IT outsourcing industry is making efforts in India to "overtake on the curve" in the field of artificial intelligence
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As a rising star in the field of artificial intelligence, facing the two major powers in the industry, the United States and China, will India still have a chance? The answer is yes. According to the reporter of First Financial Daily, at present, more than 800 companies in India have deployed or are deploying artificial intelligence, with nearly 29,000 artificial intelligence professionals. Although India has traditional advantages in information technology, many companies and researchers have not yet fully utilized the potential of artificial intelligence. But the Modi government’s ambition is clear. India wants to seize the current golden age of artificial intelligence development and open up an artificial intelligence development path with “Indian characteristics” between China and the West. Talent and investment are relatively backward In June this year, the Indian government think tank "National Institute of Reform India" (NITI Aayog) released a 115-page report "National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence". The report admitted that compared with artificial intelligence powers, India is far behind in basic research and resources. The report pointed out that India has few professional researchers in artificial intelligence, and there is a relative lack of specialized laboratories and university departments. According to statistics from Belong, an Indian recruitment application, only 4% of artificial intelligence professionals in India actually have work experience in artificial intelligence technology. The main reason is that India's information technology professionals are mainly concentrated in traditional fields, rather than focusing on research and innovation. In addition, the number of mathematics PhDs that can be cultivated in India is very limited, which also restricts the development of artificial intelligence. Prashant Pradhan, chief technology officer for India and South Asia at IBM, said: "China's artificial intelligence programs are highly structured and driven 'top-down', while India's is largely driven by private companies and their common demand for artificial intelligence." He also pointed out that compared with China, India does not have Internet giants such as Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent that are willing to spend big money to invest in the most cutting-edge technology in artificial intelligence. Traditional IT outsourcing may become a driving force At the same time, India also has the indispensable advantages to become a major artificial intelligence country. For example, it has a large team of scientific and technological personnel; a rapidly developing entrepreneurial environment, with the number of artificial intelligence startups growing at an annual compound growth rate of 86% since 2011; and more and more people own smartphones and the big data generated by the Internet. Many experts believe that if India can achieve overtaking in artificial intelligence, the traditional IT outsourcing industry that has been left behind in the mobile Internet era may be a hidden engine. Tata Consulting (TCS), Wipro and Infosys, the three giants, represent India's powerful IT outsourcing industry. They employ millions of technicians in India and have been providing various services to multinational banks, manufacturing giants and multinational technology companies. In order to avoid being eliminated in the tide of artificial intelligence, these IT outsourcing companies are also actively planning the industry. These old-fashioned companies with talents, funds and business lines, in the era of artificial intelligence, rely on their traditional advantages to change their motivation, and it seems that they may also become a variable. Do not compete with China and the West At present, the Indian government has also begun to pay attention to the development of artificial intelligence. The Modi government doubled the funding for artificial intelligence in the fiscal budget for 2018-2019 to 4.800 million US dollars, and decided to invest heavily in research, training and technology development in technologies such as artificial intelligence, digital manufacturing, blockchain and machine learning. Prime Minister Modi called for artificial intelligence technology to serve "Make in India". The Indian federal government has set up a special committee to study the possibility of applying artificial intelligence in various fields and the problems that may arise after the widespread application of artificial intelligence. The aforementioned think tank report itself is the latest move by the Indian government to encourage research on artificial intelligence. The report believes that after the application of artificial intelligence, India will have five areas that benefit the most: health care, agriculture, education, "smart cities" and infrastructure such as urban transportation. The most prominent point of the report is that it recommends that India should not compete with China in the field of artificial intelligence, but should give full play to its own advantages and become a global artificial intelligence center outside of China and the Western market. According to a 2018 Accenture research report, artificial intelligence can create benefits for businesses and society by changing the nature of work, adding $957 billion to India's economy and boosting India's national income by 15% by 2035.
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