Monday , December 23 2024

With increasing use of AI in every sector from agriculture to education, how does India stand globally?

India's stance regarding Artificial Intelligence: Man is the most intelligent person on earth. Also, man does any work only after thinking. If a machine works in this way then it is called AI. Currently, AI is making waves all over the world. Nowadays, AI i.e. Artificial Intelligence has become as important for people as Google. Besides, many real tools of Artificial Intelligence are also proving to be very helpful for people.

Use of AI in India

Nowadays children also use AI tools to do their homework. Besides, India's first AI teacher has also become a topic of discussion. In a school in Kerala, an AI robot teacher is now teaching children wearing saree like humans. Apart from this, Artificial Intelligence has made its place everywhere from agriculture to national security. In such a situation, when the whole world is becoming dependent on AI, then what is the position of India in comparison to other superpower countries?

What is AI?

In simple words AI means Artificial Intelligence, it is artificially developed intellectual ability to think like a human being. Through coding, human-like intelligence is developed in machines so that they can learn like humans, make their own decisions, perform tasks on their own and even multitask.

In which areas is AI used?

The influence of AI is increasing rapidly in all fields. So not only software and apps coding but also writing, photography, photo and graphics designing, editing, medicine, education has become possible on a large scale easily and in the blink of an eye. Along with this, the use of AI has also increased rapidly in road-rail-aircraft transportation in the form of traffic control, smart car, self-driving car, vacuum cleaner, personal assistant robot etc.

AI is becoming essential for people

In the present time, when the use of AI is increasing in every field, we can give an example of this, everyone would know about chat bot. Chatbots are now being used by everyone from bakeries to food delivery apps to communicate easily. In this service, if most of the people have any question, then you are given options to solve that question and when you choose one option, the other question is solved. This way you get answers to your questions as soon as you select the option. The solution that this chat box tries to provide is AI and if you do not like this method then you can also get the customer service number or online customer support.

Apart from this, AI is becoming useful not only in services like education, agriculture or banking but also in border security. The use of AI in security has increased in the last 5 years. AI equipped cameras detect suspicious vehicles at the border. It can also alert the patrol agent if any anomaly is detected.

These countries are taking the help of AI for security

Artificial Intelligence is being used for border security by seven countries – America, China, Britain, Israel, Canada, India and Nigeria. These countries are stopping illegal migration with the help of AI.

Where does India stand in the use of AI?

If we talk about the use of AI technology, there are about 2000 AI start-ups in India. It is developing so fast that in a few years India will emerge as a superpower. At present India ranks 10th in the use of Artificial Intelligence. Whereas America and China are leaders in the use of AI. Some educational institutions have been opened for studies in these countries. Apart from this, the government is also giving many types of incentives. In 2017, China had set a target of establishing an industry worth $150 billion by 2030.

Where does India stand in terms of AI usage?

In the year 2019, NITI Aayog has started working on Artificial Intelligence institutionally. Additionally, NASSCOM's National AI Portal in collaboration with the National e-Governance Division of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology went live in June this year. Apart from this, according to a figure, in the year 2018, the expenditure on AI in India has increased by 109.6 percent to 665 million dollars. Apart from this, if we talk about private sector, at present Google has given a fund of 10 billion dollars for digitalization in India. Whereas Facebook has invested $5.7 billion in a company. Also, there are currently more than 40 lakh software developers in India and by the end of this year, India will become the country with the highest number of software developers as compared to other countries.