S2 Ep8: What tech ministers get wrong about AI

What should a technology minister in a developing country actually focus on when it comes to AI?Umar Saif, computer scientist, former minister of Science and Technology, and IT, in Pakistan, and AI company founder, joins the Ideas in Development series on AI to discuss why data and politics, not technology, are the real bottlenecks to AI in developing countries.In this wide-ranging episode we discuss what he learned from his time in government, why the rush towards sovereign AI capacity may be a costly distraction, his worries for the future, and where he is optimistic.Read the full show notes on our Substack: https://ideasindevelopment.substack.com/