Expertise in AI to redefine Pakistan's future economy: Ahsan Iqbal.

ISLAMABAD -- Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Professor Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday highlighted the importance of getting expertise in Artificial Intelligence (AI) to compete in the world markets and achieve the goals of national development.

'The AI is a new driver or paradigm which will redefine the (country's) future economy. Today in the world, AI is bringing a revolutionary impact in every sector,' he said while addressing a ceremony here.

During 2017-18, he said the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government had done a strategic intervention for putting the country in the 4th industrial revolution by setting up national centers for AI, Cyber Security, Automation and Robotic, Big Data and Cloud Computing, Applied Mathematics, GIS Technology, and Genomics.

'The future game is all about algorithms. The established centers were supposed to prepare us for the 4th industrial revolution,' he said.

The minister said these national centers contributed significantly during the last 4-5 years as they greatly...