Benefits of foreign investments should be reflected through initiatives for people, says Fahmi

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The benefits of major foreign investments into the country should be reflected in programmes and initiatives implemented for the people, says Fahmi Fadzil.   Speaking at at the launch of the MCMC-Microsoft AI Tech: Skills For AI-Enabled Economy programme in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday (June 20), the Communications Minister said the influx of investments also proves that Malaysia has a stable investment environment and is an attractive destination for foreign investors.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Let's give him a big round of applause.

00:08We heard how recently,

00:10including Microsoft employees,

00:12has announced a large number of investments.

00:16And certainly,

00:18with this large investment,

00:20it reflects a belief

00:22among investors

00:24that Malaysia is a country

00:26with high potential,

00:28stable,

00:30and bright future.

00:34But if we say

00:36the value of large investments

00:38without reflecting

00:40the benefits

00:42of these investments

00:44to ordinary people,

00:46for me,

00:48that's not enough.

00:50Therefore,

00:52our presence, ladies and gentlemen,

00:54together with Microsoft employees

00:56is proof

00:58that we need to translate

01:00the big announcements,

01:04the numbers,

01:06about investment inclusion,

01:08from the meaning of

01:10goodness and benefits to the people.

01:12We have to work together to translate

01:14all of these amazing good news.

01:16But we see this

01:18week in, week out.

01:20Malaysia will continue to be

01:22a very

01:24preferred destination for a lot of

01:26investment, including in the field of

01:28AI, semiconductors,

01:30and several other key technologies.

01:32With good tools,

01:34we also have to make sure that they do not become

01:36weapons.

01:38With other AI,

01:40ladies and gentlemen, I believe

01:42we need to be more careful

01:44if AI is misused

01:46to cause damage.

01:48I have received

01:50a lot of complaints from

01:52acquaintances,

01:54people who messaged me

01:56about AI

01:58being deepfake.

02:00It looks like him,

02:02it kind of sounds like him,

02:04but it's not him.

02:06So, what I would like to tell you today,

02:08as Malaysians,

02:10we need to be more flexible,

02:12we need to know more

02:14about what is

02:16artificial intelligence, what is AI.

02:18We need to try

02:20to fill this AI,

02:22as stated by the Prime Minister,

02:24with what we understand as

02:26the values of

02:28Malaysia, the values of the East,

02:30the values of Asia. This is important.

02:32So that

02:34the answer we receive

02:36from AI also reflects

02:38our values

02:40in the end. We also need

02:42to be careful

02:44if AI is

02:46misused to

02:48deceive us,

02:50to play us,

02:52to commit crimes

02:54against the people of Malaysia

02:56or the majority of the people.

02:58I think this is

03:00a good effort to

03:02improve people's understanding

03:04of the public

03:06and also the MCMC team,

03:08especially regarding

03:10the use of artificial intelligence

03:12or AI and applications

03:14in both

03:16the MCMC team

03:18and also to be

03:20used by the National Information

03:22Dissemination Centre or NADI

03:24across the country. We have 911

03:26NADI and 186

03:28that will be prepared

03:30in the near future

03:32and we hope it can be used.

03:34I have instructed

03:36Microsoft and MCMC

03:38that the effort to

03:40improve people's awareness and understanding

03:42of the use of

03:44artificial intelligence or AI

03:46needs to be improved, especially in

03:48urban and rural areas

03:50to ensure

03:52that no community

03:54is left behind.

03:56As I mentioned in my speech, there is

03:58AI that can be used for good

04:00and AI that can be used

04:02for crime

04:04and for

04:06ill intent.

04:08For the people,

04:10it's important that they understand

04:12how to use

04:14AI ethically. We don't

04:16want people to

04:18for example, plagiarise

04:20especially in their homework

04:22or their coursework, but

04:24at the same time, not to be fooled by

04:26the misuse of AI to generate

04:28for example, deep fake content

04:30as though it is said by

04:32such and such a person, whereas

04:34actually it's just manipulated

04:36using AI.

04:38An awareness of this is also important.

04:40We want to make sure that as the

04:42rakyat embraces the use of AI,

04:44they're also aware of how

04:46AI can be misused

04:48for crime

04:50and to harm others.

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