Space engineer says AI to become ‘real helper’ of humanity in years to come An engineer who pioneered space communications in the UK has said Artificial Intelligence is to become a “real helper” of humanity in the years to come.
Ian Jones is the founder and chief executive of the Goonhilly Earth Station Limited, the world’s first private “deep space operator”, which helps organisations like Nasa and ESA, as well as some private companies, to communicate with their space crafts in deep space – all from the Goonhilly Downs site near Helston, Cornwall.
Commenting on Sir Keir Starmer’s announcement earlier this week that the Government has plans to make the UK an AI “superpower”, Mr Jones said: “I think that in the UK, we’ve been looking at the potential problems that AI could bring.
“AI by now has read every book and has read every page on the internet, and so, it has the ability to really help and inform us, to move more quickly, and to use that capability to get ahead – and to help others to get ahead.”.
Speaking after the ceremony, Mr Jones said: “It’s really astonishing what’s happening in AI now.”.
