Women's role crucial to the growth of AI, says Bodour

With Artificial Intelligence (AI) - the sophisticated product of the "Garbage In-Garbage Out Principle" - ever riding high, men and women from various nationalities have repeatedly said that a healthier and better quality life rest entirely on one's self-awareness, willingness, and determination.

- Mariecar Jara-Puyod, Senior Reporter

This was from the sixth cycle of the "Women in Technology" forum by the Sharjah Research Technology and Innovation Park (SPARK) on Monday wherein three panel discussions spun around the theme of "Longevity and Next Generation Living."

These were considered in relation to the "UAE Vision 2031" that operates on the four pillars namely "Forward Society, Forward Economy, Forward Diplomacy and Forward Ecosystem," leading to, among others, the country being the world's safest, among the Top IO in global food security, and among the Top 3 in global cyber-security index; Emirati cities among the Top IO in terms of global quality life; and the increase of the country's gross domestic product to Dhs3 trillion from Dhs1.49 trillion.

According to SPARK Chairperson Sheikha Bodour Bint Sultan Al Qasimi, UAE Minister of State for Government Development and Future in the United Arab Emirates/Higher Committee for Government Digital Transformation Chairperson Ohood Khalfan Al Roumi, and SPARK Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Hussain Al Mahmoudi, women in the technology spectrum, must be continually supported and encouraged to better themselves in an originally male-dominated field.