'A gem from Muslim history': President Alvi describes etymology of word 'algorithm'

ISLAMABAD: President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi on Saturday announced to launch a "huge" program to teach artificial intelligence in Pakistan.Before announcing his plan about  the initiative, the president explained etymology of word "algorithm" saying it was a gem from Muslim history.He said Algorithm is a latainisation of name of Muslim scientist Al-Khwarizmi who also authored "the science and word "Algebra"."Today Algorithms as a simple set of rules for a task to be performed is the basis of Artifical Intel",   he said.

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