The Dutch government plans to save €5 billion a year by significantly reducing its civil service, with AI having to absorb some of the administrative work.
The Dutch government announced on 27 October that it was cutting 25,000 public sector jobs, i.e. more than 15% of its central government workforce. The stated objective is to save around €5 billion per year, by relying on artificial intelligence to make public services more efficient. Concrete plans for the deployment of AI in ministries are due to be presented soon; no details have yet been given on the most affected administrations.
A growing trend
The move is among the most drastic so far by a state to adapt its administrative apparatus to AI. Other countries are exploring the same path: New Zealand is considering a reduction of comparable magnitude with a "targeted" approach to AI, while the United Arab Emirates wants to become the first "natively AI" government to compensate for its small population size.
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