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Category: Artificial Intelligence

Hacking Public Policy Making with AI

15 February 20221 March 2022
Raul Zambrano
Artificial Intelligence, Crowdsourcing, e-governance, Human Development
Modern Evidence-based Policy Making (EBPC) has been around for 25 years, imported into the mainstream from the health sector and its success with randomized controlled trials. The latter has now spread to many other sectors and research areas. A few Read more

AI National Policies – III

1 November 20214 December 2021
Raul Zambrano
Artificial Intelligence, Governance, Human Development, ICTD
Policy Evolution Comparatively speaking, AI national policies and strategies have evolved at a much slower pace than other digital strategies such as ICT, Digital Government, and Open Data. That might seem paradoxical given the systemic benefits and risks of the Read more

AI National Policies – II

15 October 20211 December 2021
Raul Zambrano
Artificial Intelligence, Governance, Human Development, ICTD
As mentioned in the previous post, policymakers should skip over the dominant technology-centered AI perspective and instead position AI as a multi-dimensional structure cutting across all sectors. Indeed, national AI policy effectiveness depends to a large extent on the AI Read more

AI National Policies – I

1 October 20211 December 2021
Raul Zambrano
Artificial Intelligence, Governance, Human Development, ICTD
National policy development on new digital technologies has become a staple since the emergence of the public Internet in the early 1990s. It has certainly not been limited to most advanced countries. Nations in the Global South have also climbed Read more

AI Topography

2 August 20211 December 2021
Raul Zambrano
Artificial Intelligence, Governance, Human Development, ICTD
For the last 30 years, the seemingly endless number of so-called technology revolutions invading our expansive yet decaying landscape has been accompanied by a proliferation of wide-ranging publications, usually playing catch-up while trying to predict the future on the spot. Read more

Waiting for yet another Industrial Revolution

5 July 202126 July 2021
Raul Zambrano
Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, e-governance, Economics, Human Development, ICTD, Innovation
The PC revolution. The Internet revolution. The mobile revolution. The social media revolution. The blockchain revolution. And the AI re-revolution. We seem to be living in times of Permanent Revolution. Also reminds me of the Age of Revolution that thrived Read more

AI and Development Policies

28 February 20211 December 2021
Raul Zambrano
Artificial Intelligence, Governance, Human Development, ICTD
Strongly supported by behemoth tech companies, the “ethical and responsible” AI discourse has managed to almost completely overshadow the relevant conversation on the potential socio-economic impact the resurgent technology might have in developing countries. While such discourse’s subtle agenda, apparently Read more

Greater “AI for Good”

22 January 20211 December 2021
Raul Zambrano
Artificial Intelligence, Governance, ICTD, Inequality
The proliferation of top, best, fails and prediction posts on almost any topic is now a staple of the annual transition from one year to the next. As the new year starts to see the light of day, we seem Read more

Better “AI for Good”

12 January 202115 January 2021
Raul Zambrano
Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Human Development, ICTD
While the dystopian camp perceives digital technologies as a formidable, perhaps even unsurmountable threat to society, those on the other, much more optimistic side do not seem to get tired of repeating its almost countless benefits. The latter camp apparently Read more

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