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5/3/24, 11:20 AM MBRF highlights wide array of knowledge programs at Abu Dhabi International Book Fair
lectures, workshops, and discussions with renowned Arab authors and thinkers,” His
Excellency added.

The pavilion, located in Hall 10-D06, will further host a variety of events under the

‘KnowTalks’, a series jointly organized by the MBRF and the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) to underscore best global practices and experiences in addressing

environmental challenges, water crises, climate issues, and strategies for promoting

green investments.

His Excellency Jamal bin Huwaireb presented a knowledge session titled ‘Poetry and

Artificial Intelligence.’ The session was held under the ‘Bil Arabi’ initiative, which was
launched by the MBRF in 2013 to encourage the use of the Arabic language. During the

session, His Excellency noted that the UAE and Saudi Arabia had outpaced many other

countries in the field of AI. He further underlined that poetry would survive the
development of AI because it has an advantage over machines. In addition, he pointed out

that one of the key aspects that sets humans apart from machines is their capability for
reasoning and deduction.

The ‘KnowTalks’ series hosted a panel discussion titled ‘AI for All: Innovating with

Inclusiveness in Mind,’ which was presented by Yasmine Hamdar, AI Policy Specialist,
UNDP. The discussion focused on the negative impact of AI systems on social life and the

machines’ ability to mimic human behaviors like thinking, learning, and decision-making.

In addition, the discussion highlighted the potential of AI in helping to mitigate global
issues such as poverty and hunger eradication, pest monitoring, water resource

management, climate change adaptation, social cohesion, and reducing inequalities
among societies and individuals. The panel also assessed the key principles required to

develop a human rights-based framework in the ethics of AI. The framework will cover
various areas including proportionality and non-harm, safety, and security, the right to

privacy and data protection, multi-stakeholder engagement, adaptive governance and

collaboration, responsibility and accountability, transparency and explainability, human
oversight and rigor, awareness and literacy, fairness and non-discrimination, principles of

AI governance, and AI for sustainable development.

The pavilion, in line with the ‘Knowledge Lounge’ project, set the stage for the launch of
‘the Friendliness of Tunisia’, a book authored by Nada El-Sayed Muait, as the result of the

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