India To Be One of the Largest Contributors To AI: Microsoft President By CIOTechOutlook Team

India To Be One of the Largest Contributors To AI: Microsoft President

CIOTechOutlook Team | Thursday, 01 February 2024, 10:08 IST

In the huge change man-made reasoning (artificial intelligence) is making across the globe, India will be one of the biggest supporters of it and furthermore one of the significant recipients, as per Puneet Chandok, president (India and South Asia), Microsoft.

“AI is a massive platform shift. It’s a defining technology shift for a lifetime. The impact it will have on our lives is incredible. I want all of us to be unstoppable and that can happen only when you start learning, start working, unlock productivity, and shake up the organisation.”

Chandok was talking at Microsoft’s first ever edition of its global AI Tour in India, which more than 3,000 attended. While talking about the advantages India has when it comes to AI, he divided them into three segments, as per business standard.

“On the demand side, India has 100,000 startups, but we have 100 new startups coming in India every day and they need technology and AI.”

On the supply side, Chandok said every sixth AI developer, researcher, and builder was from India.

“Thirdly, roughly 16 per cent of incremental global GDP will be driven by India.”

He went on to say that despite the fact that artificial intelligence had been around for more than 30 years, it had developed impressive capabilities that went beyond the realm of conversation. Now, cutting-edge technology is able to comprehend human context and reason not only with words but also with pictures or images.

“There are two fundamental shifts happening with AI — the first is the natural user interface and the second is the reasoning, which is powerful,” he added.

Chandok said organisations could no longer be fence-sitters.

“I still see a lot of organisations which just dip their toes. Do not wait for this technology to evolve, it keeps evolving every day,” he added.