But…what is a SuperSquad?
A practical, paid work experience programme where teens engage with real business and societal challenges.
This challenge brought together the expertise from the private and public sector with HMRC and GSS outlining the inner workings of the civil service, and Accenture inspiring them to think about emerging technologies
Over the 6 weeks, the Squad came up with 1,000 ideas, ranging from AI chatbots to policy simulators and safe street robots. This reflects a key principle of a SuperSquad; allowing space for the most diverse set of ideas to drive true innovation.
There was some skepticism amongst the Squad as they embarked on the programme with:
– 56.4% wouldn’t describe the government as “modern”
– 63.6% didn’t feel the government served them as a young person
As with many of our Squads, safety and security was at the forefront of the young person’s thoughts. Ideas in this space included disaster alert technology and disaster preparedness apps. Tech accessibility was also a key theme and the Squad could easily connect the dots between AI and chat bots to support government functions, both externally facing support with the public but also internally to the civil service.
The most exciting ideas were around bridging the gap between the government and the population. The VR sentiment tracker and OverseerAI both use emerging tech to interpret and predict the impact of policy change. As politics becomes increasingly divisive, it is encouraging to see young people looking for solutions to bring people together.
Interestingly a few weeks after the Squad finished, we were at Digital Commonwealth Mansion House Summit Series listening to Baroness Patricia Scotland, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth talk about the use of AI in government. She mentioned one great use case…a PolicyAI!
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