Sir Tony Blair has advised 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 former prime minister claimed AI might have an 'absolutely transformative' influence on civil services by making them much better, cheaper and more efficient.

He stated, if he was in power today, he would be considering 'how you reorganise the entire federal government around how you accept and gain access to this revolution'.

The ex-Labour premier laid out how 'all the routine tasks' in Whitehall might be released up by innovation.

Sir Tony said it was 'absurd' the UK had not yet made NHS information available to harness innovation.

He also provided a withering verdict on the civil service, claiming it was a 'conspiracy for inertia' with a 'genius for absorbing the impetus for change and suffocating it'.

A recent Government explore AI - including 20,000 civil servants across 12 major organisations - conserved officials approximately 26 minutes a day.

It revealed how AI tools could free up Whitehall personnel from 'recurring administrative jobs' and deliver greater value for British taxpayers.

Sir Tony Blair declared AI could have an 'absolutely transformative' influence on public services by making them much better, more affordable and more effective

The previous PM prompted Britain to welcome AI medical professionals and nurses as he said the world was 'in the foothills' of the most significant tranformation because the Industrial Revolution

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

'Government's everything about process, so you could utilize AI to speed up the process of the federal government, making sure that we do, for instance, all the routine tasks of federal government far more effectively.

'You might be reacting to individuals in a much more sensitive, much faster, much better, more effective method.

'If, for example, you're able to combine information sets throughout departments, you're going to save money.

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

'And then, when you look in civil services, you ought to be able to in the future.

'You might have AI tutors, you ought to have AI nurses, AI doctors. We are currently doing a great deal of imaging much, better through using AI.

'It will make [government] much smaller, more effective, expense less and provide a much better service to the consumer.'

Sir Tony stated AI was neither 'good' nor 'bad' however a power that required to be utilized properly.

He prompted 'resistant' authorities to welcome the brand-new technology, adding: 'When I was maturing, individuals stated the civil service was a Tory conspiracy.

'And when I acted, I realised it wasn't a conspiracy for the Tories or for Labour.