Pat McFadden says the government wants "innovators and disrupters" in the civil service system. Delivering a speech in east London, the chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster says, "You might remember a few years ago, there was a call for weirdos and misfits in the system”. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00The huge benefits of technology, including AI, have to be felt in the delivery of public services as well as in the private sector.
00:09We're already using AI in parts of government. The Department of Education, for example, has funded an AI tool that can help teachers plan lessons.
00:17The Foreign Office uses digital technology to triage queries from British nationals abroad so that the right civil servants respond.
00:25We should expand this where possible to make things quicker, easier and cheaper.
00:29And we need the right people. You might remember a few years ago there was a call for weirdos and misfits in the system.
00:36Well, whatever term you want to use, we do want innovators and disruptors and original thinkers.
00:43And my message to creative thinkers is this is your chance to serve your country.
00:49Use your brainpower, your technological talents to fix some of the biggest problems we face today.
00:56Britain needs you.