Opinion | Can India Create An 'AI City'?

Umakant Soni | Tuesday November 12, 2024

Current foundation models are filled with unseen risks, yet they are being beta-tested on billions without much consideration for safety.

Opinion | Being Human In The Age Of Intelligence

Umakant Soni | Saturday October 12, 2024

Being intelligent, or putting effort into being more intelligent, may not matter much, as an enormous amount of machine intelligence would be available on tap, helping us automate work that consumes almost 60-70% of our time today

Opinion | Should We Be Worried About Unemployable Human Bots?

Umakant Soni | Wednesday September 18, 2024

What we really need to fear is not the flooding of cheap humanoids from China, but rather the massive numbers of "human bots" - humans raised and trained to master outdated exams in pursuit of paper degrees - who may be unemployable in the future.

Opinion | Olympic Medals or Kota Factory? Time to Let Young Minds Choose

Umakant Soni | Saturday August 17, 2024

The Olympics are over, and India, with a population of 1.4 billion - with the largest number of youth in the world - has ended up with just six medals.

Opinion | Is Sam Altman Wrong About India's AI Capabilities? Yes, And No

Umakant Soni | Thursday August 01, 2024

On June 7 last year, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, was asked this question when he was in India: Can Indian entrepreneurs compete with OpenAI, or should they even try? His answer was a blunt and definitive "No".

Opinion | A Viksit Bharat Will Need Viksit, Intelligent Villages Too

Umakant Soni | Monday July 22, 2024

Transforming both the ailing PSU and dormant villages with technology innovations of the "Viksit Village" will make the vision of Viksit Bharat real.

Opinion | The Case For A $10-Billion Fund Of Funds to Propel Viksit Bharat Goal

Umakant Soni | Friday July 12, 2024

The time to act is now, and the $10 billion fund of funds for deep technologies like AI and robotics is pivotal in unlocking Viksit India's vast potential. Delaying action risks this goal becoming an unattainable mirage within the next five years.