New Delhi, March 16 -- Last month with great fanfare the AI Impact Summit was organized in New Delhi where the world's who's who in AI participated. Some very interesting issues were discussed but the general feeling one got was as if AI is the panacea for everything ! We should be aware that it is a slave and will never be a master of mankind. It cannot think out of the box. That ability only the human mind has. Though some AI practitioners will disagree with this statement.

Nevertheless, its uses and evolution are unstoppable. Therefore, we need to use it judiciously and with concern. Since it will play an important role in the future in almost every aspect of our daily life, its usefulness and progress in India can increase by leaps a...