The position of Europe in the new world framework that the development of Artificial Intelligence is drawing was the subject of debate last Friday. The headquarters of Distrito Digital in Alicante was the scene of the IV International Congress of AI organized by the newspaper El Independiente that brought together specialists from this sector throughout the day. 1millionbot did not want to miss this important event.
The event was also supported by the mayor of Alicante, Luis Barcala, Daniel Manzón, president of the Alicante Provincial Council, Carme Artigas, Secretary of State for Digitalization Innovation and Artificial Intelligence and Ximo Puig, President of the Valencian Generalitat. The inauguration ended with a speech by Casimiro García-Abadillo, director of the newspaper El independiente.
New world order
The focus of this edition, moreover, has been placed on the rapid and consistent movements of China as the country that is moving more and better on the AI map. The guru of this sector, Kai Fu Lee opened the congress with an opening interview in which he assured that the United States is still the main power but China is close: "Chinese research papers are already 50% on par with Americans." Even so, he thinks that "the US continues to be a reference"
David Carmona, general manager of Artificial Intelligence at Microsoft, explained that "we are at a very interesting moment". He reviewed the current reference position of the United States and assured that it is a propitious moment for Europe to seek leadership in digital transformation.
And Europe?
To analyze the position of Europe on this new map, the first debate of the day was held. Andrés Pedreño, co-founder of Km 1.070 HUB and 1millionbot shared a table with Nuria Oliver, co-founder and vice president of ELLIS. The two chatted about the position of Europe with respect to China and the United States in Artificial Intelligence.
For Pedreño, the current situation is not rosy: "Europe has reason to worry". The European regulation of AI does not help the momentum of the continent in this new panorama and, according to Pedreño "the idea of wanting to protect humanism is wrong". Indecisive investment and the absence of major private companies in the AI ecosystem make the European presence as a player secondary.
The opportunities
However, Europe and Spain have good opportunities to achieve a good position in this scenario where China has taken its participation very seriously. One of these avenues is language.. The competitive advantage of Spanish with respect to other languages must be used to generate a very broad market, inside and outside of Spain.
Thus, The connection of Spanish with Natural Language Processing represents for Pedreño an important vein that must be developed. In his speech at the congress, Andrés Pedreño mentioned the work that 1millionbot does in this field with two specific initiatives: World leadership in the university sector and the advancement of the virtual tutor to encourage study and avoid school failure.
walk together, go far
Another key that Pedreño raised in the talk last Friday was the need to cooperate together to go further. He assured that it is the only way to be relevant in such a globalized world..
At this point in his speech, he highlighted the initiative 1070KmHub. This idea that he himself has promoted aims to collect all the digital talent from the southern arc of the Mediterranean and connect it with investors to create a real boost in the AI sector.
Public-private collaboration, the place that start-ups occupy in this global framework were topics that were discussed at the congress. In addition, during the afternoon, specific tables were held to find out the scope of AI in issues such as health or climate change.
Artificial Intelligence Showcase
This edition was completed with an interesting showcase on Artificial Intelligence. It is a showroom that was held throughout the day and in which an exhibition space was offered for each of the participating companies. 1millionbot has been present, also this year, in a space for meeting and exchanging ideas.
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