Singapore minister Josephine Teo doesn't think that data is the new oil-and that's why the country can be an AI powerhouse
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Data is actually more useful when it is reused in many different contexts. Data can be `recombined' many times over, unlike oil—a finite resource that goes away once extracted and used.
Singapore isn't aiming to be an AI superpower but leveraging its economy as a source of data. Every activity in the country generates a data point, potentially creating a significant data pool.
Challenges to Singapore's AI aspirations include talent pool limitations. The minister highlighted concerns about the depth and breadth of talent in this emerging field.
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