This extraterritorial embargo directly and structurally impacts the nation’s capacity to access the basic inputs for the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Febles explained in an article published by the Network of Intellectuals and Artists in Defense of Humanity.

  The systematic denial of access to specialized hardware—from high-performance servers to accelerated processing chips—forces Cuban engineering to optimize limited resources and develop alternative computing architectures, the deputy minister pointed out.

  Far from paralyzing technological progress, the US blockade on Cuba has fostered a culture of endogenous innovation from its very foundations, she emphasized.

  Every algorithm developed, every solution implemented in sensitive sectors, represents an act of resistance that transcends the technical to become an exercise of sovereignty, Febles highlighted.

Cuba is forced to build autonomous technological ecosystems from scratch, prioritizing algorithmic efficiency over the excessive consumption of computational resources, and the ethical quality of data over its indiscriminate volume.

This condition of forced isolation thus becomes an advantage, as it does not depend on foreign platforms. Therefore, Cuba avoids the technological subordination and algorithmic colonization that affects numerous countries in the Global South, Febles emphasized.

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