'Need resilient systems that can withstand cyber attacks and are future-ready'

Bengaluru: With the world increasingly going the AI way and digitising every process, the need for building resilient systems that can withstand any cyber attacks and are future-ready is now stronger than ever. 

Thought leaders in the AI, specifically generative AI space, spoke at an event organised by Synergia Foundation, a strategic affairs think tank, and the Harvard Club of Bangalore, which explored the role of AI in the future. 

Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) M N Anucheth, who spoke at a panel discussion at the event, explained how his team uses AI to detect violations, control signal systems, and augmenting their efforts in traffic enforcement and management.

AI visionary Jeanne Lim, who co-created Sophia the Robot, explained that the future is beyond big data. “The next frontier is conversation analytics. Lots of research is emerging about how visual and interactive elements increase user engagement and user insights on websites. AI beings (full body animated characters in augmented or virtual reality) are the way forward,” she noted in her 10-minute presentation delivered virtually. 

Dr A Paul Raj, Professor Emeritus at Stanford University and Padma Bhushan awardee, who joined virtually, delivered an over 45-minute keynote presentation tracing the growth of AI, deep tech developments, and the emergence of generative AI, which is being increasingly used across domains today. Increasing investments and scaling deep tech, closing the per capita tech gap, and competing globally in these sectors are the future challenges India faces. 

An expert in technology, society, policy and impact, and founder of Aapti Institute, Sarayu Natarajan touched upon the inequality in access and capacity to use AI in society, and how benefits are skewed to a specific demographic. The future must address these concerns as well, she noted. 

“The idea behind doing such sessions is to understand how we can build resilient systems for the future, as we move towards greater digitisation,” explained Tobby Simon, founder-president, Synergia Foundation.