Uyghurs outside China are traumatized. Now they're starting to talk about it The Uyghur diaspora have been forced to watch from afar as their loved ones disappear and a way of life is erased. The trauma has sparked a mental health crisis that leaders in the diaspora say is all too apparent. Many are reluctant to seek help, leaving the community's needs both underassessed and unmet. But a small group of outspoken Uyghurs is trying to change that.

WASHINGTON – On the final night of his visit to Washington in late June, after 15 standing ovations in Congress and an opulent White House dinner tailored to his vegetarian tastes, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi set time aside to court and be cheered by another important constituency: the Indian diaspora. Backstage at the Kennedy Center, as business leaders in bespoke suits and fine silk saris filtered into a 1,200-seat theater, Modi met with a handful of entrepreneurs. Most were young, educated in India, made rich in America, and eager to connect with the man who presents himself as a guru to the world, preaching how this is "the century of India." "Thank you for lifting the image and spirits of Indian Americans," Umesh Sachdev, 37, told the prime minister, explaining that he was the founder of Uniphore, an artificial intelligence business valued at $2.5 billion, with offices in India and California. Modi tapped Sachdev's shoulder and exclaimed "waah," or wow in Hindi.

Since long before Philip K. Dick wondered if androids dream of electric sheep, science fiction writers have used artificial life as a means to ponder what it means to be human. As a "cultural techno" purchased by an American couple, a white father (Colin Farrell) and Black mother (Jodie Turner-Smith), his job is to impart a sense of Asian identity to their adopted Chinese daughter (Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja), a purpose for which his memory banks have been filled with "fun facts" about ancient traditions of horticulture and tea-drinking. But Yang (Justin H. Min) finds himself wondering, right up to the edges of what his programming will allow, whether possessing that knowledge is the same as being a part of the culture it describes. He never questioned whether he was human, another character says of Yang, but "he did question if he was Chinese." After Yang's writer-director is surrounded by plenty of questions himself.

During her visit to the Science Fund, Brnabic pointed out that the Draft Strategy for the Development of Artificial Intelligence has been completed and that a public debate starts today, noting that Serbia will adopt the said document by the end of the year. By doing so, we will become one of the twenty countries that have an AI strategy in the world. This does not mean that we will only be leaders in the region, but also outside the region, in Central and Eastern Europe, she said. Serbia will immediately start implementing the strategy, said the Prime Minister, adding that our country's potential in this area is already recognised in the world. Serbia is more and more recognised as a country that has much to offer the world in innovation – the fourth industrial revolution, digitalisation, science, education, Brnabic concluded.

Jewish billionaire Stephen Schwarzman has donated £150m of his fortune to Oxford University in England, for a new institute that is to study the ethics of artificial intelligence and humanities research. The new research center will be called The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. Join Jerusalem Post Premium Plus now for just $5 and upgrade your experience with an ads-free website and exclusive content.