony stated: 'We're in the foothills of the most transformative revolution considering that the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century.

'Government's all about procedure, so you might utilize AI to speed up the process of the government, ensuring that we do, for instance, all the routine jobs of federal government much more efficiently.

'You might be reacting to individuals in a a lot more delicate, faster, much better, more effective method.

'If, for example, you're able to combine data sets throughout departments, you're going to conserve money.

'You're going to analyse, based on health information, in such a way that allows you to make better health policy.

'And then, when you search in public services, you need to be able to customise education in the future.

'You could have AI tutors, you ought to have AI nurses, AI physicians. We are already doing a lot of imaging much, better through using AI.

'It will make [federal government] much smaller sized, more efficient, cost less and provide a better service to the customer.'

Sir Tony said AI was neither 'great' nor 'bad' however a power that required to be harnessed properly.

He urged 'resistant' officials to welcome the brand-new innovation, including: 'When I was growing up, people said the civil service was a Tory conspiracy.

'And when I acted, I understood it wasn't a conspiracy for the Tories or for Labour.

'It's a conspiracy for inertia, it has got a genius for soaking up the inspiration for modification and suffocating it.'

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