Artificial Intelligence (AI) and India

                It is important to keep in mind that AI has been doing so many amazing things, and it is more likely that AI will continue to transform the interactions of humans & machines. AI has reached almost every part of the world, and India also tastes AI in so many ways. Like any other country around the world, India is making big strides towards the progress of AI technology so that it can reach to the next level. One such evidence recently came, when India was ranked 3rd on the list of countries, which are doing quality research on AI. The report also revealed that in skill set of AI, the percentage for India was 46%, which is just behind United States and China. The skill demands for AI are also increasing in India like many other developed countries such as Germany and United States. Different industries across India are incorporating AI in their work processes so that they can take more benefits from it. IIT in Hyderabad one step ahead in this progress as they have included AI in the syllabus, where students across the country will learn more knowledge and skills about AI (Archana, 2019)

                It has been observed that in last few years, AI has been growing faster in India, and trend is more likely to continue in this fashion. It is a fact that there is a great future ahead with the essence of AI with so many opportunities in India, but there are few associated risks as well. The AI has been adopted by many industries across India and there is more potential to do so. The agriculture, education and health sectors have adopted AI in their processes. AI applications are also increasing with the passage of time, such as image recognition, natural language processing, and business automation etc. The other important thing is the support from government. Since 1990s, the boom of IT industry has been an integral part of Indian economy, and it has taken more space in last decade or so. In 2018, an announcement was made by the Indian Administration that a national AI programme will be spearheaded by them to give more support to this field. It has been observed that Indian government has given considerable importance to the AI and they are considering it to be an important part of their economic growth in the future. It is true that various opportunities with a great future of AI is waiting for India, but not without relevant risks and challenges. The experts strongly believe that incorporation of AI is not as easy, as it may be in the West. For instance, it is believed that when AI is implemented in India, the associated cost of failure as compared to West can be much higher because required structure is not there (Bharadwaj, 2019)

References of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and India

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