
The unique convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and design is a game changer enabling a larger pool of young talent to become innovators, said Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) deputy president and chief innovation and enterprise officer Tai Lee Siang.
"Singapore is a small country; we don't have infinite resources to produce things, let alone just design," explained Professor Tai, who sits as the chairman of the judging panel for the newly launched Design AI and Tech Awards (Daita) jointly organised by The Business Times and SUTD.
"This (leveraging design and technology) can make manufacturing even more precise, more efficient, so that we don't have to depend on either big land space or a huge number of unskilled labour, and we can produce very high-quality products and solutions that benefit society and bring a new dimension of economic growth."
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