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Discuss how knowledge and application of the specific issue, concept, idea, or

technology that you have chosen can contribute towards the development of cognitive

science practice in Malaysia.

Technology of AI can contribute towards the development of cognitive science practice in

Malaysia. Artificial intelligence attempt to model human capacities and this can contribute to

development of cognitive science. AI is an excellent model for understanding the nature of

the human mind as it can permits a level of impartiality and address its central problems or

goals including reasoning, knowledge, learning, planning and communication. The branch of

AI emphasized the study of cognitive phenomena in machines. The technology of AI allows

concepts of cognitive science and focus more on ways human or machine store the

information. This led to the development of intelligent machines with which learning and

planning, reasoning and problem-solving, speech or emotion recognition have become

possible. The human brains function the way it does due to it is structure and AI can be built

as powerful as the brain.

In Malaysia, government initiatives like MyDIGITAL under MDEB has offer a digital

upskilling platform for Malaysian across various social class. Hence, AI will gradually

transform in Malaysia education system and the way of thinking and putting Malaysia into

more on par with advanced nation in the digital arena. AI created new opportunities and

possibilities in educational process in Malaysia with the development of information

processing techniques and computing which can help provide important insight to decision

and administrators at the institutional level.