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The UK government wants to use AI to cut 66,000 jobs in the civil service

What could go wrong here? Particularly with regards to “welfare fraud, the asylum backlog”.

Dowden said adopting AI could be a “significant downward driver” in reducing the civil service headcount, with the government aiming to cut 66,000 jobs by the end of the next Spending Review. 

“It really is the only way, I think, if we want to get on a sustainable path to headcount reduction,” Dowden said.

“Remember how much the size of the civil service has grown as a result of the pandemic and EU exit preparedness. We need to really embrace this stuff to drive the numbers down. By doing those things better, you have to have fewer civil servants doing the administrative tasks that drive these things, which should lead us to savings both on headcount and on overall budget.”

Dowden is set to announce plans to invest £110m in the Incubator for AI, the Cabinet Office’s AI unit, and in emerging technology to speed up what he described as “dogsbody work”, according to The Telegraph.

The AI unit, which currently has 30 staff, was announced by Dowden in November as a “crack squad” to help reduce the size of the civil service, with a focus on five areas initially: welfare fraud, the asylum backlog, health, education services, and civil service reform

https://www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/article/ai-only-sustainable-route-to-cutting-civil-service-headcount-dowden-claims
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