The Science Secretary was speaking at a technology conference when activists staged their protest.
“CogX is meant to be a festival of the future, but if Shell get their way, there won’t be a future for any of us. It’s inexcusable that this conference is giving a platform to companies hell-bent on destroying the only home we’ve got, all for the sake of boosting their already gargantuan profits.
“There is no place for oily money in our politics or our society. We want to make it clear that any event or organisation that accepts oily sponsorship is complicit in the crises we see unfolding around us – and we will be disrupting them every step of the way.” Activists also protested over Shell’s sponsorship of the technology conference by disrupting two earlier panels where representatives from the oil giant were speaking.In her speech at London’s O2 Arena, the Technology Secretary told the festival that she wants to see “the UK as the home of AI safety and, by extension, the home of AI itself”.
“Those who lead on AI safety will lead on AI – and they will unlock the enormous benefits that come with it,” she said, listing possibilities such as curing diseases, faster and greener ways to travel, and freeing people from “thousands of hours of work lost to menial tasks”.
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