Burnham is set to tell the UN General Assembly in his speech that Britain can be an “honest broker” in containing threats from Artificial Intelligence after King Charles publicly warned of its “existential dangers.” Burnham said the UK could sit between the United States and China – at risk of being wooed by AI doomerism…
He said: “We are, I think, uniquely positioned to play a leadership role on AI and it’s very clear to me that the G20 presidency gives us that opportunity.” No10 has briefed that Burnham will pitch himself as the Gordon Brown/2009 G20-style co-ordinator, but for AI. Oh boy…
Elsewhere Burnham will continue his ‘cost of living interventionism’ doctrine by asking Trump to end the Iran war quickly. Why hadn’t he thought of that?
Asked by Lobby hacks about his past comments on Trump (“any UK politician who gave Trump the time of day should be ashamed right now”) Burnham was blithe:
“Politicians say things throughout their career, but now the important thing is to focus on the moment you are in.”
Were it so easy…