商品描述
This book provides research insights into how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be used to achieve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - 17 interconnected goals designed to address the world's most pressing challenges by 2030. It reviews the SDGs and discusses why progress has been mixed and uneven across different countries, regions and goals. The book posits that attaining the SDGs will depend on enhanced global cooperation, increased funding, improved infrastructure, public-private partnerships, regional/continental integration, addressing the climate crisis, inclusive economic transformation, and visionary leadership. More specifically, the publication advocates leveraging innovative and advanced technologies, particularly the deployment of AI. The research acknowledges the risks of digital imperialism, data colonialism and technological exclusion, especially in emerging and least industrialised economies. Hence, in deploying AI to achieve the SDGs, the book puts a premium on decoloniality in AI systems and democratising AI technology. - Features broad and holistic interventions to accelerate the attainment of the SDGs; - Provides a comprehensive but accessible introduction to AI concepts and advanced innovations such as AlphaFold, ChatGPT-4, DeepSeek-R1, Grok 3, and autonomous vehicles (drones and driverless cars); - Discusses the AI strategies of leading economies and assesses the impact of AI on geopolitics; - Provides a comprehensive critique of global AI efforts by the UN and African Union, while proffering alternative paradigms and frameworks; - Presents the enablers, drivers and strategic framework of AI deployment to achieve the SDGs; - Develops and presents details of six distinct but related components of a novel Strategic Framework for developing and adopting AI - Vision, Strategy, Policy, Governance, Legislation/Regulations, and Implementation Matrix; - Outlines specific ways that AI can be deployed to achieve each of the 17 SDGs and reviews seven countries' experiences.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
本書提供了有關人工智慧（Artificial Intelligence, AI）如何用於實現聯合國可持續發展目標（Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs）的研究見解——這17個相互關聯的目標旨在到2030年解決全球最迫切的挑戰。書中回顧了可持續發展目標，並討論了為何不同國家、地區和目標的進展參差不齊。該書認為，實現可持續發展目標將依賴於加強全球合作、增加資金、改善基礎設施、公私合營夥伴關係、區域/大陸整合、應對氣候危機、包容性經濟轉型以及具遠見的領導力。更具體地說，本出版物主張利用創新和先進技術，特別是人工智慧的部署。研究承認數位帝國主義、數據殖民主義和技術排斥的風險，尤其是在新興和最不發達的經濟體中。因此，在部署人工智慧以實現可持續發展目標時，本書強調去殖民化的人工智慧系統和民主化人工智慧技術的重要性。
- 特徵廣泛且全面的干預措施，以加速實現可持續發展目標；
- 提供對人工智慧概念和先進創新（如AlphaFold、ChatGPT-4、DeepSeek-R1、Grok 3和自動駕駛車輛（無人機和無人駕駛汽車））的全面但易於理解的介紹；
- 討論主要經濟體的人工智慧策略並評估人工智慧對地緣政治的影響；
- 對聯合國和非洲聯盟的全球人工智慧努力進行全面批評，同時提出替代範式和框架；
- 提出實現可持續發展目標的人工智慧部署的促進因素、驅動力和戰略框架；
- 開發並呈現一個新穎的戰略框架的六個不同但相關的組成部分的詳細信息——願景、策略、政策、治理、立法/法規和實施矩陣；
- 概述人工智慧可以實現17個可持續發展目標的具體方式，並回顧七個國家的經驗。
作者簡介
Prof. Dr. Eng. Arthur G.O. Mutambara is Director and Full Professor at the University of Johannesburg's (UJ) Institute for the Future of Knowledge (IFK) in South Africa, where he also serves as Head of the Decentralised Artificial Intelligence and Control Systems (DAICS) Research Group. He is a world-renowned control systems specialist, roboticist, academic, author and technology strategist. Professor Mutambara is a key African thought leader and presenter on the raging Artificial Intelligence revolution. He teaches Control Systems in two departments at UJ: Mechanical Engineering Science and Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science. Engineer Mutambara previously taught and conducted research in Control Systems, Robotics and Mechatronics in the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University-Florida State University (FAMU-FSU), both in the United States. He was also a Research Scientist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a Visiting Professor at MIT, and a Visiting Research Professor at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute. In his academic research and teaching, he has received outstanding reviews and praise from students and peers worldwide. He is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), a Professional Engineer, a Fellow of the Zimbabwe Institution of Engineers (ZIE), a Fellow of the Zimbabwe Academy of Sciences (ZAS), and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Prof. Mutambara is a distinguished and prolific author of eight books. He has written three electrical engineering books widely used in undergraduate and graduate engineering (teaching and research) programmes in the United States, Europe, China, Japan and Africa: Decentralized Estimation and Control for Multisensor Systems (1998), Design and Analysis of Control Systems (1999), and Design and Analysis of Control Systems: Driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution (2024). He holds a PhD in Robotics and Mechatronics, and an MSc in Computer Engineering, both from the University of Oxford. Mutambara was there as a Rhodes Scholar from September 1991 to March 1995. He graduated with a BSc (Honours) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Zimbabwe in 1990. Beyond Engineering and Science, Professor Mutambara is a distinguished Pan-Africanist and a prolific public intellectual across Africa and globally. He has conducted outstanding presentations on leadership, African unity, regional integration, management, and business strategy throughout the world, in addition to motivational speeches and seminars. He has authored three books on Thought Leadership: In Search of the Elusive Zimbabwean Dream: Volume I: The Formative Years and the Big Wide World (1983-2002); Volume II: The Path to Power (2003-2009); Volume III: Ideas & Solutions: Deputy Prime Minister and Beyond (2009-2023). He has also just published (2025) the groundbreaking research book Artificial Intelligence: A Driver of Inclusive Development and Shared Prosperity for the Global South. In 2007, Mutambara was accorded the World Economic Forum (WEF) Young Global Leader status and subsequently attended WEF events from 2007 to 2013 in Davos (Switzerland), China, India and Africa. Professor Mutambara is the Former Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) of Zimbabwe. He was one of the three Principals who created and led the Government of National Unity (GNU) in Zimbabwe from 2009 to 2013. The other two were the late former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and the late former President Robert Mugabe. As the Deputy Prime Minister, his key functions included assisting the Prime Minister in policy formulation by the Cabinet and supervision of policy implementation by the Council of Ministers. He also specifically supervised the Ministries under the Infrastructure Cluster, such as Energy and Power Development, Transport and Infrastructure, Information Communication Technologies, Water Resources and Development, and Public Works. Professor Mutambara coordinated regional policy formulation within these sectors across SADC and COMESA. Furthermore, DPM Mutambara drove three critical national efforts of the GNU: the development of a Shared National Vision, the Rebranding of Zimbabwe and the formulation of a National Infrastructure Master Plan. Professor Mutambara was also a management consultant with McKinsey & Company in the United States (Chicago Office) and Director of Electronic Payments at Standard Bank in South Africa.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
阿瑟·G·O·穆坦巴拉教授（Prof. Dr. Eng. Arthur G.O. Mutambara）是南非約翰尼斯堡大學（University of Johannesburg, UJ）未來知識研究所（Institute for the Future of Knowledge, IFK）的主任及全職教授，同時擔任去中心化人工智慧與控制系統研究小組（Decentralised Artificial Intelligence and Control Systems, DAICS）的負責人。他是一位世界知名的控制系統專家、機器人學家、學者、作者及科技策略家。穆坦巴拉教授是非洲重要的思想領袖，並在當前激烈的人工智慧革命中擔任演講者。他在UJ的兩個系所教授控制系統課程：機械工程科學及電氣與電子工程科學。穆坦巴拉工程師曾在美國麻省理工學院（Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT）的航空與太空科學系教授及進行控制系統、機器人學及機電一體化的研究，並在佛羅里達農業與機械大學-佛羅里達州立大學（Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University-Florida State University, FAMU-FSU）的機械工程系任教。
他曾擔任美國國家航空暨太空總署（NASA）的研究科學家、麻省理工學院的訪問教授，以及卡內基梅隆大學機器人研究所的訪問研究教授。在他的學術研究和教學中，獲得了來自全球學生和同行的優秀評價和讚譽。他是一位特許工程師（Chartered Engineer）、工程與技術學會（Institution of Engineering and Technology, IET）的院士、專業工程師、津巴布韋工程師學會（Zimbabwe Institution of Engineers, ZIE）的院士、津巴布韋科學院（Zimbabwe Academy of Sciences, ZAS）的院士，以及電氣與電子工程師學會（Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE）的高級會員。
穆坦巴拉教授是一位傑出且多產的作者，著有八本書籍。他撰寫了三本在美國、歐洲、中國、日本和非洲的本科及研究生工程（教學和研究）課程中廣泛使用的電氣工程書籍：《多感測器系統的去中心化估計與控制》（Decentralized Estimation and Control for Multisensor Systems, 1998）、《控制系統的設計與分析》（Design and Analysis of Control Systems, 1999）以及《控制系統的設計與分析：驅動第四次工業革命》（Design and Analysis of Control Systems: Driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution, 2024）。他擁有牛津大學的機器人學及機電一體化博士學位（PhD）和計算機工程碩士學位（MSc），並於1991年9月至1995年3月期間作為羅德學者在該校學習。他於1990年獲得津巴布韋大學的電氣工程榮譽學士學位（BSc (Honours)）。
除了工程和科學，穆坦巴拉教授還是一位傑出的泛非主義者及全球知名的公共知識分子。他在全球各地進行了關於領導力、非洲團結、區域整合、管理和商業策略的精彩演講，並舉辦了激勵演講和研討會。他撰寫了三本關於思想領導的書籍：《尋找難以捉摸的津巴布韋夢想》（In Search of the Elusive Zimbabwean Dream）：第一卷：形成年代與廣闊世界（1983-2002）；第二卷：通往權力之路（2003-2009）；第三卷：思想與解決方案：副總理及其他（2009-2023）。他還剛出版了開創性的研究書籍《人工智慧：全球南方包容性發展與共享繁榮的推動者》（Artificial Intelligence: A Driver of Inclusive Development and Shared Prosperity for the Global South，2025）。在2007年，穆坦巴拉獲得世界經濟論壇（World Economic Forum, WEF）年輕全球領袖的身份，並於2007年至2013年期間參加了在瑞士達沃斯、中國、印度和非洲的WEF活動。
穆坦巴拉教授曾擔任津巴布韋的前副總理（Deputy Prime Minister, DPM）。他是2009年至2013年期間創建並領導津巴布韋國家團結政府（Government of National Unity, GNU）的三位主要負責人之一，其他兩位是已故的前總理摩根·茨萬基萊（Morgan Tsvangirai）和已故的前總統羅伯特·穆加貝（Robert Mugabe）。作為副總理，他的主要職責包括協助總理制定內閣政策及監督部長會議的政策執行。他還特別監督基礎設施集群下的各部門，如能源與電力發展、交通與基礎設施、資訊通信技術、水資源與發展以及公共工程。穆坦巴拉教授協調了這些部門在南部非洲發展共同體（SADC）和東南非共同市場（COMESA）內的區域政策制定。此外，穆坦巴拉副總理推動了GNU的三項關鍵國家努力：發展共享的國家願景、重新塑造津巴布韋形象及制定國家基礎設施總體規劃。
穆坦巴拉教授還曾在美國麥肯錫公司（McKinsey & Company）擔任管理顧問（芝加哥辦公室），以及在南非標準銀行（Standard Bank）擔任電子支付部門的主管。
