President Moon Jae-in has promised his government's backing for companies and developers working on artificial intelligence... to make South Korea one of the best in the field.
And he says the government will be ready with a plan within this year.
Our Park Hee-jun has more. President Moon Jae-in says the South Korean government will unveil a national strategy by the end of the year,... to help the country develop its artificial intelligence industry.
"The government will lay out an 'artificial intelligence national strategy' within the year, based on a basic conception of completely new artificial intelligence."
This was during his keynote speech on Monday at the DEVIEW 2019 in Seoul.
12-hundred business people, developers and students attended the largest annual developer's conference in Korea.
To respond to the growing influence of the technology, the government has allocated 1-point-5 billion U.S. dollars to data, 5G networks and AI in the 2020 budget a 50 percent increase on 2019.
The president promised to help companies make bold investments and rapid profits through the soon-to-be announced strategy,... so that Korea can become a leader in the field.
"Right now it's controlled remotely, but can it move according to voice command or even on its own?"
"Yes. That's why 5G technology is important. You just have to connect this robot to the cloud service with 5G. The movie "Terminator" is becoming a reality."
But President Moon says it will not stop there.
He highlighted that AI will be applied to various social issues, ranging from health and welfare in an aging society to the safety of women living alone and preventing crime
Artificial intelligence has been an actively discussed topic at the Blue House,... during President Moon's meetings with his top aides.
It was also discussed during his sit-down in July with SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, also known as Son Jung-eui,... who repeatedly stressed the importance of AI.
The president's remarks at the conference make clear his determination to foster the AI industry to back the growth in non-memory semiconductors, biotech and future cars,... which he sees as Korea's three new growth engines.
Park Hee-jun, Arirang News.
