AI expert captivates global leaders at Dubai AI Festival 2025
Held under the patronage of Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE, the Dubai AI Festival has emerged as one of the most prestigious global events exploring artificial intelligence's role in shaping tomorrow's digital economies.
In his keynote titled 'Artificial Wisdom: The Future Beyond AI,' Dr. Kablan introduced a radical yet essential evolution in technological thinking, one that elevates machines from raw processing and data-driven decision-making to systems guided by ethics, empathy, and long-term value.
'Artificial Wisdom is the natural next step for humanity,' said Dr. Kablan during the session. 'It's where we stop asking what machines can do, and begin asking what they should do.'
This philosophy infused with deep ethical awareness, human context, and societal responsibility resonated with an international audience of policymakers, technologists, investors, and innovators eager to reimagine how AI can be built not just to think, but to understand.
A Global Technology Luminary
With a career spanning entrepreneurship, academia, and government advisory, Dr. Abdalla Kablan has consistently stood at the intersection of technology and societal progress. Known for founding and exiting several high-impact tech ventures, he has also played a pivotal role in shaping national strategies on artificial intelligence and blockchain.
A trusted voice in global innovation circles, Dr. Kablan is admired for his ability to translate complex ideas into visionary frameworks chief among them, Artificial Wisdom, a concept that continues to gain momentum among industry leaders, investors, and policymakers worldwide.
The vision is already being implemented through his leadership at DELTA Wealth Partners, the AI-driven venture capital firm he founded and leads as CEO. With a unique mandate to invest in next-generation AI, deep-tech, and automation startups, DELTA Wealth Partners applies the principles of Artificial Wisdom to strategic, long-term investing.
The firm's mission is to fund technologies that are not just powerful, but principled those that hold the potential to drive sustainable innovation and elevate society. Under Dr. Kablan's leadership, DELTA has become a force in the Middle East and globally, standing at the intersection of intelligent capital and conscious innovation.
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