Episode Synopsis "Taiwan's Covid-19 Technology Dividend"
Interviews with Taiwan Digital Minister Audrey Tang, and with Taiwan A.I. Labs founder Ethan Tu. Taiwan's innovative application of technology in combating the coronavirus has started to yield a economic dividend of increased direct foreign investment in the tech sector. Issues discussed include what parts of the Taiwan Model in combating Covid-19 can be replicated by other countries. A.I. Labs has developed a mobile phone application for tracking the coronavirus, practicing social distancing, and isolating confirmed cases without requiring collection of personal IDs or centralized data storage. A.I. Labs is sharing the algorithm with developers wanting to build similar apps for their countries. Taiwan's open source ethos has spawned many new startups in the precision medicine sector.