The Indian IT, ITeS, BPO, and BPM sectors collectively employ over 50,00,000 people in India and their jobs seem to be at stake with the rapid advancements in AI and ML.
They are requesting all stakeholders in India for utilizing a six-month time to draw up its own blueprint for AI development so as to harness all possible benefits of AI while minimising socio-economic disruption.
'It is now evident that the emergence of powerful AI, with all its transformational potential, could also be the harbinger of chaotic – and potentially catastrophic – consequences for humanity,' say Vembu and others