This is the IndiaAI site which supposedly covers India’s AI strategy.
It shouldn’t take you very long to figure out that this is hogwash.
You can also check the OECD.ai website’s India section and find the same sort of poorly thought-out strategy.
For Example: The yearly budget allocated is $20 Million to $50 Million. That’s less than the seed round for most AI Startups these days. $20 to $50 Million for a country of 1.4 billion people is absurdly low.
The link to India’s National AI Strategy at the Niti India website doesn’t even work -> https://niti.gov.in/national-strategy-artificial-intelligence
Which, to be fair, is exactly the state of India’s AI strategy and execution.
Why does India not have a proper AI Strategy?
It is hard to say. In some ways the Indian Government has been making tremendous progress
- The National Aadhar card is a technological marvel
- UPI is a universal payments interface which just works and can handle very small amounts smoothly (something most payment systems really struggle with)
In AI, unfortunately, the Indian Government doesn’t even realize the AI Wars are in full flow. There is almost nothing being done by India in AI.
Why is India not investing a lot into AI Startups and AI?
That is a hard question to answer. At a time when the USA, China, Europe, and even the Middle Eastern countries are going crazy investing in AI Startups and encouraging their own AI startups, India seems to be sleeping on AI.
Most of the interesting Indian AI startups are funded by Foreign Investors, usually from the US.
Is India going to wake up and start investing big in AI? Perhaps even develop a working AI Strategy to catch up with America and China?
Really hard to say what the Indian government is going to do. At the moment, it seems to be blissfully unaware that the rest of the world is fighting for dominance in AI and viewing Artificial Intelligence as
- An existential threat to the existing World Order
- An opportunity to become the next big Sole Super Power
When it comes to AI and AI Strategy, India is ambling along on a bullock cart, while everyone else is jumping on their planes and jets.
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