UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham favors reining in AI, while Donald Trump has dismissed fears about its potential threat as a “hoax.” Britain’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, and Donald Trump described their first meeting as positive, but a key area of dispute emerged: AI regulation. Burnham has advocated a single set of global principles and standards to govern artificial intelligence, while the US president has described fears about the technology’s potential threat as a “hoax.” The potential rift must be seen in the context of Trump being almost halfway through his second term, Peter Kellner, the former president of the pollster YouGov, told TVP World’s World Talks program. “In two and a half years’ time, there will be another president,” Kellner told the program on Wednesday. “If it is a Democratic president, then I think there will be an appetite for a big international agreement.” The world after Trump Kellner argued that neither Burnham nor the EU see much point in trying to change Trump’s mind on the issue and that they should instead prepare for a “post-Trump world.” He suggested that the UK should work with like-minded countries such as Canada and EU member states “in the hope that Trump’s successor will want to join in the process.” Kellner went on to say that China might also have a place in this process. “And let's hope that the development of AI has not got so out of hand between now and early 2029 that it's too late to regulate it,” Kellner said.
