aceThings are changing behind the scenes, so you must decide: do you want human civil servants or AI bots? | The civil servant
Another day, another apocalyptic warning about the likelihood that rampantly uncontrollable artificial intelligence will solve all of our problems, including the problem of being alive. Hot on the heels of disgruntled Anthropic researchers announcing the end of civilisation by 2030, we’ve now had the portentously named Hugging Face incident, as well as the Australian government’s grim discovery of a rogue AI’s attack on its Medicare website. Swarms of experts are now falling over each other to warn us that much,…
Ministers are pursuing AI to cut civil service jobs and screen welfare claims, while staff consultation is low and transparency and standards are weak, which risks eroding public trust and human accountability.
This is an opinion column from a serving civil servant, and the claims about replacement plans are reported rather than verified. The author also states that the outcomes are not yet known.
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- JournalismThe Guardian2026-09-30
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