India, June 7 -- On a recent trip (no secret, to attend the keynote and briefings at Google I/O a few weeks ago), my ears caught the sound of a rather interesting podcast aboard an Emirates A380. Usually these tend to be about food or lifestyle - though the one with Kilian Hennessy is exceptional too - but to have one in which United Arab Emirates' Minister of State for AI, Omar Al Olama talks about his vision of artificial intelligence (AI) regulation, is quite extraordinary. Also because he is the world's first minister for all things AI, appointed in October 2017. His vision is a bit different from everything I've heard from regulators in many countries, including India. Instead of regulation being structured as a restriction, Al Olama...