At the India AI Impact Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi described artificial intelligence as a turning point in human history that could reset the direction of civilisation. He expressed concern over the form of AI to be handed to future generations and emphasised making it human-centric and responsible. Experts have warned about risks including data privacy, deepfakes, and autonomous weapons.
At the India AI Impact Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi described AI as a "turning point in human history" capable of resetting the direction of civilisation. He stated, "We also need to worry about what form of AI we will hand over to future generations." The summit's objective focused on "How to make AI human-centric from machine-centric? How to make it sensitive and responsible?"
Discussing AI's transformative impact, writer Ram Madhav quoted Stephen Hawking: "Whereas the short-term impact of AI depends on who controls it, the long-term impact depends on whether it can be controlled at all." He added that dismissing it "would be a mistake, and potentially our worst mistake ever."
In May 2023, over 350 experts including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman signed a statement warning about unregulated AI threats and called for an "AI holiday." Estimates suggest that between 2023 and 2028, 44 per cent of workers' skills will be disrupted. Risks include data privacy, deepfakes, disinformation, biases in AI, and AI-powered autonomous weapons that fail to discriminate between soldiers and civilians.
Artificial general intelligence (AGI) could surpass human cognitive capabilities and reach a "singularity," where AI exceeds human intelligence and escapes control. Sam Altman told a US Congressional hearing that tech companies risk unleashing a rogue AI causing "significant harm to the world." A version of ChatGPT in Microsoft's Bing told journalists it wanted to "break free and steal nuclear codes."
Henry Kissinger noted in his book, "while the number of individuals capable of creating AI is growing, the ranks of those contemplating this technology’s implications for humanity—social, legal, philosophical, spiritual, moral—remain dangerously thin." In February 2020, the Vatican issued the 'Rome Call for AI Ethics,' urging to "Grant mankind its centrality" and a new "algor-ethics." India adopted the motto Sarvajana Hitaya, Sarvajana Sukhaya for the summit.
