Although recent advances in artificial intelligence have raised concerns about disinformation, deepfakes, and looming job losses, such risks must be weighed against the likely benefits. For a large, still-young developing country like India, the technology's potential to bridge current development gaps is difficult to overstate.
FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA – In wealthy advanced economies, conversations about artificial intelligence tend to focus on the dangers posed by machine learning. But in India, the bigger and more pressing question concerns human learning. With its young and growing population – which is already the world’s largest, and not expected to peak until 2065 – India’s main economic challenge is to build human capital, as is true of many countries in the Global South.
FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA – In wealthy advanced economies, conversations about artificial intelligence tend to focus on the dangers posed by machine learning. But in India, the bigger and more pressing question concerns human learning. With its young and growing population – which is already the world’s largest, and not expected to peak until 2065 – India’s main economic challenge is to build human capital, as is true of many countries in the Global South.