The Minister of Digitization Krzysztof Gawkowski and Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz signed a letter of intent on setting up the Artificial Intelligence Fund. “We will be building a large institute in Poland to deal with artificial intelligence,” announced the head of the Ministry of Digitalism. For the improvement of AI Poland is to allocate a billion PLN.
– Artificial intelligence It is something unique for the modern state, but it should be a man who decides on its development," said Minister of Digitalism Krzysztof Gawkowski during the conference in connection with the signing of the letter of intent regarding the creation of the Artificial Intelligence Fund. – We are building a mechanics that will coordinate all State expenditure on artificial intelligence – he added. The planned expenditure amounts to PLN billion. Their detailed planning is to be presented next year.
Safe artificial intelligence is the foundation of safety of Poland
Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, on the another hand, stressed the function of artificial intelligence in expanding Poland's safety by investing in dual-use services, i.e. for both civilians and the military. – Armed forces request artificial intelligence," he said. He added that it is already widely utilized in the Polish army. The head of the MON besides pointed out that this is fundamental to national securityBecause opponents implement specified solutions. “If our Adversaries have them and we don’t, we’ll be in a lost position,” he said.
He besides pointed out that safety and appropriate control of this process are an highly crucial issue in the improvement of artificial intelligence.
No more power of public administration
Both ministers besides pointed out respective times that key in the improvement of artificial intelligence There is cooperation between the various ministries and institutions, which will not only make solutions but besides guarantee that they are implemented efficiently. This requires a departure from the "silosity", i.e. a separate, individual action of each resort. “This is 1 of the biggest challenges we had to face,” stressed Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.
– Only together, in a coordinated way, can we accomplish the ambitious plan outlined in the late announced Polish Digital Strategy, and our aim is to make our country 1 of the leaders of the European AI revolution in the next 10 years – concluded Krzysztof Gawkowski.
The initiative is attended by the Ministry of Digitization, National Defence and discipline and Higher Education, as well as the National Centre for investigation and Development, National discipline Centre, Polish improvement Fund and Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego. On behalf of their ministries, the letter of intent was signed by Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski and Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. The Board of the Fund is to coordinate expenditures and activities in the area of investment in artificial intelligence in Poland.
