Students have been abuzz over how artificial intelligence tools can do their homework and programmers over how these can increase their productivity or take away their jobs. As much as digitization has transformed the country in recent years, there is a widespread feeling that at some point around the horizon, AI shall rejig everything in even more fundamental, fantastic, and frightening ways. This is why deciding how the coming changes should be regulated is very important. TRAI has made a strong case for an independent statutory authority to ensure the responsible development and use of AI in the country, a global agency along similar lines shall likely be pitched at the G20 leaders’ summit, and interestingly even American MNC Microsoft has floated a blueprint for AI governance in India. The great size and diversity of its “data points” make India of great interest to all developers of AI technologies. But India is only at their receiving end, nowhere close to the US and China’s advances. Although lately, it is becoming obvious how much state censorship is encumbering China’s large language modeling, the country is still very much in the game with PhDs in fields related to AI, investments in AI chip hardware design, and domestic generative models like Wu Dao. The scientific accomplishments of India’s Chandrayaan mission have seen it being wooed for various international space collaborations. This promises spinoff technological benefits across Indian industry and is also geo-strategically useful. Likewise, it is only with sufficient AI prowess that India shall really get to play at the high table of global rulemaking for AI. Knowing how much Indians’ future shall be shaped by generative AI needs matching efforts to create indigenous models. In this and at this stage, a proactive government role is key, rather than just waiting on some large corporation to do the needful. Missing this bus will after all be even more costly than missing the chip research one. Plus, GOI alone can push academia-industry collaborations with the necessary weight and urgency. This does not let other institutions off the hook. A US judge has rejected the copyright for an AI-generated artwork. Indian courts should start engaging with the broader issue of non-human agency rather than wait for precedence to be set elsewhere. Indian schools need to think beyond the ban-ChatGPT mindset. Let us lead instead of only being led. [Extracted from “First, get the tech: Unless India develops domestic AI heft, it wouldn’t play any meaningful part in global regulatory efforts”, Times of India]
Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the main argument of the passage?
Correct Answer :
Governments that lead the initiative on regulating and responding to the advancement of AI tools benefit the most from them.
Solution :
The correct answer is Option 1: Governments that lead the initiative on regulating and responding to the advancement of AI tools benefit the most from them.
Main Argument Analysis:
The passage emphasizes that India needs to take a proactive role in developing indigenous AI prowess and leading AI regulation/governance rather than merely sitting on the receiving end or relying solely on external corporations. The central thesis concludes: "Let us lead instead of only being led."
Evaluating the Options:
- Option 1 (Correct): If it is true that governments leading initiatives in regulating and responding to AI advancements benefit the most, it directly reinforces and strengthens the author's argument that India's proactive leadership in AI development and regulation is essential for its future and success.
- Option 2: Claiming that governments staying at the receiving end have "nothing to lose" contradicts the author's assertion that missing out will be very costly.
- Option 3: The passage specifically stresses a proactive government role rather than "just waiting on some large corporation," so focusing solely on incentivising MNCs does not strengthen the main core argument as directly as Option 1.
- Option 4: While public-private partnerships might be useful, the main argument focuses on proactive governmental/national leadership and indigenous heft rather than specifically finding a balance through public-private partnerships.
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