Recently, in a meeting with India’s AI Start-ups, PM emphasised upon the importance of Indian AI models in transforming the society by being 

• Ethical: to ensure fair competition and respecting data privacy of users.
  • E.g. AI systems collecting information from copyright content (books, art, etc.), harming the revenue of small creators, violates the Kantian duty to treat creators as ends in themselves.
• Unbiased: to prevent the reinforcement of stereotypes.
  • E.g. Credit card algorithms giving higher loans to men than women based on historically biased data.
• Transparent: to ensure trust and accountability and to counter the black-box problem.
  • E.g. Chitralekha, an open-source video transcreation platform by Indian non-profit AI4Bhārat, encourages community participation.

What role can AI play in transforming society?

• Public Service Delivery: AI enhances targeting, monitoring, and efficiency of welfare schemes, reducing leakages. 
  • E.g. MCA 3.0 portal: by ministry of corporate affairs for ease of regulatory filing for companies with the help of AI/ML.
• Access to Justice: E.g. SUVAS, an AI-based translation platform, is used by the Supreme Court to translate judgments and orders into regional languages.
• Sustainable Transformation : E.g. AI-enabled smart grids balance real-time supply–demand and detect faults, optimising energy efficiency.
• Other: Healthcare access (AI-based diagnostics), education (AI-powered personalised learning platforms), disaster management (AI-based early warning systems), etc.