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鈥淧eople are too gloomy about AI, particularly in the developing world it is seen as a threat, that people are going to be using AI systems, rather than offshoring jobs and the like. That's true, but you could use AI yourself and develop solutions to the challenges you have in your community, in your country, and create unprecedented wealth.鈥�

麻豆社 presenter Ed Butler speaks to Karim Beguir, co-founder and boss of InstaDeep, Africa鈥檚 biggest AI firm.

InstaDeep鈥檚 technology played a key role during the pandemic, tracking new disease variants to support the development of targeted vaccines. And while he acknowledges artificial intelligence does need control and direction, he believes it has the potential to bring enormous benefit to the developing world.

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Presenter: Ed Butler
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