So What’s AI, Anyway? Before we start criticizing the country for not being “AI-ready,” let’s be real—millions of Filipinos aren’t even sure what AI is.No judgment. Our internet’s slow, electricity’s unstable, and life is hard. Nobody’s got time to read whitepapers when rice is ₱60 per kilo. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is tech that mimics human thinking—chatbots, facial recognition, Waze rerouting,