Guidelines for developing an AI computing capacity plan
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform economies
and offers opportunities for productivity, growth, and resilience. In
response to this, many countries develop national AI strategies.
However, there seems to be a lack of data or a targeted plan for
national AI compute capacity required for AI systems to perform tasks.
To help policy-makers assess and plan national AI compute capacity,
the OECD.AI [https://oecd.ai/en/] wrote a report ‘A blueprint for
building national compute capacity for artificial intelligence’
[https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/science-and-technology/a-blueprint-for-building-national-compute-capacity-for-artificial-intelligence_876367e3-en].

The report offers guidance on how to develop a national AI computing
plan. There are three dimensions identified: _capacity, effectiveness,
and resilience_. _Capacity_ is about the availability of the right
tools to ensure that investments reflect needs and consider the
fast-changing pace of AI. Therefore, it is important to gain insights
into the current and future demands of AI computing. The second
dimension looks at _effectiveness_ in terms of access to the resources
needed, such as skilled people, policy systems and finances.
_Resilience_ relates to the security, sustainability and sovereignty
of AI, such as the location of the computing capacity and responsible
parties.

In addition to the guidelines for developing an AI computing plan, the
report also offers indicators, datasets and proxies to measure
national AI computing capacity and identifies gaps to these
measurement tools, for example a lack of workers with adequate skills
to access AI computing. 

Artificial Intelligence offers many opportunities if the right
computing capacity and strategy are in place. Read the full report
[https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/876367e3-en.pdf?expires=1681306693&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=86C6D98342C65D8B238ACAEB55604BE8]
for guidance on the development of an AI computing capacity and
related strategy.

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Publication Date/Time
2023-04-24T08:00:00+00:00
Learn about the key highlights of the report on guidelines for
building national computing capacity for Artificial Intelligence (AI)