Minister Gurung said that the use of AI should be increased in the fields of agriculture, health, education and other areas and should be united for tribal rights.
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Communication and Information Technology Minister Prithvi Subba Gurung has emphasized on the need to take maximum advantage of artificial intelligence (AI).
On the occasion of the 31st World Tribal Day, the Commission for Tribal Tribes Inaugurating the symposium on 'Tribal Tribes and Artificial Intelligence: Protection of Rights and Building the Future' organized here today, he said, 'Those who have developed through the use of AI today have benefited, all countries in the world, rich or poor, can take maximum benefit from AI.'
Minister Gurung, who is also the spokesperson of the government, mentioned that AI is being used in every process of development and said that work is being done to increase its use in agriculture, health, education, good governance, tourism, industry and disaster management.
He said that constitutional, legal and political rights should be searched for and implemented and united for more rights in tribal affairs. is He said, 'AI is an opportunity for us, if we don't know how to use it properly, the challenges will increase, there have been discussions about how to reduce those challenges.'
43 years ago today, in commemoration of the first meeting of the United Nations, Working Group on Indigenous Populations on August 9, 1982, the United Nations announced the celebration of World Indigenous Peoples' Day, and every year August 9 is celebrated as World Indigenous Peoples' Day.
According to a study by the United Nations, the population of indigenous peoples around the world is more than 600 million and this is about 75 percent of the world's population. They live in more than 90 countries of the world. Out of the more than seven thousand languages spoken in the world, two-thirds, i.e. more than five thousand languages, have been used by tribals.
Out of 124 languages spoken in Nepal, 93 are the languages of tribal tribes. 80 percent of the food production in the world is based on tribal knowledge.
Geographically, 28 percent of the earth's territory is inhabited by indigenous peoples and they are also the guardians of 85 percent of biological diversity. Chairman of the
Commission, Ram Bahadur Thapamgar mentioned that it is both the duty and the responsibility of the state to protect and promote the tribal communities rich in specific knowledge and skills.
