Abu Dhabi, May 4 -- Veteran Indian filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, an 80-year-old best known for films such as Masoom and Mr India, has joined the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) in Abu Dhabi as an advisor to its AI+Arts Fellowship Programme.

Announcing the development on X, Kapur said he was "proud" to take on the role, describing it as both "an honour and opportunity" to collaborate with leading experts while contributing to the evolving intersection of artificial intelligence and the arts.

In a separate post, he reflected on the broader impact of artificial intelligence, suggesting that meaningful transformation may emerge from ordinary households rather than elite institutions. "Not from the top of the pyra...