NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with the CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman and said Friday that the potential for artificial intelligence to improve India’s tech ecosystem is huge, especially among the youth.
“We welcome any collaborations that can accelerate our digital transformation to empower our citizens,” he tweeted, captioning the conversation Altmann as insightful.
Previously, Altman tweeted about his username @sama: “Great chat with @narendramodi about India’s incredible tech ecosystem and how the country can benefit from AI. I’ve really enjoyed all my meetings with people in @PMOIndia.”
Modi replied: “Thank you for the insightful conversation @sama. Indeed, the potential of AI to enhance India’s tech ecosystem is huge, and that is especially true for the youth. We welcome any collaborations that can accelerate our digital transformation to empower our citizens.”
Meanwhile, the Minister for Condition IT & Electronics Rajeev Chandrasekhar said AI does not pose a major risk to jobs because the technology in its current form is largely task-oriented and unable to deal with situations that require logic and reasoning.
“Although AI is disruptive, we do not see the so-called danger of replacing jobs in the next few years. Due to the current stage of development, AI is very task-oriented and not geared towards reasoning, logic, etc.,” he said. “Jobs tend to have reasoning and logic, and the AI isn’t that sophisticated right now,” the minister said.
As for AI regulation, he said the government will regulate it, taking user harm aspects into account. “We will protect digital citizens through this technology. Our approach to AI regulation is very simple. We will regulate AI while we regulate Web 3 or other emerging technologies to ensure they do not harm digital citizens.”
Altman, whose company deals in artificial intelligence technologies and founded ChatGPT, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the state capital and discussed various aspects of AI, including the need for global regulation.
“We welcome any collaborations that can accelerate our digital transformation to empower our citizens,” he tweeted, captioning the conversation Altmann as insightful.
Previously, Altman tweeted about his username @sama: “Great chat with @narendramodi about India’s incredible tech ecosystem and how the country can benefit from AI. I’ve really enjoyed all my meetings with people in @PMOIndia.”
Modi replied: “Thank you for the insightful conversation @sama. Indeed, the potential of AI to enhance India’s tech ecosystem is huge, and that is especially true for the youth. We welcome any collaborations that can accelerate our digital transformation to empower our citizens.”
Meanwhile, the Minister for Condition IT & Electronics Rajeev Chandrasekhar said AI does not pose a major risk to jobs because the technology in its current form is largely task-oriented and unable to deal with situations that require logic and reasoning.
“Although AI is disruptive, we do not see the so-called danger of replacing jobs in the next few years. Due to the current stage of development, AI is very task-oriented and not geared towards reasoning, logic, etc.,” he said. “Jobs tend to have reasoning and logic, and the AI isn’t that sophisticated right now,” the minister said.
As for AI regulation, he said the government will regulate it, taking user harm aspects into account. “We will protect digital citizens through this technology. Our approach to AI regulation is very simple. We will regulate AI while we regulate Web 3 or other emerging technologies to ensure they do not harm digital citizens.”
Altman, whose company deals in artificial intelligence technologies and founded ChatGPT, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the state capital and discussed various aspects of AI, including the need for global regulation.
