Maria Corina Machado advocates using AI to "take a great leap forward" in Venezuela's reconstruction
Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Maria Corina Machado, advocated this Tuesday for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) "in all sectors" to "take a great leap forward" in the reconstruction of Venezuela, during a colloquium at Harvard University (Massachusetts, USA) where she presented her educational project. "Venezuela [...]
TL;DR
- María Corina Machado proposes using artificial intelligence (AI) to reconstruct Venezuela.
- She envisions Venezuela as the first nation built from scratch in the AI era, attracting investment and social policy actors.
- Machado supports privatizing sectors like energy and minerals to open them to private investment.
- She argues that privatization is necessary to avoid cutting funding from education, health, or justice.
- Machado champions her educational voucher program to give parents free choice and introduce competition, accountability, and transparency.
- Her model also includes a centralized assignment system for schools via lottery.
- The principles of competition and merit are seen as essential for services like education, health, and elder care.