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oapen-20.500.12657-628872024-03-28T08:18:48Z Fourth Revolution and the Bottom Four Billion Kshetri, Nir Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, Blockchain, Bottom Four Billion, Cryptocurrency, Digital colonialism, Data labeling, Financial Technology, Fourth Industrial Revolution, General Purpose Technology, Genome Editing, Industry 4.0, Information and Communications Technology, Internet of Things, Low-income economies, Microfinance Institution, Natural Language Processing, Peer-to-peer lender, Poverty, Poverty Trap, Remote Sensing, Smallholder farmers, Sub-Saharan Africa thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDR Impact of science and technology on society Products and services based on advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain are normally considered to be for rich consumers in advanced countries. Fourth Revolution and the Bottom Four Billion demonstrates how marginalized and vulnerable groups with limited resources can also benefit from these technologies. Nir Kshetri suggests that the falling costs and the increased ease of developing and deploying applications based on these technologies are making them more accessible. He illustrates how key emerging technologies are transforming major industries and application areas such as healthcare and pandemic preparedness, agriculture, finance, banking, and insurance. The book also looks at how these transformations are affecting the lives of low-income people in low- and middle-income countries and highlights the areas needing regulatory attention to adequately protect marginalized and vulnerable groups from the abuse and misuse of these technologies. Kshetri discusses how various barriers such as the lack of data, low resource languages, underdeveloped technology infrastructures, lack of computing power and shortage of skill and talent have hindered the adoption of these technologies among marginalized and vulnerable groups. Fourth Revolution and the Bottom Four Billion suggests that it is the responsibility of diverse stakeholders—governments, NGOs, international development organizations, academic institutions, the private sector, and others—to ensure that marginal groups also benefit from these transformative innovations. 2023-05-02T11:31:20Z 2023-05-02T11:31:20Z 2023 book 9780472075898 9780472055890 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62887 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9780472903214.pdf University of Michigan Press 10.3998/mpub.12205632 10.3998/mpub.12205632 e07ce9b5-7a46-4096-8f0c-bc1920e3d889 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780472075898 9780472055890 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 374 Knowledge Unlatched open access
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Products and services based on advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain are normally considered to be for rich consumers in advanced countries. Fourth Revolution and the Bottom Four Billion demonstrates how marginalized and vulnerable groups with limited resources can also benefit from these technologies. Nir Kshetri suggests that the falling costs and the increased ease of developing and deploying applications based on these technologies are making them more accessible. He illustrates how key emerging technologies are transforming major industries and application areas such as healthcare and pandemic preparedness, agriculture, finance, banking, and insurance. The book also looks at how these transformations are affecting the lives of low-income people in low- and middle-income countries and highlights the areas needing regulatory attention to adequately protect marginalized and vulnerable groups from the abuse and misuse of these technologies. Kshetri discusses how various barriers such as the lack of data, low resource languages, underdeveloped technology infrastructures, lack of computing power and shortage of skill and talent have hindered the adoption of these technologies among marginalized and vulnerable groups. Fourth Revolution and the Bottom Four Billion suggests that it is the responsibility of diverse stakeholders—governments, NGOs, international development organizations, academic institutions, the private sector, and others—to ensure that marginal groups also benefit from these transformative innovations.
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