Sir Tony Blair has urged Britain to accept AI doctors and nurses as he said the world was 'in the foothills' of the most significant tranformation because the Industrial Revolution.

The previous prime minister declared AI might have an 'absolutely transformative' effect on civil services by making them much better, more affordable and more effective.

He stated, if he was in power today, he would be considering 'how you reorganise the entire government around how you embrace and access this transformation'.

The ex-Labour premier described how 'all the routine tasks' in Whitehall might be maximized by innovation.

Sir Tony stated it was 'unreasonable' the UK had not yet made NHS data offered to harness innovation.

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

A recent Government try out AI - including 20,000 civil servants across 12 significant organisations - saved authorities approximately 26 minutes a day.

It demonstrated how AI tools might maximize Whitehall staff from 'recurring administrative jobs' and deliver higher worth for British taxpayers.

Sir Tony Blair declared AI could have an 'definitely transformative' influence on civil services by making them better, more affordable and more efficient

The former PM urged Britain to accept AI doctors and nurses as he said the world was 'in the foothills' of the greatest tranformation since the Industrial Revolution

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

'Government's everything about process, so you could use AI to speed up the procedure of the government, ensuring that we do, for example, all the regular tasks of federal government a lot more efficiently.

'You could be responding to individuals in a much more delicate, much faster, better, more effective method.

'If, for example, you have the ability to combine data sets throughout departments, you're going to conserve cash.

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

'And then, when you look in public services, you ought to be able to personalise 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, much better through utilizing AI.

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

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

He prompted 'resistant' officials to accept the new technology, adding: 'When I was growing up, people stated 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 taking in the inspiration for modification and suffocating it.'

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