Albert King, the Chief Data Officer of the Scottish Government, discussed the key aspects involved in Scotland's artificial intelligence (AI) strategy in a session of Cognilytica's AI in Government speaker series. The country prioritizes data as a means to improve decision-making and enable national goals.
The Scottish government first committed to the development of an AI adoption strategy in 2019, which led to the ongoing delivery of the technologies starting in 2021. Although the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the process, King notes the positive side of the lockdown, which led to more collaboration across the entire country as Scottish officials worked virtually.
"Our approach enabled us to understand public views as well as those of experts to engage the public in a debate, and to understand, fundamentally and importantly, where leadership is required in order to shape the way we adopt AI and data driven technologies in our society," he says.
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The Scottish government first committed to the development of an AI adoption strategy in 2019, which led to the ongoing delivery of the technologies starting in 2021. Although the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the process, King notes the positive side of the lockdown, which led to more collaboration across the entire country as Scottish officials worked virtually.
"Our approach enabled us to understand public views as well as those of experts to engage the public in a debate, and to understand, fundamentally and importantly, where leadership is required in order to shape the way we adopt AI and data driven technologies in our society," he says.
Continue reading: https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/96746-the-4-tenets-of-scottish-ai-adoption
