1st Edition
Artificial Intelligence A Driver of Inclusive Development and Shared Prosperity for the Global South
1. Introduction. 2. The Global South: State of Play. 3. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Related Technologies. 4. Dark Side of Artificial Intelligence. 5. Making the Global South Ready for AI. 6. Applications of AI in Education and Human Capital Management. 7. Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture. 8. Applications of AI in Mining. 9. Applications of AI in Mobile Telephony. 10. Applications of AI in Legal Systems and Practice.11. Applications of AI in Banking and Finance. 12. Applications of AI in Healthcare. 13. Applications of AI in Manufacturing.14. Applications of AI in Infrastructure and Public Works. 15. Applications of AI in Tourism and Hospitality. 16. Applications of AI in Governance. 17. Country Case Studies.18. Conclusion. Appendix A. Banking Sector Case Studies. Appendix B. Other Sector Case Studies.
Biography
Arthur G.O. Mutambara is Director and Full Professor at the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) Institute for the Future of Knowledge (IFK) in South Africa, where he also serves as Head of the Decentralised Artificial Intelligence and Control Systems (DAICS) Research Group. He is a world-renowned control systems specialist, roboticist, academic, author and technology strategist. Professor Mutambara is a key African thought leader and presenter on the raging Artificial Intelligence revolution. He teaches Control Systems in two departments at UJ: Mechanical Engineering Science and Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science. Engineer Mutambara previously taught and conducted research in Control Systems, Robotics and Mechatronics in the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University–Florida State University (FAMU-FSU), both in the United States.
