India’s AI Moment

The India AI Impact Summit flexed the nation’s tech muscle but also cautioned us to improve guardrails to keep humans protected in the future

- SHUTAPA PAUL

As machines grow smarter, humanity must grow wiser to guide AI toward equitable and beneficial outcomes

“I have been trying to make my mother understand Artificial Intelligence (AI). Explaining deep fakes, digital arrests, and spam messages was tough enough for her to comprehend but AI takes it to another level.

Her mind can't grasp the concept except that it’s something like computers, only infinitely more advanced. The onset of Parkinson's disease doesn't aid her cognitive abilities. But when I see her bewilderment about Al, my words of comfort are to not sweat about it because, frankly, all of us, at some point or the other, have been utterly baffled by the notion of Al And unless you've been living under a rock, you know that AI has been the buzzword in India this week. The India Al Impact Summit was a milestone international gathering that brought together tech leaders from around the world to the national capital. Investments worth USD 200-300 billion were announced, international tie-ups were forged, partnerships were kick-started, and products were launched. And at the centre of it all was India with her moment in the limelight.