We are aware of the fact that digital literacy is an indispensable part of our children’s lives, let us move on to other areas of this vast field.
We do acknowledge, that digital education is sacrosanct but little do we question on how much of our ethics and moral values, are we unintentionally violating only in our pursuit towards technological advancements.
Another keynote speaker at the conference, Mr. Amitabh Kumar, Founder, Contrails.ai, YouTube and Safety Advisory Board Member, Facebook , has provided his overview on similar lines.
He feels that there is a direct relationship between SDGs and Viksit Bharat. He stressed upon 3 major As, for navigating the digital landscape.
- Access
- Activity
- Artificial Intelligence
Most part of his conversation revolved around 3-4 fundamental and rudimentary ideas. Internet and India. How many schools in India have access to internet? 60% of our students don’t have access to internet. It is a bitter truth that after the set-up of internet in the railway stations of India by Google, it was found that 80% of India was engaged in sexual content, peddling drugs or involved in some other unethical purpose.
With the rising number in the AQI, we are pondering over planting artificial trees rather than real ones. These days, a tool designed for cyber forensics is used by journalists to do fact checking. We have come to an age, where we have started to talk about AI, Machine learning, Deep learning, etc, but we don’t question as to the “WHY” of AI.
It is imperative to realize that technology without morals is useless.
We don’t thrive in a world as yet, that has achieved complete automation. Artificial Intelligence, cannot replace humans. It is mandatory for us to question ourselves as to how can we use AI to solve the issues prevailing in the Indian Society.
AI is a medium that can only enhance our existing skills, because same LLM is being used by everybody.
As an entrepreneur, he believes that reading is the super power, which is like a workout for the human brain. So, if we are stuck in a human problem, then before using AI, we must ask ourselves, ‘WHY’?
We must always ask ourselves, ‘WHY’?
Verily, technological advancements and morality go hand in hand, and one is incomplete without the other.
Imagine a society, where everyone is an expert in AI, but lawlessness, corruption, moral degradation is widely prevalent. Will we ever want to be a part of such a society? No one would want to be associated with such people and live in such a world.
Hence, we must realize that instilling the right morals and building a healthy value system in our children is equally important as much as inculcating digital literacy skills in them is.