Manoj Pant and M Rahul
India is hosting a massive global AI Impact Summit between February 16-20, with over 20 heads of state, 60 ministers, and around 500 global technology leaders attending. There is huge optimism, driven by the government, about India being at the forefront of the defining technology of this century. Many view artificial intelligence (AI) as the 21st century’s equivalent of the steamship or the airplane in the 20th. However, it is worth examining what AI actually entails and the less visible costs associated with it.
Early last year, the southern states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh competed to host global technology giant Google’s AI processing center. The $15 billion project eventually went to Andhra. Telangana soon entered the race after Microsoft committed $17.5 billion to establish a similar center in Hyderabad. These investment promises quickly became political talking points. At the national level, the Union government announced a major push for artificial intelligence through its IndiaAI Mission in 2024.
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