Role of UN Agencies in Leveraging AI | Fred Werner, Head, Strategic Engagement at United Nations' ITU
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Show Notes
With our lives depending more and more on technology, AI has pushed the boundaries, simulating human reasoning in AI systems. It has raised the efforts of human resources, going against the fear that it might make them obsolete.
But, how can AI be used for the larger goof of humankind instead of just focusing on business interests? Today, we discuss the same on how a UN Summit, AI for Good, works to collaborate to leverage AI to achieve sustainable development goals.
Fred Werner is the Head of Strategic Engagement at the United Nations ITU. He is also the executive producer of AI for Good Global Summit.
Fred explains the meaning of ITU, which is the United Nations Specialised agency for information and communication technology. He talks about the organisation's three key activities:
- Allocate and harmonise radio spectrum
- Develop International Standards on Telecommunications and information communication technologies
- Capacity Building by helping developing countries.