This India Today Special Report from the World Economic Forum in Davos examines India’s role in the global artificial intelligence race. James Manyika, Senior Vice President at Google and Alphabet, characterizes AI as a general-purpose technology comparable to the Industrial Revolution, noting that 180,000 Indian researchers currently utilize AlphaFold for scientific data. Chris Lehane, Vice President of Public Works at OpenAI, identifies India as the company’s second-largest global market, experiencing 2.5 times growth annually. The report addresses the capability gap, suggesting AI adoption offers a 7x multiplier on economic productivity across healthcare, agriculture, and education. AI scientist Yoshua Bengio discusses safety risks associated with the US-China technological competition and the emergence of superintelligence. Additionally, Skilled AI CEO Deepak Pathak explains the development of robotic systems to address global labor shortages. The discussion emphasizes the necessity of large-scale re-skilling and AI literacy to manage job displacement while exploring ethical guardrails for India’s middle-class economy and IT sector.
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