AI ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ETHICAL INNOVATION IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (CANIA)
Said Saillant, Kay Kozaronek, Shaun Pexton, Cyra Alesha, Elise Racine · Team GovNexus
Submitted to AI Policy Hackathon at Johns Hopkins University. Sprint projects are early-stage work by participants, not Apart Research publications.
We propose establishing a National AI Advisory Council (CANIA) to strategically drive AI development in the Dominican Republic, accelerating technological growth and building a sustainable economic framework. Our submission includes an Impact Assessment and a detailed Implementation Roadmap to guide CANIA’s phased rollout.
Structured across three layers—strategic, tactical, and operational—CANIA will ensure responsiveness to industry, alignment with national priorities, and strong ethical oversight. Through a multi-stakeholder model, CANIA will foster public-private collaboration, with the private sector leading AI adoption to address gaps in public R&D and education.
Prioritizing practical, ethical AI policies, CANIA will focus on key sectors like healthcare, agriculture, and security, and support the creation of a Latin American Large Language Model, positioning the Dominican Republic as a regional AI leader. This council is a strategic investment in ethical AI, setting a precedent for Latin American AI governance. Two appendices provide further structural and stakeholder engagement insights.
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@misc{saillant2024ai,
title = {{AI ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ETHICAL INNOVATION IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (CANIA)}},
author = {Said Saillant and Kay Kozaronek and Shaun Pexton and Cyra Alesha and Elise Racine},
year = {2024},
month = oct,
note = {Submitted to AI Policy Hackathon at Johns Hopkins University, an Apart Research Sprint},
howpublished = {\url{https://apartresearch.com/sprints/projects/ai-advisory-council-for-sustainable-economic-growth-and-ethical-innovation-in-the-dominican-republic-(cania)}},
url = {https://apartresearch.com/sprints/projects/ai-advisory-council-for-sustainable-economic-growth-and-ethical-innovation-in-the-dominican-republic-(cania)}
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