“The aim of this mission will be to establish sufficient AI compute power in the country. This will help India’s innovators and startups get better facilities. Under this mission, AI applications in agriculture, healthcare and education-related sectors will be promoted,” Modi said at the inaugural session of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) Summit 2023.
AI, as a technology, needs to be more inclusive so that the benefits are reaped by all users, Modi said, adding that “the more inclusive, the development journey of AI, the more inclusive will be the results”.
“The direction of AI development will totally depend on human and democratic values. It is up to us to keep a place for emotions along with efficiency, ethics along with effectiveness,” he said.
Speaking at the event, union minister for electronics and information technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said that wide-ranging disruptive technologies such as AI raised the fundamental question of how societies should deal with them.
“India believes in harnessing the potential of AI for inclusive growth. This vision translates into AI use in sectors such as serving citizens through native language, making healthcare accessible and improving yield through precision agriculture techniques,” Vaishnaw said.
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The event was also addressed by minister of state for electronics and information technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who said that while the work on AI had been going on for a very long time, it had been catapulted into a different orbit in the last 18 months.The algorithms being used in the training of AI models should be transparent and free from bias to assure people that the technology is working for their benefit. Further, if upskilling and reskilling were to become a part of the growth curve of AI, it would lead to an increase in the trust people place in the technology, Modi said.
Highlighting the need for a plan to stop the misuse of AI, the prime minister said that though the technology had the potential to revolutionise the tech landscape of both India and the world, it could also be the biggest destroyer of the 21st century.
“While AI can become the biggest tool for development, it can also play a vital role in destroying the 21st century. The entire world is facing the challenge of deep fake. Apart from this, cybersecurity, data theft and terrorists getting hold of AI tools also present grave dangers for the world,” Modi said.
The GPAI, a global alliance of 29 countries such as the US, the UK, the EU, Germany, Israel, Singapore, Australia, Belgium and France seeks to“guide the responsible development and use of artificial intelligence, grounded in human rights, inclusion, diversity, innovation and economic growth”.
The first three GPAI summits were held in Montreal, Paris and Tokyo, respectively.
