As machines become increasingly capable of mimicking “cognitive” functions that humans associate with the human mind, such as “learning” and “problem solving”, it is believed that AI, unlike previous technological revolutions, will create a risk of mass unemployment. In the Ghana context, this reality is showing signs of exacerbating an already bulging mass of unskilled, unemployed youth, the antidote to which would be to urgently equip children and young adults with the requisite competitive skills to survive in an AI world.

HSRCGh is currently evolving an AI skill development project that would be decentralized through the establishment of AI training centers across Ghana, targeting the most vulnerable local communities, in support of the inclusion of marginalized groups.