New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar called for regulation, guardrails and greater inclusiveness in the development of artificial intelligence (AI), saying the technology would have a far-reaching impact on everyday life and require a serious debate on responsibility and its applications.

Speaking in conversation with John Micklethwait, Editor-in-Chief of the Bloomberg New Economy Forum on Tuesday, Jaishankar said that AI was difficult to compare with other technologies, including nuclear technology, given its widespread applications and the number of people likely to be affected by it.

"It's hard to find a parallel paradigm to what we are confronting with AI. The nuclear one is one which people often use, but he...