Development with AI

Policy will need active adaptation

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks at the global Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit in Paris indicate that India's policymakers are looking in the right direction when it comes to AI. He identified the threat of job losses as among the biggest concerns, along with concerns about cyber security, disinformation, and deep fakes. As he said, there is a need to reskill populations to align them with the prospects of an AI-driven future. Mr Modi also outlined the need to develop new green-energy sources because the new technologies will increase demands for clean, stable power. He indicated that India's AI mission would look to build public-private partnerships around key AI resources with the government investing in hardware compute resources and in primary research and development (R&D), and on top of this the private sector may build commercial applications.