Saurabh Kumar Sahu, managing director and head, India Business, Accenture, said artificial intelligence, analytics and emerging technologies need to become part of India’s mainstream education to ensure initiatives in the field. “We have to look at what enables people to become inventors. Just as computer science was part of educational policy, AI should also be part of the education system. At the same time, freedom of expression to experiment and the understanding that it is okay It’s important to fail,” he said.
Citing ‘DPI to the power of AI’, Dr Rohini Srivatsa, Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft India and South Asia, said AI will exponentially amplify the impact of digital public infrastructure, including Aadhaar and UPI.
In the discussion titled ‘AI and technology: New frontiers of disruption’, Nikki Parmar, co-founder of California-based EssentialAI, said she is considering returning to India and work on AI. “It’s remarkable to see how we’ve pushed the limits of this technology. Today we have AI, where a single model understands a lot of things about the world. In the future, they will learn from the users themselves and help us with innovations.” Will find more,” he said.
Dr Srivatsa said that AI, in every sector, will change the way customers are served, change processes and even change the way products are designed. However, in areas like healthcare and education, AI will perform tasks that were not possible before.
“For example, it is impossible for doctors to have the latest information in any specialty around the world. An AI assistant can look into such cases. In education, AI will make us celebrate diversity, because one no longer needs to know English to learn. will not be required,” he said, describing AI as a once-in-a-generation opportunity for inclusive and sustainable development.
AI will enable anyone to become a domain expert in the future, Ms Parmar said, as models will start learning from experts and provide easy learning.
The panel of experts called for caution when it came to regulation of AI. “Like any powerful technology, it’s not clear what all the things it can do. We can’t imagine ourselves how people will use AI. So having conversations to understand what regulation and use of AI would be ideal.” Also, how do we align the models to work in the best interests of humans?” Ms Parmar asked.
Accenture has a chief responsible AI officer, Mr Sahu said, adding that responsible AI is a necessity and not an option. Ms Srivatsa said security, privacy and security are the three pillars of trustworthy AI.
