THE Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said that businesses should not be afraid to use artificial intelligence (AI).

DICT Undersecretary Jeffrey Dy said using AI will help improve their products and processes.

Dy also said using AI results in net gains for businesses.

"We’re far from real AI where it will pass the Turing Test and become Terminator. Don’t worry about that. I think we’re decades away from that," he said.

"But here’s the catch, we all have to adapt to it," he added. 

"If you want to go in front of the business, you have to use AI as a tool and use it wisely because most of the people, whether you like or not, whether I like it o not, with regulation or without, AI will be a tool or transforming businesses," he said.

Dy said that using AI and big data can help predict stroke or diagnose diabetes among patients.

Meanwhile, Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Deputy Executive Director Assistant Secretary Romeo Montenegro that people should do away with anxiety.

"This one, a new experience is something that you have to be anxious about. But this is the reality--we have to evolve. We don’t have to get stuck by the Stone Age technology," he said.