ISLAMABAD
\nArtificial Intelligence (AI) is a dual-use technology, which can be used not only for socioeconomic development but also for military purposes.
\nDirector General Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry remarked this while addressing a web-talk on \u2018Artificial Intelligence for Socio Economic Development in Pakistan,\u2019 organised by the
\nArms Control & Disarmament Centre (ACDC) on Tuesday.
\nEarlier in his introductory remarks, Malik Qasim Mustafa, Director ACDC, said that AI is widely accepted as the major driving force of the fourth Industrial Revolution.
\nThe COVID-19 pandemic has shown us how digital technologies and AI-based models have addressed public health management challenges. Likewise, AI can play a substantive role in achieving 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is high time for Pakistan to harness AI for its socio-economic development.
\n\u201cAI is a new electricity.\u201d Dr Yasar Ayaz said this in his webtalk. He highlighted the achievements and ongoing efforts of various research labs in the field of healthcare, medical image analysis, disaster management, Urdu speech recognition, crowd management, vehicle recognition system, firearm detection system, and advanced driver and training assessment system. While talking about the access of developing countries to these technologies, he said that in terms of AI infrastructure, the developed world is leading the race. However, the developing states are actively contributing their part in software development.
\nWhile expressing his views on the importance of data for AI, Dr Munam Ali Shah, Associate Professor Department of Computer Science, COMSATS, Islamabad, said that AI systems in every field rely heavily on big data and data analytics. There is a need to develop a data management system at the national level for efficient and intelligent use of data.
\nThe presentations were followed by an interactive question and answer session.
\nIn his concluding remarks, Ambassador Khalid Mahmood, Chairman BoG ISSI, stated that AI is a double edge sword. It could be used for military purposes and accelerates the progress toward socio-economic development. He also highlighted the key concerns like human-machine interaction, protection of human rights and the global digital divide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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