NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has said that India's massive digital footprint is one of its biggest strengths for Artificial Intelligence (AI) development, and established platforms like Aadhaar, UPI along with massive digital infrastructure create a unique opportunity for this futuristic technology to be leveraged to enhance transparency and improve governance. He noted that India optimally leveraging AI to solve its developmental challenges will not only lead to a societal transformation within, but will also benefit other nations in the world, who face similar issues.
Noting India's digital prowess - humongous amounts of data generated at cheapest possible cost, rising smartphone penetration and rapid adoption of digital modes of payment -- Kant said India's digitisation efforts through platforms such as Aadhaar, UPI, GST, public finance management system and digital infrastructure has created a unique opportunity for AI to be leveraged to increase transparency and improve governance.
He further said India's resolve to successfully leverage AI to solve various developmental challenges will not just transform the lives of 1.4 billion population here, but, in fact, also holds out a promise for billions of people across the world, who are moving from poverty to middle class. He added that India's 'National program on AI' will be dedicated towards the rightful use of the technology in solving societal problems.