AI uses algorithms and complex machine learning techniques to analyse and interpret vast amounts of data and make decisions based on the data.

Here in Zimbabwe, this debate might feel distant. After all, we have immediate concerns such as economic recovery, agriculture, and healthcare.

There is a quiet revolution knocking on the doors of our consultation rooms — not a new clinic, not a trained counsellor, but lines of code and a cheerful chatbot ready to listen.

The AI produces a neat summary. That is useful, but the real learning begins when she closes the screen and writes her own version in her exercise book.