A blueprint for building national compute capacity for artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming economies and promising new opportunities
for productivity, growth, and resilience. Countries are responding with national AI
strategies to capitalise on these transformations. However, no country today has data
on, or a targeted plan for, national AI compute capacity. This policy blind-spot may
jeopardise domestic economic goals. This report provides the first blueprint for policy
makers to help assess and plan for the national AI compute capacity needed to enable
productivity gains and capture AI’s full economic potential. It provides guidance
for policy makers on how to develop a national AI compute plan along three dimensions:
capacity (availability and use), effectiveness (people, policy, innovation, access),
and resilience (security, sovereignty, sustainability). The report also defines AI
compute, takes stock of indicators, datasets, and proxies for measuring national AI
compute capacity, and identifies obstacles to measuring and benchmarking national
AI compute capacity across countries.
Available from February 28, 2023
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