Scope of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Pakistan - Arsal Javaid | 2020

Artificial Intelligence is a dominant subject that is broadly addressed in technology and marketing cliques. Many specialists and enterprise analysts around the globe argue that AI is the future but if we observe around, it is dawned on us that it’s not the future — it is the present. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a wide-range discipline of Computer Science that aims to stimulate human intelligence processes in machines i.e computer systems. Pakistan is presently concentrating on making progress towards the state of the art technologies, and our current government is well aware of it as it is working for the youth and looking progressive to digitize our beloved country Pakistan.

“Predicting the future is not magic, it’s Artificial Intelligence.”-Dave Waters

(Artificial Intelligence)

The scope of Artificial Intelligence in Pakistan has risen due to national initiatives like the Presidential Initiative for Artificial Intelligence & Computing (PIAIC). This initiative is also rendering a trio of courses other than AI which is Blockchain, Internet of Things, and CloudNative and Mobile Web Computing. The course of AI consists of three fundamental disciplines i.e Data Science, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning.

In this AI program, a trainee will be able to know the foundations of AI and how to deploy the AI solution and all the other work in practice. So, if you are optimistic to step in the new era of computing enabled by the rise of Artificial Intelligence, sign up yourself for an AI program and different other IT programs in the current PIAIC.

The mission of PIAIC is to reshape Pakistan by revolutionizing education, research,
and business by adopting the latest, cutting-edge technologies.

The introduction of AI in our education is essential to equip our next generation with AI fundamentals, basic programming, and digital skills. Pakistan Education Department is now at a quicker pace towards introducing AI into its scientific and technical study programs, for this purpose different universities throughout the country have started implementing AI and Robotics research laboratories where the students can learn, develop, deploy, experience and practice AI skills. The following are some of the distinguished research centers that are contributing to the overall AI development in Pakistan:

1. National Center of Artificial Intelligence-Islamabad
2. Artificial Intelligence Research Laboratory-Lahore
3. Research Center for Artificial Intelligence-Karachi
4. Robotics and Automation Research Laboratory-Peshawar

“Artificial Intelligence is about replacing human decision making with more sophisticated technologies.”-Falguni Desai

AI Education in Pakistan

In the world of science and technology, it is very important to furnish ourselves with the latest methods, techniques, and technologies in order to surpass competitive countries in this field. Pakistan is one of the glorious countries with great IT manpower and the AI program in Pakistan is called a future subject.

And so, there is immense scope for the degree holder of AI to get an excellent job with an elegant salary package. In Pakistan, many jobs are available in initial and professional stages such as an AI Expert, Robotics Process Analyst, AI Interaction Designer, Cognitive Copywriter, and many more will be in the pipeline in the upcoming time.

“Artificial Intelligence is likely to be either the best or the worst thing to happen to humanity.”-Stephen Hawking

(AI is the future)

More or less, Artificial Intelligence is picking up prominence quickly in Pakistan, changing the manner in which we live, interface, and playout our everyday undertakings. Ideally, the up and coming time will acquire more open doors in the field of AI and Robotics for Pakistan.

“Machine Intelligence will be the last invention that humanity will need to make”-Nick Bostrom