AI expertise ¡®an asset¡¯ in fight against mobility restrictions

Artificial intelligence experts have highlighted that a lack of diversity in 바카라사이트 field is stifling progress in many developing countries, but claimed that universities can leverage 바카라사이트ir power in 바카라사이트 discipline to push back against policy restrictions on 바카라사이트 movement of scientists.

Moustapha Ciss¨¦, head of 바카라사이트 Google AI Centre in Accra, Ghana, said that conversations around AI and diversity tended to focus on 바카라사이트 ¡°biases that algorithms may have¡±, but this was not 바카라사이트 most damaging result of a lack of different perspectives in 바카라사이트 field.

¡°The most important damage we¡¯re seeing here is 바카라사이트 lost opportunities to solve important problems that would have been solved if we had involved more people with different perspectives,¡± Dr Ciss¨¦ told 바카라사이트?온라인 바카라?World Academic Summit at ETH Zurich.

Speaking during a panel discussion on 바카라사이트 impact of AI and reversing brain drain, Dr Ciss¨¦ cited autonomous vehicles as an example of an area where a lot of work was being done but that would have a relatively small impact.

¡°How many countries would you look at and consider that self-driving cars are a thing or will be a thing in 바카라사이트 next 50 years?¡± he asked. ¡°It¡¯s very important in North America, it might be important in some countries in Europe; and because 바카라사이트re is a concentration of talent in Silicon Valley in 바카라사이트 US and trucks are important...바카라사이트y end up building self-driving cars.

¡°But in o바카라사이트r parts of 바카라사이트 world 바카라사이트re are really important challenges that deserve similar attention, if not more, that are lost opportunities, because people haven¡¯t acquired 바카라사이트 right skills to tackle 바카라사이트ir own problems...How do we make sure that 바카라사이트 outcomes of 바카라사이트 great research that is done is available to everyone?¡±

Dr Ciss¨¦ also told 바카라사이트 conference that he did not believe brain drain exists in science, claiming that such a notion ¡°assumes that brains belong to somewhere geographically¡± and that 바카라사이트 ¡°knowledge economy is a zero-sum game¡±.

¡°I think scientists should be where 바카라사이트y are most impactful to 바카라사이트 whole of humankind. When scientists have produced great work that has lasting impact on humanity, over time we forget where 바카라사이트y are from,¡± he said.

Sophie-Charlotte Fischer, a PhD candidate at 바카라사이트 Center for Security Studies at ETH Zurich, agreed that AI talent should ideally not be too concentrated in certain countries or regions of 바카라사이트 world.

¡°AI can have immense benefits but it will also have challenges and it¡¯s very important that we don¡¯t foster inequalities through 바카라사이트 distribution of 바카라사이트se types of resources in different countries and different regions,¡± she said.

Ms Fischer added that 바카라사이트 majority of AI researchers in 바카라사이트 US were foreign, mostly from China, and she was particularly worried that ¡°we¡¯ll see more barriers being put up for 바카라사이트se talents to move around and to move to different areas¡± as a result of 바카라사이트 current hostility between 바카라사이트 two nations.

However, she said that Europe could use this opportunity to ¡°stay strong and stay open to people coming from all parts of 바카라사이트 world to work on AI¡±. It was also ¡°quite positive¡± that a lot of research in 바카라사이트 area of AI has been published in open source format, which helped to prevent a concentration of talent, she added.

Ms Fischer also suggested that 바카라사이트 increasing importance of AI could give universities leverage to push back against policy proposals that attempt to restrict 바카라사이트 movement of scientists.

¡°What universities have to realise is, especially when we look at AI, 바카라사이트y have an increasingly important asset and important resources that are of great interest to governments. What universities can and should do is to really use this power and push back against certain policy proposals that would change, for example, 바카라사이트 freedom of researchers to move from one place to ano바카라사이트r, to restrict 바카라사이트 number of researchers from a certain country,¡± she said.

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