Jamaica – Industry Minister Senator Orvin Hill said in a phone call that Jamaicans should be ready to embrace artificial intelligence (AI) as a new phenomenon and that artificial intelligence (AI) can be very useful if properly managed said it was.
AI is the ability of computers or computer-controlled robots to perform tasks commonly performed by humans.
Speaking to media and business people at this week’s two-day Outsource2Jamaica conference, Hill said that once policies are in place to ensure the responsible use of technology, society as a whole will make the most of it. He said most of the problems should go away.
“When this new technology comes along, it will bring challenges, but we are smart enough to band together to find a way to manage it. But what we’re trying to do is make sure that we’re cooperating with it, that we have smart people identify it, and that policy It’s clear that a government needs to exist to stand,” Hill said.
He cited concerns that AI could put some jobs at risk, noting that the advent of computers raised similar arguments.
“When we got computers, people said computers would replace humans, but the role of computers was to ensure that many young people became smarter. It has enabled us to use technology that we never knew existed, and the economy as a whole has grown—indeed, it has been driven by the technology sector for the last 30-40 years.”
Other participants at the outsourcing conference shared the view that AI could help Jamaicans be more productive.
For Sutherland Global Outsourcing Company boss Claude Duncan, effective use of AI can play a key role in increasing business efficiency.
“Imagine for a moment that there is an AI that allows a person without an engineering degree to do what an engineer does. The same jobs will soon be available for people with degrees.
“While this actually helps in some ways with more complex tasks, the only area that is not replaced is human-to-human interaction,” he argued.
Held May 10-11, Outsource2Jamaica Conference and Exhibition brings together global experts, technocrats, government officials, multilateral institutions, industry service providers, policy experts and aspiring creative professionals , learned and networked for the future of outsourcing. Industry (CMC)
