Abhivardhan at CII's AI and Telecom Roundtable 2024
From Abhivardhan, our Chairperson
This is a post authored by Mr Abhivardhan, our Chairperson.
Yesterday, I was invited as an industry specialist to participate in an intriguing roundtable by Confederation of Indian Industry at CII Conference Hall for a Roundtable on AI and Telecom.
The session was graced by some experienced minds and leaders in the Indian telecom and IT space. Despite my reservations on certain points around the future of #GenAI and #Telecom, I found the roundtable insightful and a reasonable medium to engage on core issues.
Let me share some perspectives we all shared during the session.
1. GPUs and capacity-building: It was a shared sentiment that investing in key resources like GPUs, capacitors etc., matters. Like Bogdan Grigorescu had said - India cannot merely become a nation of assembly lines.
2. Apps / Wrappers around #LLMs: Glad there is common sense around evaluating the purpose of building apps / wrappers around existing foundational and derivative LLMs.
3. Telecom companies must engage in AI-building and AI entrepreneurship: I appreciate the confidence and vision in the panellists behind proposing that telecos in India must focus on AI building and thereby even AI entrepreneurship. As rightly said in the end, it is also about finding the most viable use cases and business models, unlike what many people assume.
4. Garnering AI talent is a serious issue: As I have stated before, the panel rightly points out on the necessity to garner key AI talent, because a lot of human resources and knowledge management issues may retain as India lacks the quantum of AI talent at least in the space of India AI startup / MSME / company space as we know it. I appreciate the acknowledgement.
One concern I wish I had raised is the issue of AI patentability. With the UK and the US already providing key legal advice and judgments on patenting processes that highlight the novelty and purpose of artificial intelligence systems, it's crucial for Indian businesses and startups aiming to expand globally or with international clients to prepare accordingly.
I had proposed some jurisprudence in India's first private AI regulation proposal, AIACT.IN about #intellectualproperty and #knowledgemanagement as well to promote a democratic discourse.
Just as Apple initiated patent wars around hardware, we might soon witness a surge in AI-related copyright and patent conflicts.
Thanks CII for having me. It was a pleasure.
P.S.: Let's not hasten Indian AI regulatory efforts. Watching the steps and growing upon them could help a lot.