Sir Tony Blair has actually advised Britain to embrace AI physicians and nurses as he stated the world was 'in the foothills' of the greatest tranformation given that the Industrial Revolution.

The previous prime minister claimed AI could have an 'absolutely transformative' effect on public services by making them better, more affordable and more efficient.

He said, if he was in power today, he would be thinking of 'how you reorganise the entire federal government around how you welcome and gain access to this revolution'.

The ex-Labour premier detailed how 'all the routine tasks' in Whitehall could be freed up by innovation.

Sir Tony stated it was 'ridiculous' the UK hadn't yet made NHS information offered to harness innovation.

He also delivered a withering decision on the civil service, claiming it was a 'conspiracy for inertia' with a 'genius for soaking up the impetus for change and suffocating it'.

A recent Government explore AI - including 20,000 civil servants throughout 12 significant organisations - saved officials approximately 26 minutes a day.

It showed how AI tools could maximize Whitehall personnel from 'recurring administrative tasks' and provide higher worth for British taxpayers.

Sir Tony Blair claimed AI could have an 'absolutely transformative' impact on public services by making them much better, cheaper and more effective

The previous PM urged Britain to welcome AI medical professionals and nurses as he stated the world was 'in the foothills' of the greatest tranformation given that the Industrial Revolution

Speaking at the SXSW celebration in London, Sir Tony stated: 'We remain in the foothills of the most transformative transformation considering that the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century.

'Government's all about procedure, so you might utilize AI to speed up the process of the federal government, ensuring that we do, for example, all the regular tasks of federal government far more efficiently.

'You might be reacting to people in a far more delicate, faster, much better, more efficient way.

'If, for example, you're able to combine data sets across departments, you're going to save cash.

'You're going to evaluate, based upon health information, in a way that permits you to make much better health policy.

'And after that, when you look in public services, you ought to have the ability to customise education in the future.

'You could have AI tutors, you should have AI nurses, AI medical professionals. We are currently doing a lot of imaging much, better through utilizing AI.

'It will make [government] much smaller sized, more efficient, cost less and offer a much better service to the customer.'

Sir Tony stated AI was neither 'excellent' nor 'bad' however a power that required to be .

He prompted 'resistant' officials to accept the new technology, adding: 'When I was maturing, people said the civil service was a Tory conspiracy.

'And when I got in there, I understood it wasn't a conspiracy for the Tories or for Labour.

'It's a conspiracy for inertia, it has got a genius for absorbing the incentive for modification and suffocating it.'

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