Omar bin Sultan Al Olama, UAE Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy, announced that his country will have one million experts in artificial intelligence systems within 3 years.
During his participation in the Arab Media Forum within the activities of the Arab Media Summit, the Minister said: “We have an initiative to teach a million people the ability to write commands for artificial intelligence systems launched by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Within 3 years, we will have a million experts and specialists, and their productivity will be Multiply the others, and we will find that Dubai and the Emirates will be able to surpass larger cities and countries and create great economic returns. In the Emirates, we are moving very quickly, and society is keeping pace with these developments.”
He added: “The loss of jobs or the creation of media jobs in the coming period will depend on the platforms, their ease of use, and our vision for the technologies. We cannot say that artificial intelligence will lead to the loss of jobs and describe it as an enemy in advance. The most important thing is that we have a positive vision. Artificial intelligence technologies will double productivity and represent an opportunity.” To create more job opportunities, jobs will be lost for those who do not keep pace with these technologies and developments. We have advanced legislation and regulatory bodies in the UAE, and we realize that there are great concerns among people about using artificial intelligence systems to manipulate public opinion in societies like America, especially with the anticipation of our presidential elections Legislation in the UAE is the first of its kind and the most advanced, preventing the use of artificial intelligence technologies in defamation and promoting immoral content and illegal uses.”
He continued by saying: “We welcome all media companies to work with us on developing advanced technologies using artificial intelligence with the aim of serving media work, and using these technologies to produce content. Today, I personally produce stories for my children using artificial intelligence, and I noticed that the impact of this simplified method on children was great, especially in “The ability to imagine and expand horizons. We want a media platform that produces content in line with our values and customs using artificial intelligence, and platforms that produce algorithms that help people understand what is going on around the world in a civilized and accurate manner.”
He stressed that "artificial intelligence will serve humanity, and that as a minister in the United Arab Emirates he must be aware of the risks and develop legislation to confront any challenges," and said: "We have a commitment to our people in the Emirates and to future generations so that our country will be the best and strongest economically, politically and socially."
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