Is Artificial Intelligence the way forward or backward?

Contrary to popular belief, artificial intelligence has been a cornerstone of technological progress for much longer than the past few years. Computer scientist Alan Turing brought forth the concept of computers solving complex human problems with his invention of the Turing Machine in 1936. This machine provided solutions to a

Deepening democracy in an AI-enabled world

In 2002, the Human Development Report (UNDP) focused on ‘Deepening Democracy in a Fragmented World’. It was an important discourse then [and still is] that evoked lot of insightful cross-regional exchanges of ideas. It reiterates that politics matter for human development because people everywhere want to be free to determine

Importance of incorporating 4IR skills into the curriculum

Bangladesh is home to 169.4 million people and is considered to be the eighth most populous country in the world. Bangladesh is considered to be a developing nation and it highly aspires to be an upper middle-income country by the year 2031. With the emergence of the 4IR (Fourth Industrial Revolution)

China’s AI and Western anxiety

China’s tech advances may well end up ending the conventional Western notions of “freedom and democracy” in the world.  Leading Western tech leaders are concerned that the emergence of an AI-powered bloc led by China could completely dominate this century’s geopolitics.  US opinion makers and leaders may know that no