Indian diaspora on Saturday issued a media advisory strongly condemning the racist attacks on Sriram Krishnan, who was recently appointed as senior AI advisor by President-elect Donald Trump.
“Sriram Krishnan, who was recently appointed by President-elect Trump as his senior AI advisor, has become the target of despicable racist attacks. The use of malicious, vindictive, racially motivated, ad hominem epithets in our public discourse There’s absolutely no room.” It is written in the advisory.
“At Indiaspora, we clearly and unequivocally condemn any and all forms of racism. As stated in our media statement issued a few days ago, we strongly support the appointment of Sriram to this important position. We support him because we are confident he will serve America very well in public office,” it added.
Recently, Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna criticized those of Indian origin targeting Krishnan over his Indian origin. Khanna emphasized that the United States’ ability to attract talent from around the world reflects America’s “exceptionalism” that puts it ahead of other countries such as China.
Following a post from an X user who wrote, “Did any of you vote for this Indian to run America,” Khanna wrote on Jensen as being born in South Africa or Jensen as being born in Taiwan.” ,
“It’s great that talent from around the world wants to come here instead of China and that Sriram can reach the highest level. It’s called American exceptionalism,” the post said.
US President-elect Donald Trump nominated Sriram Krishnan as Senior Policy Advisor for Artificial Intelligence in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Sharing a post on the Truth social platform, Trump wrote, ‘Shriram Krishnan will serve as Senior Policy Advisor for Artificial Intelligence in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.’
“Working closely with David Sachs, Shriram will focus on ensuring continued U.S. leadership in AI, and will help shape and coordinate AI policy across the government, including working with the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology “Sreeram started his career at Microsoft as a founder of Windows Azure,” he said.
Krishnan, 41, accepted the offer and expressed his gratitude for the opportunity, saying, “I am honored to be able to serve my country and work closely with @DavidSacks to ensure continued American leadership in AI.” Feeling great. Thank you @realDonaldTrump for this opportunity.” ,
Krishnan was until recently a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz and a private investor in more than two dozen companies, including SpaceX, Figma and Scale.AI.
He previously led organizations at Meta, X, and Microsoft. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology from SRM Engineering College, Anna University.
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