The growing use of artificial intelligence around the world; Where does Pakistan stand?
Cervical cancer diagnosis in women will now be done through artificial intelligence (AI) at Dr. Akbar Niazi Teaching Hospital in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan.
This will be a first of its kind experiment in Pakistan.
The hospital acquired the technology with the help of China and officials hope that the technology will help in understanding the average of 5,000 cases of the disorder every year.
In different countries of the world, through artificial intelligence, its use is increasing not only for medicine but also for research in many fields.
AI A New Milestone:
While the changes coming from the use of AI i.e. artificial intelligence in many fields,
including the defense field are proving to be a new milestone in technology, there are also many concerns and concerns faced by experts.
Is Pakistan ready for AI
What is Artificial Intelligence? Talha Ahmed, an Information Technology (IT) expert based in Lahore, says that in simple words,
artificial intelligence can be understood as programming it by combining the information available on the Internet on any specific object or topic.
The content should be converted and presented with the help ofAI.
He said that for example, if you want to know which are the best restaurants for Chinese food in Karachi.
So artificial intelligence will be able to inform you about many places based on the content obtained from Facebook, X and other social media platforms including booking websites etc.
National Artificial Intelligence Policy:
Artificial Intelligence Policy of Pakistan On the other hand, the government has drafted the National Artificial Intelligence Policy 2022,
which aims to provide a “user-friendly and evidence-based, future-agile policy framework” to enable Pakistan towards a digital economy and society. Preparation is said to be.
The policy draft states that Pakistan has a unique opportunity to take advantage of the digital world by educating the youth population.o
Who can play a vital role in shaping our national future and on the path of development.
According to the policy paper, it aims to improve the lives of citizens as well as ensure responsible and transparent use of artificial intelligence technology.
Policy for AI in Pakistan
Experts say that the formulation of artificial intelligence policy is an important milestone to transform Pakistan into a knowledge-based economy.
But there is still a lot of work to be done. According to Talha Ahmed, artificial intelligence is the future of technologies and its arrival cannot be stopped now.
This is the only way to drive economic growth, especially in the services sector.
He said that in this regard, there is a need to establish the necessary system to adopt a workable framework, for this it has become necessary to make a national strategy.
Formulation Of Artificial Intelligence:
Experts say that the formulation of artificial intelligence policy is an important milestone to transform Pakistan into a knowledge-based economy. But there is still a lot of work to be done.
Can Artificial Intelligence Technology Help Control Forest Fires:?
He said that so far the presidential initiative for artificial intelligence, establishment of Center for Artificial Intelligence and Computing,
establishment of National Center for Artificial Intelligence and Sino Park Center for Artificial Intelligence are important efforts in this regard.
However, according to him, it is important to adopt a policy to make the impact of these institutions possible in the national development.
A framework is also essential to prevent misuse of AI Nauman Haider, engineering manager at TechStart, a company working on various apps for the US and European markets,
says that there is a lot of potential in artificial intelligence in Pakistan and it will also help in accelerating the socio-economic development of the country.
But what is worrying is the lack of a legal framework to prevent misuse of the technology.
He said that policy makers need to address this issue at an early stage so that misuse of technology can be prevented and positive uses can be implemented.
New era of AI
Policy makers need to address this issue at an early stage so that misuse of technology can be curbed and positive uses can be harnessed, Naha said.
On the other hand, Foreign Secretary Cyrus Qazi, speaking on the same issue last week,
said that the world needs to develop a legally binding framework to control the responsible use of cyberspace and artificial intelligence technologies,
for which Ben International cooperation is essential.
He said that Pakistan strongly supports fair, unconditional and equal access to new and emerging technologies for all countries and opposes unnecessary restrictions on access to emerging technologies.
