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• Making of Robots: The tasks that cannot be done by humans, robots can be used to do those tasks. In pandemic
time, when humans are vulnerable to virus attack, robots can be easily used for vaccination and patient care.
With the help of AI, such robots can be made.
• Automation: With virtual assistants like Siri, Alexa, etc. and chatbots, AI has been a boon in our day-to-day life.
The feedback of a food delivery app is an example of a chatbot using AI.
• Boon for Differently Abled Individuals: There are software and hardware available where AI augments
differently abled individuals of the society. For example, software like Awaz, BillionAbles and Let Me Hear
Again are some examples that use AI.
AI in India
AI as a technology has evolved in every field. It is the fastest growing sector with India having a biggest stake in
AI development. This technology has its roots from our country’s leading technology institutes. These institutes
have initiated and encouraged AI researchers and start-ups.
The Deccan Article notes that the first Community Centre for Artificial Intelligence was launched in Hyderabad.
They also mentioned that The HexArt Institute is an initiative of the Hexagon Capability Center India (HCCI). The
center will train over 350 students in several batches per year.
The Favourable Ecosystem Economy and the vast pool of talent in India has brought many big companies of the
world like Google, Microsoft, IBM, etc. to set up their research centers and AI labs in India.
Recognising the AI potential to transform economy and development, NITI Aayog was set up to establish the
National program on AI. NITI Aayog has partnered with leading AI technology stakeholders to implement AI in
critical sectors—Medical and Agriculture. The strategy is known as #AIforAll which implements growth of AI at
school level and go up till research.
INDIAai is the National AI Portal of India. It is a central hub for everything related to AI in India. It is a joint
initiative of MeitY, NeGD and NASSCOM.
Brainy Fact
In 2019, CBSE introduced AI as a skilled subject for grades 8, 9. It’s the first board in the world to
introduce it as discipline at a school level.
Future of AI
AI is impacting every sector and industry. In fact, it will change the future of the world more than anything in the
history of the existence of mankind. In pandemic, we saw AI-accelerated India’s growth with innovation. We saw
many startups which came forward with technologies using AI to combat the difficult situations. AI has helped
the businesses to become more efficient, flexible, accurate and responsive. AI is defining the future of businesses
and growth of new age tech savvy startups. The main focus of AI would be to replace humans in hazardous jobs.
Fields like medicine, industry, environment, defence, wherever humans are vulnerable, it will be replaced with
machines with human-like intelligence.
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