Facebook<\/a> and Periscope, all 40+ speakers shared their insights about how 4IR and frontier tech is transforming the world as we know it in these times of COVID-19 uncertainties.<\/p>\nHere are some of major highlights from the day:<\/p>\n
Tony Horrell, Chairman and CEO at Cranium Ventures, at the panel \u2018Global Regulatory Government and Business – Fintech Ecosystem\u2019:<\/strong> \u201cWhat we are seeing now in the payment space is the perfect storm. We have a highly complex environment but regulation is not touching the right points. Here in Malaysia, for example, we have many different regulatory bodies and financial players that don\u2019t talk to each other. What we need to build is an interoperable and a holistic framework that takes into account crypto payments, digital payments, fiat payments, etc and all players involved.\u201d<\/p>\nDr. Kiran Fernandes, Professor and Associate Dean Durham University UK at the panel \u20184IR: How Cities & Businesses can transform their infrastructure & supply chain with Society 5.0 AI Blockchain Sustainability frameworks?\u2019:<\/strong> \u201cWe need to create a system that works bringing together the so-called triple helix: academia, industry and government. That is the only way to reach what Society 5.0 is meant to provide .\u201d<\/p>\nThe star panel \u2018Technology, Blockchain, AI, Automation. What is the future?\u2019<\/strong> was the brochure to a packed day full of insights and solutions. Gathering together Ai-Da the robot creator Aidan Meller and Sophia the robot creator Ben Goertzel along with tech thought leader David Siegel and data analytics professor Jamal Ouenniche, this fireside left us some of the most interesting takeaways of the day:<\/p>\nDavid Siegel, Tech Thought Leader and Founder of Cutting Through the Noise said: <\/strong>\u201cWhenever there is a new technology, it is not about the technology itself, but about the people who made it and how they are going to use it in the future. And in recent years, especially after Bitcoin and blockchain went mainstream, technology developers and creators must first go to a lawyer to see if they can invent that technology or not.”<\/p>\nLikewise, Ben Goertzel | Founder of SingularityNET commented about the future of AI:<\/strong> \u201cWe need to create an AI that serves us. We need to democratically lead AI development while fostering creativity and imagination. Those two aspects are key for the future of AI, especially as we are approaching Singularity.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cThere are two major trends dominating our collective brain: first one is about centralization funneled by companies, databases, power, economy, etc. And the other is the advent of decentralization. A movement that is born on the internet and fostered by new technologies like blockchain.\u201d<\/p>\n