EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR, minister of state for electronics & IT
Q/ How important is AI and its role in business?
A/ The new wave of AI platforms is breathtaking in its velocity and scope of adoption. It is important to know that AI as a technology has been around for many decades… but was missing that ‘something’ to get it to critical mass—perhaps computing power or models to get it to be useful. Just to place in context, almost three decades ago, my master’s thesis was on AI and robotics!
However today, that early AI has evolved into sophisticated learning models from neural networks to AGI. ChatGPT is one such tool that is expanding in a variety of ways and at unprecedented velocity. That AI is going to disrupt many conventional technologies and businesses is obvious. Take search engines, for example. The long-standing dominance of Google is being challenged now. Take the potential impact on entertainment and media industry. In recent times, south Indian movies have been expanding audiences and revenues dramatically through OTT and dubbing. AI and simultaneous, automatic natural language translation—the Digital India Bhashini platform that the Narendra Modi government is investing in and building—could significantly disrupt [this] content creation space.
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