Chandigarh, Feb. 28 -- Artificial intelligence (AI), if embedded within evidence-based policymaking, can transform agriculture, road safety, education and public health, but only if governments actively shape its deployment, Nobel laureate economist Michael Kremer said during a public lecture at Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration on Friday.

Kremer, who was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, jointly with Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty, had been invited to share his insights on AI integration into governance.

The event, titled 'Economics and policy innovation in India', was organised by the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Dev...