Alexander Vedyakhin, deputy head of Sberbank: conditions for the development of AI have been created in Russia
In Russia, it is necessary not to change, but to comply with the legislation concerning the use of advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence, Alexander Vedyakhin, First Deputy Chairman of the Board of Sberbank, told reporters at the international conference AI Journey 2021.
“We have a good regulatory framework to move forward. The available Artificial Intelligence Strategy is one of the few strategies in the world that was personally signed by the President of the country. There is a federal project on AI, an alliance for artificial intelligence has been created, we recently signed an agreement on the ethics of AI. Universities have been selected that will become large centers for the development of artificial intelligence. The state, together with partner companies, one of which is Sberbank, allocated a lot of money for artificial intelligence to develop from a scientific point of view. Therefore, I think that here Russia is on a very powerful, correct track of development, “said Alexander Vedyakhin.
The first deputy head of Sberbank recalled that on Friday, November 12, 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend this conference for the third time. According to Vedyakhin, this is also a sign that the government, the authorities, the state pays great attention to the development of AI, primarily, of course, for public services and solving social problems.
The AI Journey conference will last three days – the first day is dedicated to ESG business, the second to science, and the third day is Children's Day. The first day started with a panel session on how artificial intelligence helps people and nature. “We came to quite interesting conclusions, spoke with international experts: we had Shukri Dabagi, a representative of SAS, which is engaged in the business in the field of working with data, there was the author of Siri, known to all Apple users, Tom Gruber, and there were two representatives of startups” , – said Alexander Vedyakhin.
According to the PWC company, which was announced by the first deputy head of Sberbank, the market for AI solutions for ESG is estimated at more than $ 5 trillion by 2030. This is a huge amount of money, which, obviously, will be of interest to both investors and those who will enter this line of business, Vedyakhin believes.
“In one sense or another, artificial intelligence is used by each of us. In general, if we are talking about industrial solutions, then all the largest companies use AI, large – by about 80 percent, medium – 50-70 percent, small and medium-sized businesses are just beginning to master this technology. And this is where the opportunity for process optimization and all improvements lies. Artificial intelligence improves the speed, quality, personalization and efficiency of processes by 5-7 times – if the process in an organization is massive, it can be improved with the help of technology, “Alexander Vedyakhin is sure.