Promotion of Artificial Intelligence in India

What’s in today’s article?

• Why in News?
• About Artificial Intelligence
• Difference between AI and Regular Programming
• Steps taken by the Central Government to Promote AI
• Various Initiatives/Programmes for AI
• News Summary

 

Why in News?

• For the first time, the Supreme Court has started using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and technology powered by Natural Language Processing to transcribe its proceedings.

 

About Artificial Intelligence

• Artificial intelligence (AI) is the ability of a computer or a robot controlled by a computer to do tasks that are usually done by humans because they require human intelligence and discernment.
• The term is frequently applied to the project of developing systems endowed with the intellectual processes characteristic of humans, such as the ability to reason, discover meaning, generalize, or learn from past experience.
•  AI algorithms are trained using large datasets so that they can identify patterns, make predictions and recommend actions, much like a human would, just faster and better.

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Difference between AI and Regular Programming

• Regular programs define all possible scenarios and only operate within those defined scenarios.
• AI ‘trains’ a program for a specific task and allows it to explore and improve on its own.
• A good AI programme ‘figures out’ what to do when met with unfamiliar situations.
• For example, Microsoft Word cannot improve on its own, but facial recognition software can get better at recognizing faces the longer it runs.

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Steps taken by the Central Government to Promote AI

• In 2020, the Central Government increased the outlay for Digital India to USD 477 million to boost AI, IoT, Big Data, Cybersecurity, Machine Learning and Robotics.
• India’s flagship digital initiative i.e. Digital India aims to make the internet more accessible, promoting e-governance, e-banking, e-education and e-health.
• In the 2019 Union Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government would offer industry-relevant skill training for 10 million youth in India in technologies like AI, Big Data and robotics.
• Additionally, policy-level initiatives by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and programmes around AI by NASSCOM and Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO) have laid the groundwork for future disruption and created a roadmap for AI in India.
• One such initiative was establishing the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR), a laboratory of the DRDO, in 2014 for research and development in AI, robotics, command and control, networking, information and communication security.

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Various Initiatives/Programmes for AI

• US – India AI Initiative –
  • The Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) launched the US-India Artificial Intelligence Initiative in March 2021 to foster AI innovation by sharing ideas and experiences, identifying new opportunities in research and development and bilateral collaboration.
• Responsible AI for Youth –
  • Responsible AI for Youth is a national programme for government schools to empower the young generation to become AI-ready and reduce the skill gap in India.
  • Established by the National e-Governance Division of MeitY, the platform aims to help the students develop a new-age tech mindset and relevant skill-sets.
• MCA 3.0 Portal –
  • The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) launched a new version of its portal, version 3.0, MCA 21, which will leverage data analytics, AI, and ML, to simplify regulatory filings for companies.
  • The idea behind the revamp is to promote ease of doing business and compliance monitoring.
• AI Portal –
  • Jointly developed by MeitY and NASSCOM in June 2020, the Indian government launched a dedicated artificial intelligence (AI) portal, India AI is slated as a central hub for everything.
  • The portal will act as a one-stop-shop for all AI-related developments and initiatives in India.
• Promoting AI in Schools –
  • The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is preparing a new National Curriculum Framework for School Education in pursuance of the National Education Policy 2020.
  • This will also aim at introducing a basic course on AI at the secondary level.

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News Summary

• The Supreme Court started a first-of-its-kind project to transcribe its proceedings live using Artificial Intelligence (AI).
• The SC transcription is using Teres, which is a platform used often for transcribing arbitration proceedings.
  • The platform is run by Nomology Technology Private Limited, a Bengaluru based company.
• The transcript will also be shared with lawyers who argued cases for verification, and is likely to be uploaded on the SC website every evening.
• The transcribing is the second major decision towards making the court more transparent after the SC’s decision to livestream its proceedings before Constitution Benches.

 

 

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Q1) What is machine learning in simple terms?

Machine learning is a subfield of artificial intelligence, which is broadly defined as the capability of a machine to imitate intelligent human behaviour.

 

Q2) What is the meaning of Internet of Things (IoT)?

The Internet of Things (IoT) describes the network of physical objects—“things”—that are embedded with sensors, software, and other technologies for the purpose of connecting and exchanging data with other devices and systems over the internet.

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Source: Artificial Intelligence is transcribing Supreme Court proceedings: How is it happening, and why?