Data integrity: Andrew Nind reflects on AI and the Quaker testimonies

‘Quaker testimonies can guide our response to the AI stampede.’

by Andrew Nind 27th March 2026

On 29 January, the government published a policy paper, ‘AI Opportunities Action Plan: One year on’, which features some bold – and entirely positive – claims about the benefits that AI will bring.  The government claims that, in that one year, it has ‘moved decisively from ambition to delivery’ by starting ‘the biggest skills drive in a generation… upskilling 10 million workers by 2030’ and ‘supercharging the economy’. In the state sector, it is ‘embedding AI into frontline services… creating thousands of jobs… [and expanding] public sector compute [sic] 20x’ by 2030.