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The accelerated acceptance and deployment of digital technologies (especially Artificial Intelligence-AI) occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic (Chang 2020; Kumar et al. 2021) is a pointer to the role technology has to play in our societies today. Public and private entities significantly increased the use of or employed a number of AI tools, digital platforms, big data and robotics as public service delivery tools, education platforms or work-based solutions during the global crisis. This clearly demonstrates that AI and other disruptive technologies are fast becoming critical foundations that enable human flourishing. AI is a major element