Digitalisation and its impact

AI world: An attendee looks at information displayed on a tablet device carried by a SoftBank ‘Pepper’ humanoid robot at the Future Investment Initiative forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia recently. AI robotics is giving rise to whole new industries. — Bloomberg

LIKE it or not, the Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR4.0) is upon us.

Sure, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has shown political resolve in pointing Malaysians towards a new course in reaching higher levels of industrialisation. Lest we forget, IR4.0 simply embodies digitalisation. It’s powerful – where speed, sophistication and the profound impact of digital technologies are integrated into orthodox industries on a massive scale.