Methodology for applying artificial intelligence technologies to improve the effectiveness of strategic planning for technological development in the country's regions

Relevance. Artificial intelligence technologies have been rapidly developing in recent years in the practice of strategic planning for economic systems. Their purpose is to ensure the security and protection of large data sets, automate routine tasks, and much more. The use of artificial intelligence technologies has been identified as a strategic tool for the development of complex regional economic systems.

The purpose of the research is to develop methodological guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence technologies in the practice of strategic planning of technological development of regions.

Objectives: to study the theoretical basis of the work, as well as a pool of regulatory regulatory documents that allow assessing the prospects for the use of artificial intelligence technologies in the practice of strategic planning at the regional level; to identify the main problems preventing the use of artificial intelligence technologies for planning the technological development of regions; to develop methodological provisions for the introduction of artificial intelligence technologies into the strategic planning system for the technological development of the region.

Methodology. The research was based on the use of tabular and graphical research methods, general methods of economic analysis (comparison, synthesis, analysis, concretization, etc.), critical analysis techniques, decomposition method, convergence and divergence methods, content analysis, system and mix analysis.

Results. The theoretical approaches to clarifying the concept of "artificial intelligence" are summarized, which made it possible to formulate the author's view on the concept of "artificial intelligence diffusion". The stages of the methodology for introducing artificial intelligence technologies into the system of regional strategic planning of technological development of regions, the purpose, objectives of strategizing, and the main methods of artificial intelligence aimed at automating analytical processes are proposed. The stages of the roadmap for the regions of the Russian Federation are proposed, and a schedule for the introduction of artificial intelligence technologies into the strategic planning system for the technological development of the Kursk region is developed.

Conclusions. The author's proposed methodological basis for the introduction of artificial intelligence technologies for strategic planning of the level of technological development of regions is a platform that can be used at the regional level in the implementation of national projects "Artificial Intelligence" and "Data Economics".

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