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With AI
expected to play a very preeminent role in the future of mankind according to
most people who know about such things, let us try and look at how ready the
world at large is to embrace AI. According to a Stanford University’ s Global
Vibrancy Tool, the US, China, United Kingdom, India and the UAE are the top 5
nations in the world in terms of the vibrancy of their AI ecosystems.[1]
A BCG
report on the other hand hails Canada, Mainland China, Singapore, the UK and
the US as the AI pioneers constituting the top 10% economies of the world in
terms of AI adoption. The same report accords the status of ‘steady contenders’
to countries like Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France,
Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and
Switzerland. The “rising contenders”, according to the report are Brazil,
India, Indonesia, New Zealand Poland, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, UAE and Vietnam.[2]
For all the
debates raging around the world about the desirability otherwise of AI, there
is no denying the fact that AI is a seminal technology which will have the most
profound impact on human life than any other in the past. According to the UNDP’s
digital strategy humans and AI can work together to enhance and improve economic
growth, healthcare, education and transportation. At the same time there needs to be a
recognition that ethical and responsible use of technology for the good of society
is a necessary prerequisite for its widespread use.[3]
