Tajikistan Faces Challenges in Its Pursuit of AI Dreams

Tajikistan’s minister of industry and innovation has made a bold prediction that the Central Asian nation is going to become a global leader of artificial intelligence (AI) and microchip development. He clearly must have been wearing a virtual reality headset when making the pronouncement, given the existing state of Tajikistan’s IT sector and educational base. “The fifth industrial revolution will begin right here, in Tajikistan. We have not only natural resources, but also a strategic vision for the development of artificial…