Chapter 1. Capabilities: The Power of AI to Alleviate Skill Shortages

https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/ce1eb617-78ac-43d5-a466-7530b59d4b5e/content Chapter 1. Capabilities: The Power of AI to Alleviate Skill Shortages AI’s expanding set of capabilities to perform or help accomplish more expert tasks effectively expands the supply of skills available in developing countries in areas such as health care, agricul­ture extension, and government administration. However, AI’s benefits are neither equally distributed among geographic areas and population segments nor guaranteed to materialize. AI can also enhance the harmful capabilities of malicious actors.