世界银行希望发展中国家建设“小型AI”，即能够在信号弱的手机上运行的紧凑型模型。
The World Bank wants developing countries to build “small AI”, compact models that run on a mobile phone with a weak signal.
世界银行首席知识官帕斯卡尔·多诺霍表示，AI可以加速新兴经济体的增长，但前提是它必须符合当地需求，卫报报道如上。
Paschal Donohoe, the bank’s chief knowledge officer, said AI could speed up growth in emerging economies, but only if it fits local needs, the Guardian reported.
“小型AI”使用在更窄数据集上训练、针对单一任务的专用模型。多诺霍称，此类工具可以在连接较弱的环境下运行，可用于手机和当地语言。
Small AI uses specialised models trained on narrower data for one task. Donohoe said such tools can work with weak connections, on phones and in local languages.
他表示，在世界银行服务的国家中，原本可能需要几个世纪才能实现的增长，如今可能加速实现。“如今这种经济发展有望在数十年内实现，”他说。
He said growth that could have taken centuries in the countries the bank serves might now happen faster. “The potential is there for that economic development now to happen within decades,” he said.
农民优先 多诺霍，前爱尔兰财政部长，指出了世界银行AgriConnect计划中的印度农民。他们需要用本地语言进行土壤分析。
Farmers first Donohoe, a former Irish finance minister, pointed to Indian farmers in the bank’s AgriConnect scheme. They need soil analysis in their own language.
“印度的每个小农场都没有足够的科学家和农业专家来为其提供这项服务，”他说。
“There’s not going to be enough scientists and agricultural experts to do that for every small farm in India,” he said.
他表示，此类产品可能由世界银行、政府和私营企业共同合作开发。
He said such products could come from the World Bank, governments and private companies working together.
基础先行 本月在曼谷举行的世界银行和国际货币基金组织会议上，AI是核心议题。IMF总裁克里斯塔利娜·格奥尔基耶娃表示，政府必须首先提供电力、数字基础设施以及防范恶意行为者的保护。
The basics first AI was a central theme at this month’s World Bank and IMF meetings in Bangkok. IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said governments must first provide power, digital infrastructure and protection from bad actors.
“如果我们努力建立其基础条件，[采用]可以非常民主。就像手机一样普及，”她说。
“If we work hard to have the basics for it, [adoption] can be very democratic. As democratic as the cellphone,” she said.
差距巨大。世界银行8月的发展报告发现，撒哈拉以南非洲近三分之一的农村学校没有电力。
The gaps are large. The World Bank’s August development report found almost a third of rural schools in sub-Saharan Africa had no electricity.
年轻工人面临风险 格奥尔基耶娃警告称，全球40%的工作岗位可能因AI而在一段时间内被改变或取消。她表示，刚进入职场的年轻人面临最大风险，因为入门级岗位正在消失。IMF也曾表示，AI投资正在支撑全球增长。
Young workers at risk Georgieva warned that 40% of jobs worldwide are likely to be changed or wiped out by AI over time. Young people starting out face the biggest risk, she said, as entry-level roles disappear. The IMF has also said AI investment is propping up global growth.
多诺霍称，世界银行在过去一年里已筹集了1200亿美元的私人资本，而包括美国和英国在内的多个国家正在削减援助预算。
Donohoe said the World Bank had raised $120bn in private capital over the past year, as countries including the US and UK cut aid budgets.