New Delhi [India]June 9 (ANI): According to Union Minister Rajiv Chandrasekhar, Artificial Intelligence as a technology in its current form is largely task-oriented and is not capable of handling a situation where logic and reasoning is required. There is a danger of losing the job.
“While AI is disruptive, we do not see the so-called threat of replacing jobs in the next few years. Because the current stage of development of AI is very task-oriented and not logic, reasoning and etc,” said the Center for Entrepreneurship, Skill Development, The Minister of State for Electronics and Technology said at a press conference held here to highlight the initiatives taken so far by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government.
“The jobs usually involve reasoning and logic and AI is not that sophisticated at this point,” the minister said.
On the AI regulation front, he said that the government will regulate it keeping in mind the user harm aspects.
“We will protect digital citizens through this technology,” he said.
Companies wanting to operate in India must first minimize user losses.
“Our approach to AI regulation is very simple. We will regulate AI as we regulate Web 3 or any emerging technologies to ensure that they do not harm digital citizens,” Chandrasekhar said.
Given India’s strong IT industry and a large set of data, AI-based utilities can tap the huge potential in the country. However, AI is still in its infancy.
Many countries are using AI technologies for better service delivery and reducing human intervention, but job cuts remain feared as the technology develops.
On Thursday, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, whose company deals with artificial intelligence technologies and created ChatGPT, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here in the national capital and discussed various aspects of AI, including the need for global regulation. Is.
Besides India, Altman is on a six-nation tour this week, including Israel, Jordan, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and South Korea.
In a tweet after meeting Altman, PM Modi wrote that the potential for AI in India’s tech ecosystem is huge – especially among the youth.
“We welcome all collaborations that can accelerate our digital transformation to empower our citizens,” wrote PM Modi.
Talking about his plans for India, Altman said that he would first fund startups in India.
“We were always amazed and quite grateful for the quality of Indian startups,” he said, adding that he had met some of the startups in India. (ANI)
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