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JCAIS Journal of Caribbean Artificial Intelligence and Systems

Launching 2026 — Volume 1, Issue 1 Coming Soon

Shaping the Future of AI
Across the Caribbean

Rigorous, applied, and policy-relevant research on the development, deployment, and impact of artificial intelligence across small states and emerging economies.

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📢 Now Accepting Submissions — Issue 2: AI and Economic Transformation. Deadline 31 July 2026.  Learn more →

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Volume 1, Issue 1 — Generative AI, Agentic Systems & World Models

Our launch issue places the Caribbean at the frontier of generative AI — from 100-agent political simulations to AlphaFold ethnopharmacology, Reggae economic risk modelling, and national LLM frameworks.

Research Article · Agentic AI

Developing Agentic AI Communities to Deliberate Cultural and Political Issues: A 100-Agent Experiment on the Bob Marley National Hero Debate

Adrian Dunkley

100 autonomous AI agents configured with distinct Jamaican civic personas deliberate over multiple rounds on whether Bob Marley should be formally designated a National Hero of Jamaica — producing emergent consensus dynamics analysed against political deliberation theory.

Agentic AI Multi-Agent Systems Political Deliberation Caribbean
Research Article · World Models

Using AlphaFold to Analyse Local Jamaican Remedies: Protein Structure Prediction as a Tool for Caribbean Ethnopharmacology

Dr. Shirley Budall

AlphaFold applied to fifteen Jamaican ethnomedicinal plants — including soursop, fever grass, and cerasee — reveals molecular mechanisms for remedies whose efficacy has been observed but never explained at the structural level.

AlphaFold Ethnopharmacology Jamaican Medicine Drug Discovery
Research Article · Generative AI

Reggae at the Crossroads: Estimating the Economic Loss to Jamaica’s Reggae Industry from the Rise of AI-Generated Music

Lancelot Williams

Scenario modelling projects USD 38–115 million in cumulative revenue displacement to Jamaica’s reggae industry by 2031, with implications for policy, UNESCO heritage protections, and a proposed Caribbean Creative Industries AI Resilience Fund.

Generative AI Music Reggae Creative Economy Economic Loss
Framework Paper · Sovereign LLMs

Building National Language Models: A Framework for Developing Country-Level LLMs Using Open-Source Foundations and Digital Twin Training Data

Adrian Dunkley

A replicable framework for nations to build sovereign LLMs without frontier compute — combining open-source foundation model fine-tuning with digital twin training datasets representing national legal systems, public services, and cultural heritage.

National LLMs Digital Twins AI Sovereignty Open Source
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Research Scope

Five Focus Areas

JCAIS publishes across five interconnected research domains that reflect the priorities and challenges of AI adoption in the Caribbean and small-state contexts.

01

AI for Climate and Disaster Risk

Predictive modelling, early warning systems, climate risk scoring, and resilience planning using AI across vulnerable island territories.

02

AI in Finance, Insurance, and Economic Systems

Credit scoring, parametric insurance, financial inclusion, capital market modelling, and macroeconomic forecasting for emerging economies.

03

AI for Public Policy and Governance

AI in public administration, regulatory frameworks, service delivery optimisation, and evidence-based policymaking in small states.

04

AI for Small Business and Informal Economies

Tools for SME productivity, market access, supply chain intelligence, and AI adoption in the informal sector that characterises Caribbean economies.

05

AI Infrastructure, Data Systems, and Talent

Data governance, compute infrastructure, human capital development, open datasets, and the foundations for a sovereign Caribbean AI ecosystem.

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About the Journal

Research Built for the Caribbean, Shared With the World

JCAIS is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to AI research that is relevant, rigorous, and actionable for small states. We publish work that bridges academic analysis with real-world implementation — from government policy to grassroots enterprise.

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5 Research Focus Areas

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Publication Roadmap

Three issues planned for Volume 1, each addressing a distinct dimension of AI's role in Caribbean development.

Aerial view of Caribbean island
Vol. 1, No. 1 · Q3 2026

Theme

Generative AI, Agentic Systems & World Models

Agentic deliberation, AlphaFold pharmacology, Reggae economic risk, and national LLM frameworks for sovereign AI.

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Caribbean cityscape
Vol. 1, No. 2 · Q1 2027

Theme

AI and Economic Transformation

AI in banking, credit access, SME optimisation, labour market shifts, and diaspora investment intelligence.

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Caribbean ocean waves
Vol. 1, No. 3 · Q3 2027

Theme

AI Governance and Sovereignty

Data ownership, national AI strategies, ethics in small states, and policy frameworks for the digital sovereign.

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