AI Nationalism: Finland’s ‘1 percent’ AI Scheme
- A BIG COIN
- Mar 25, 2020
- 1 min read
Finland is training 1% of its population in the basics of ML
● Finland was the first European country to put a national AI strategy in place (October 2017).
● Started as a free-access university course, now being scaled nationally to 55,000 people in partnership with government and private companies.
● Over 250 companies announced they would participate in the initiative dubbed "AI challenge." Paper giant Stora Enso pledged to train 1,000 of their employees in AI. Tech companies Elisa and Nokia said they would train their entire workforce.
● Rather than competing with China and the US, Finland aims to occupy a niche as world leader in practical applications of AI, says Economy Minister Mika Lintilä.
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