Artificial Intelligence must be for all - including developing countries

The list of tech failures in development is long. Whether it be drone pilots getting in the way of emergency relief in Nepal, or computers gathering dust in Indian schools because teachers don't know how to use them, the outcome is rarely positive when techies fall in love with their preferred solutions rather than taking time to understand real problems faced by real people. The best example of a technology that has driven great development gains in recent years is of course the mobile phone. But mobile's extraordinary impact in Africa did not flow from some grand design. Instead, it was the result of African citizens innovating their way around information and money transfer problems in the absence of banking systems and other infrastructure.