Expert group for suggestions on artificial intelligence policy
October 31 , 2017 2583 days 1175 0
The Union ministry of electronics and information technology has set up an internal committee to advise the government on a policy on artificial intelligence (AI).
The government’s main focus is to reduce cyber-attacks with AI.
AI is also widely seen as a major challenge in generation of employment as many companies are likely to depend more on it to cut down on human resources.
The government has recently drawn up a seven-point strategy that would form the framework for India’s strategic plan to use AI.
The strategy includes developing methods for human machine interactions; ensuring safety and security of AI systems; creating a competent workforce in line with AI and R&D needs, understanding and addressing the ethical, legal and societal implications of AI, measuring and evaluating AI technologies through standards and benchmarks, among others.
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI, also machine intelligence, MI) is apparently intelligent behaviour by machines, rather than the natural intelligence (NI) of humans and other animals.
In computer science AI research is defined as the study of "intelligent agents".
Colloquially, the term "artificial intelligence" is applied when a machine mimics "cognitive" functions that humans associate with other human minds, such as "learning" and "problem solving".