‘New technologies, AI to help improve governance, enhance transparency in system’

Islamabad: Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunication, Shaza Fatima Khawaja has stressed the need for adopting Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning by modernising the country's education system and curricula to prepare the youth for skilled jobs, to empower and make them at par with rest of the world.

She was speaking at a seminar titled, “The Challenges and Opportunities of Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Cybersecurity in Pakistan”, organised by Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) here. The Minister said that the world is rapidly adopting AI, but Pakistan lags far behind the comity of nations. Leveraging AI technologies can help in establishing an effective governance system and transparency, and safe city traffic monitoring systems are the big examples in this regard, she remarked.

Dr Abid Qaiyum Suleri, Executive Director, SDPI said: “we are living in the age of unparalleled information and have become knowledge managers with limitless data, which is easily accessible”. However, with this opportunity, he added, “we must take on the responsibility for the ethical use of information”.

Prof. Dr Nasir Mahood, Vice-Chancellor, AIOU stressed the need for corresponding our response speed to the speed of AI transformation, increase investment in AI and ICT sector to promote indigenization to match the pace of rest of the world.