- As you are aware, the information-technology-driven solutions/applications are so dynamic that humankind is amazed at the speed with which more innovations are being unearthed, like the increasingly ubiquitous generative artificial intelligence. Little wonder that none of the countries would want to be left behind in deriving the mind-boggling benefits offered by this technology that is revolutionizing the way we are leading our lives now and in the days ahead. The advent of AI has been welcomed with absolute relish by the global community, and the Big Tech companies are leaving no stone unturned in pitching in huge investments to milk the technology to the best. Consequently, the global leadership too are willing to support these endeavours.
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- The Indian Union Government and the State Governments are wooing potential investors to invest here by offering not only attractive incentives to set up shops but also assuring every possible assistance in ensuring the project takes off within the deadlines agreed upon. Thus, the news about Google’s India AI hub in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, is met with loud cheers and excited anticipation. However, the moot point to ponder over here is how the AI governance will be to India’s advantage in the coming days is an entirely another matter altogether. Not all infrastructure is equal. Notably, Google’s Visakhapatnam AI hub, to be built with $15bn over the next five years and with the Adani group, will be its largest AI data centre outside America.
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- Further, this reflects the power of the Indian market – and its massive embrace of AI. As Sam Altman said recently, if there is one large society in the world that seems most enthusiastic to transform with AI right now, it’s India. But if this is an assertion of control over the physical backbone of AI in a region of high strategic growth potential for Google, what is it for India? With such infrastructure, India can improve data sovereignty, become a stronger player in AI, and have more say in how AI is deployed. This is invaluable as AI firms look set to have gatekeeper power over humanity’s future. Google’s announcement comes on the heels of Mokyr-Aghion-Howitt winning the Economic Nobel.
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- They spotlight how technological innovation has been the engine of modern prosperity, but also how this economic growth is neither natural nor guaranteed. Yes, AI will determine the future. But what that will look like will depend on who controls the physical and digital infra of AI, who gets to set the terms, viz., pricing, access, regulation, and how the benefits and risks of AI are distributed. New entrants and disruptive models will only be able to displace giant, monopolistic incumbents to the extent they can compete with these. Google building a large AI hub in India shows the country jockeying for a happy place in the AI-driven global economy. Getting there will need a lot of other birds flying in sync. Indian companies have mostly been doing only peripheral servicing, which is quite worrying. The Atmanirbharta in AI is the need of the hour.
