More than just developing successful application solutions that can be used in Singapore, Iswaran says these solutions should also be scalable across the region. “We have issued what we called ‘grand challenges’ for AI. We want the private sector to come in and be partners with us in finding solutions to these grand challenges.”
SINGAPORE (Sept 9): Singapore has to take a “targeted, purposeful approach” in its artificial intelligence (AI) efforts, as it lacks the resources of superpowers such as the US and China, says Minister for Communications and Information S Iswaran.
“Our focus really will be around domains which are relevant to us,” he adds. Iswaran was speaking at Bloomberg’s Sooner Than You Think technology conference on Sept 5. According to him, the domains that the city state has fixed its sights on include healthcare, education and transport.
