The UAE will save billions thanks to artificial intelligence, says AI minister

Artificial intelligence (AI) is going to save the UAE billions of dirhams - and could help save lives - when it becomes fully integrated by the government. That was the message from Omar Sultan Al Olama, minister of state for Artificial Intelligence, who was speaking at the launch of the UAE's first-ever AI summer camp, which is taking place in Dubai over the next two months. For some people artificial intelligence is the domain of clichéd science-fiction novels and movies with computers becoming self-aware and overthrowing humanity, but that could not be further from the case, said Mr Olama who said that AI will become a force for good that eventually improves lives across the whole world. More than 2,200 students have registered for the summer camp, which Mr Al Olama believes will help educate the next generation to transform all sectors of life here in the UAE. One area in which Mr Al Olama believes it will show immediate benefits for the government is in efficiency.