PM Modi talks about how India can democratize technology to benefit its citizens
New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday he wanted to bring the best education to the country’s children and use technology to fill the gap created by a shortage of teachers.
Prime Minister Modi, during an interaction with philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, said visual content is developed to cater to the interests of children.
“I want to bring the best education to our children. The teacher’s shortcomings, I want to fill with technology. If the child’s interest lies in visuals, storytelling, we are developing content in that direction. I did some research and I Already seen, kids really enjoy it,” he said.
In a candid, free-wheeling conversation, Prime Minister Modi detailed how India is democratizing technology to benefit its citizens, harnessing the power of digital to improve lives and exuding confidence that the country will make significant progress in the fourth sector. Revolution, with digitalization at its core.
Prime Minister Modi also warned that a technology as powerful as artificial intelligence faces huge risks of misuse if it is in unskilled and untrained hands, as he advocated the need for clear “do’s and don’ts”, and use watermarks on AI-generated content to curb misinformation and deepfakes. Cause relevant social harm.
The prime minister said he had heard about the digital divide in the world and decided not to allow it to happen in India.
“When I used to hear that there was a digital divide in the world, I used to say, I will not let that happen in my country, that there is a digital divide. And digital public infrastructure is a big requirement in itself. Today, I Want to bring digital facilities into villages,” he said.
Bill Gates praised “digital government” and said that India is not only adapting to technology but is actually leading the trend. Some digital systems have created efficiencies by getting rid of middlemen, which is very beneficial.
“I sometimes say, I want to run a government where, as far as the middle class is concerned, government should be removed from their lives and there shouldn’t be any government presence in their lives. Where there are poor people, there are poor people.” “Man, wherever government is needed, government should be absolutely there. But where there is no need, government keeps on doing it for no reason – bringing this, bringing that, doing this, doing that. So, this will stop, Prime Minister Narendra Modi responded.
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