AI is not future, it is present - Eduard Musaelyan

ArmInfo. Artificial intelligence is not the future, it's already the present,  transforming industry, agriculture, healthcare, the financial system,  and even decision-making culture. This was stated on October 14 by  Eduard Musaelyan, Executive Director of the Union of Employers in the  Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) sector, at the  Silicon Mountains 2025 forum, "Anatomy of AI."

According to him, the current forum is the ninth, two of which were  held in the country's regions. Over the years, Musaelyan noted, the  forum has become one of Armenia's key technology platforms, uniting  technology leaders, government agencies, international partners, the  private sector, and educational institutions with a common goal:  creating a smart country. "We want to inspire young people, show them  Armenia's technological past, the true heroes of the industry, the  people who spent years building our technological foundations and  funding its development," Musaelyan said. He emphasized that this  year's main theme is "The Anatomy of Artificial Intelligence." But,  like any technological revolution, AI brings new challenges-data  privacy, ethics, and the transformation of the labor market.

"We must be prepared for these changes. Technology should serve  people, not the other way around. Over the past year, we launched a  unique project-STEM AI-teaching artificial intelligence in high  schools," Musaelyan said, adding that the program will be running in  15 schools in Armenia starting in October 2024. He said the program  is being implemented by the Union of ICT Employers, the Ministry of  Education, Science, Culture, and Sports, Synopsys Armenia, and the  Armenian-American College (UATC).