Ashwini Vaishnav told about India's five-level AI mission (file photo)
Digital Desk, New Delhi. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav outlined India's five-tier AI mission during a discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He highlights the five main pillars of India's ambitious Artificial Intelligence (AI)—application, model, chip, infrastructure and energy.
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav, speaking at the World Economic Forum, made it clear that India is not just harnessing technology but is also ready to lead this 'Fifth Industrial Revolution' through public-private partnerships (PPP) and affordable computing capacity.
Five Foundations of AI
Explaining the technical framework, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that if we look at Artificial Intelligence (AI), it has five bases. The first element is the application layer, i.e. how we use it. The second element is the model layer, i.e. the models created, the third element is the chip layer, i.e. the semiconductor layer, the fourth element is the infrastructure layer, i.e. the data center, and the fifth element is energy.
He further said that energy is going to be a huge factor in the world of artificial intelligence in what is being called the fifth industrial revolution. In such a situation, from energy to applications, India's systematic work has been greatly appreciated across the world and especially by the artificial intelligence related industry. Meanwhile, Ashwini Vaishnav has detailed India's broader strategy to dominate the global artificial intelligence landscape, emphasizing a shift away from resources controlled by large technology companies towards a public-private partnership model.
Discussing the role of AI in economic growth and global impact at the World Economic Forum, the Union Minister revealed that India has successfully established a public-private partnership with 38,000 GPUs as a shared computing facility, making it available to students, researchers and startups at about a third of the global cost, while big tech companies in many countries control access to GPUs.
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Union Minister Vaishnav advocated adopting a techno-legal approach rather than relying solely on independent legislation. He argued that the complexities of modern technology require robust technical tools to tackle risks such as bias and deepfakes, including detection systems accurate enough to withstand judicial scrutiny.
He further said that India is developing technologies to reduce bias, enable reliable deepfake detection and ensure proper unlearning before deploying AI models. He also highlighted a strategic shift to a Fifth Industrial Revolution economy, and suggested that the bulk of future return on investment (ROI) will come from cost-effective, scalable solutions rather than simply "brute-force" computing.
During this time he debunked the myth that all AI progress requires expensive hardware and said that about 95 percent of AI work can be done using 20-50 billion parameter models. (With inputs from news agency ANI)
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