President Dr. Arif Alvi says education is mandatory for alleviating poverty as advanced skills will be required in the modern economy.

Addressing a ceremony titled "Artificial Intelligence and Computing" in Karachi today, he said fourth industrial revolution is coming in which machines will replace many jobs of humans.

The President said components of fourth industrial revolution are enormous computing power, sensors and other sophisticated technologies. Dr. Arif Alvi said people are earning their living while sitting thousands of miles away from their workplaces by using artificial intelligence.