From Scarcity to Abundance: How AI Can Build a Fairer World is rooted in a simple but urgent realization: some of the most pressing scarcities we face today aren’t physical they’re digital. Access to data, quality education, and real opportunity remains out of reach for billions. As someone who has worked across the U.S., India, Japan, and now Saudi Arabia, I’ve seen how innovation, scale, precision, and vision each play a role in shaping technological futures. In this talk, I explore how we’ve shifted from a commodity-based economy to a knowledge-based one where data is the new resource and AI is the engine of transformation. But unless we intentionally design AI to reflect diverse realities, we risk reinforcing the very gaps we seek to close. At HUMAIN, we’re not importing existing AI models we’re building them from scratch, aligned with local context and global responsibility. With Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia has a unique opportunity to offer not only ambition, but accessible infrastructure to the Global South. Scarcity, I argue, is a design flaw one we can fix. And when we build AI to serve humanity, not just productivity, we don’t just fill gaps we create abundance. Tariq Amin is a technology expert, strategic business leader, and CEO of HUMAIN, with over twenty years of leadership and entrepreneurial experience in the technology and telecommunications sector. He is recognized as an influential figure in the field of technology, known for his forward-thinking vision and commitment to expanding access to modern technologies on a broad scale. He dedicates his efforts to redefining the ways we work, innovate, and collaborate aligned with the global shift toward the age of artificial intelligence. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx