Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani chaired the first meeting of the Supreme Committee for Artificial Intelligence today, Wednesday, during which the Iraqi National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence was reviewed, and the most important aspects, projects and applications that the government will support in this field.
The meeting discussed, according to a statement by the Prime Minister’s Office, the need for Ministries and state institutions to include projects and legislation related to artificial intelligence, introduce its terms into educational curricula, and establish the first educational platform that works with artificial intelligence, and in smart applications that are currently being worked on within the tasks of ministries, and in development fields.
Al-Sudani referred to the government’s procedures for digital transformation in drawing up a general policy without taking the role of government agencies, stressing that adopting this path represents a priority in the government’s work in orde
r to support its steps in reforming the Iraqi economy, as well as in using artificial intelligence applications in applications of the technological revolution, and in various activities and life sectors.
Al-Sudani stressed that Iraq preceded other countries in the region in introducing artificial intelligence studies into academic studies in Iraqi universities, stressing the importance of benefiting from the experiences of advanced countries by adopting information security legislation and ethical oversight in technology security, especially since terrorism is constantly trying to use technology and cyberspace to carry out its crimes and recruit individuals, as well as employing artificial intelligence to diversify the Iraqi economy, especially in non-oil sectors.
The Prime Minister directed the need to benefit from young talents and promising energies in all regions of Iraq, to protect them from exploitation by crime gangs, extremism and terrorism, and the importance of focusing on the training program fo
r youth that will extend to the governorates, through the robotics and artificial intelligence clubs affiliated with the Supreme Council for Youth to consolidate the concepts of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency