The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was ranked second in the world in societal awareness of artificial intelligence, after an opinion poll revealed a high rate of confidence of Saudi citizens in dealing with artificial intelligence products and services in the Kingdom, according to the Artificial Intelligence Index Report, in its sixth edition (Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2023) issued by the University of Riyadh. Stanford USA during the month of April.
This report serves as a comprehensive source for policy makers, researchers, and industry professionals to better understand the current situation of artificial intelligence and future trends, and indicated that the Kingdom ranked second in the world after China in terms of positivity and optimism of Saudi citizens towards artificial intelligence products and services provided in the Kingdom during the current and future phases.
The survey included a number of criteria, the most important of which was the extent of “society’s knowledge of the benefits and value of artificial intelligence products and services.” Saudi Arabia ranked first in the world, equal to China and ahead of South Korea and the United States of America, in a question about “the positive impact of artificial intelligence products and services on the lives of participants In the survey during the next 3-5 years”, while Saudi Arabia ranked second in the world, ahead of South Korea and Brazil when talking about “whether artificial intelligence products and services will make the lives of the participants in the survey easier.” Saudi Arabia also came in second place in the world, ahead of India. France and Russia, when participants were asked “about their knowledge of the benefits and value of AI products and services.”
The leadership’s interest in artificial intelligence is prominent, as Crown Prince and Prime Minister Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud indicated this in his speech during the G20 Summit 2019 in Osaka: “We live in a time of scientific innovations, unprecedented technologies, and unlimited growth prospects. New technologies such as: artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things, if used optimally, will avoid the world a lot of harm and bring the world a lot of huge benefits.
The leadership’s interest in this technology was also evident by the establishment of the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SADAIA) in 2019 to officially manage this file in the Kingdom as the competent authority in the Kingdom with data (including big data) and artificial intelligence and the national reference in everything related to them in terms of organization and development. And deal, in a way that guarantees the advancement of the Kingdom to leadership among economies based on information, data and artificial intelligence.
After that, the Kingdom proudly continued its efforts to compete for the first positions in the world in the field of these advanced technologies, how not when in 2020 he called on all dreamers, creators, investors and opinion leaders to join us in the Kingdom to achieve together this ambition and build a pioneering model to unleash the value of data and artificial intelligence to build knowledge economies Upgrading our present and future generations.
With this great support, the Kingdom occupied the first place in the Arab world in 2020, and the 22nd place in the world in the global index of artificial intelligence, compared to the 29th place in the world in 2019, according to the “Tortoise Intelligence” index report, amid the great ambition of the Crown Prince that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia be one of the best countries in the world in terms of intelligence. artificial intelligence.
Okaz (Riyadh)