Arun K. Subramaniyan on boosting AI development | India needs to invest in AI now To make AI an inclusive tech that levels playing fields, India needs an increase in datasets with representation of regional languages and a higher supply of accelerator chips

• Published in: India today. North American edition
• Main Author: Subramaniyan, Arun K
• Format: Magazine Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi Living Media India, Limited 15.01.2024
• Subjects: Chatbots; Deep learning; Internet access; Power; Public private partnerships; United States > US; China; India
• ISSN: 0254-8399

GenAI possesses the potential to unlock the next trillion dollars of value globally, enabling global growth and universal upliftment. <drupal-entity data-embed-button="ckeditor_image" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="79f74c54-ace7-46cb-bdf5-61e43ce2d182" data-langcode="en"></drupal-entity> For example, in a diverse country like India, with 22 official languages and a large non-literate or less literate population, imagine the level playing field GenAI can create when deployed with minimal bias. Efforts such as Bhashini driven by MeitY (the ministry of electronics and information technology) are a great start in building Indian language datasets. The accelerator chip arms race perhaps needs to be taken with the same seriousness as the nuclear arms race of decades past, where countries that take an active stance come out stronger, leaving nations with passive policies vulnerable.