On November 28, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev launched the “Five Million Uzbek AI Prompters” project in Uzbekistan.
According to the president, the digital economy’s share in the country’s gross domestic product has doubled. Nearly $2 billion in direct investment has been attracted in the field of artificial intelligence and digital technologies.
In the past years the export volume of IT services has increased 4.5 times, approaching $1 billion. The goal is to increase IT services exports to $5 billion by 2030 and to create high-paying jobs for millions of young people.
Foreign experts predict that over the next five years, artificial intelligence technologies will generate at least $10 billion of added value in Uzbekistan’s economy.
The “One Million Programmers” program, launched in Uzbekistan in 2019 jointly with the United Arab Emirates, has expanded its scope: more than two million young people have been trained.
“Today, in collaboration with the United Arab Emirates, we are launching the ‘Five Million Uzbek AI Prompters’ project as a logical continuation of the ‘One Million Programmers’ project. This is not just a simple program, but new horizons for our youth,” stated the President.
As part of the project it is planned to train 4.75 million schoolchildren and students, 150 thousand teachers, and 100 thousand government employees by 2030. Artificial intelligence will be integrated into school, vocational, and higher education systems.
