Sunday 31 May 2020

Priorities for AI [ Artificial Intelligence ] portal

First the good news :

Ravi Shankar Prasad launches India’s National Artificial Intelligence Portal

The Union Minister for Electronics and IT, Law and Justice and Communications Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday ( May 30, 2020 ) launched India’s national Artificial Intelligence Portal called www.ai.gov.in.

Extract :

The portal will work as a one stop digital platform for

Ø AI related developments in India,

Ø Sharing of resources such as articles,

Ø startups,

Ø investment funds in AI,

Ø resources,

Ø companies and

Ø educational institutions related to AI in India ,

Ø portal will also share documents, case studies, research reports etc.

Ø It has section about learning and new job roles related to AI.

“ Technology is evolving at such a fast pace that very soon artificial intelligence will dominate our way of life. “

- Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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Congratulations, Shri RaviShankar Prasadji,

Application of AI has the potential to solve many urgent / immediate / important problems , facing our society

Following are some of these problems , which you may want to “ prioritize “ and publish on this portal, asking AI Startups to come up with their proposed solutions ( also to be published on this portal ) :

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[ A ] …….. Speech Activated BHIM to accept payments from illiterate rural people

Wake Up , BHIM , Wake Up ! ……………………………………………………………………..[ 16 March 2017 ]

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[ B ] …… Generating Job / employment Data for Demographic Dividend Policy Framework

From BAD to MAD ………………………………………………………………………………………..[ 01 June 2016 ]

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[ C ] …… Preventing Robots from going berserk and start killing humans

Thou Shall not Kill ………………………………………………………………………………………[ 14 April 2016 ]

Google on the Right Track …………………………………………………………………………..[ 11 July 2017 ]

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[ D ] …… AI enabled Smart-phones to neutralize “ Terrorism / Militancy / Violence “

Fast Forward to Future ( 3 F ) ……………………………………………………………………….[ 20 Oct 2016 ]

Artificial Intelligence : Brahma , Vishnu or Mahesh ? …………………………………..[ 30 June 2017 ]

Racing towards ARIHANT ? …………………………………………………………………………..[ 04 Aug 2017 ]

to : Alphabet / from : ARIHANT ………………………………………………………………………[ 12 Oct 2017 ]

ARIHANT : the Destroyer of Enemy ………………………………………………………….[ 24 Nov 2017 ]

ARIHANT : Beyond “ Thought Experiment “ ………………………………………………….[ 21 May 2018 ]

Singularity : an Indian Concept ? ………………………………………………………………[ 29 March 2020 ]

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[ E ] … AI software, to substitute human Psycho-Therapists, to serve COVID-depressed !

Share - Your - Soul / Outsourcing Unlimited ……………………………………………..[ 24 July 2016 ]

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[ F ] ….. Accumulating / filtering / multiplying / analyzing / extrapolating, “ HUMAN

INTELLIGENCE “ of a billion persons

Artificial Intelligence : Destroyer of Privacy ? ……………………………………………..[ 25 July 2017 ]

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[ G ] Can AI conquer ( besides COVID ) , these 19 things that kill millions , prematurely ?

Artificial Intelligence or Natural Stupidity ? ………………………………………………….[ 06 Nov 2017 ]

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[ H ] … Use of AI in fixing of salaries

Artificial Intelligence to fix MP / MLA Salary ? ……………………………………………..[ 22 Feb 2018 ]

Congratulations, Shri Harivansh Narayan Singhji ……………………………………….[ 18 Dec 2019 ]

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[ I ] …. AI to interview thousands of job-applicants and select suitable candidates

Recruiters threatened by AI ? …………………………………………………………………….[ 31 March 2018 ]

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[ J ] …. AI for detecting and deleting FAKE NEWS on websites

Fake News ? An Obsolete Concept ? …………………………………………………………….[ 04 April 2018 ]

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[ K ] … AI to help decide CREDIT-SCORE of 38 Crore Jan Dhan Account Holders

Samudra Manthan [ Ocean Churning ] V 2.0 ……………………………………………….[ 01 May 2018 ]

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[ L ] … Using AI to revolutionize our Health-Care System / Infrastructure

AI for Healthcare ………………………………………………………………………………………… [ 17 June 2018 ]

Will “ Ayushman Bharat “ listen ? ………………………………………………………………..[ 14 Nov 2018 ]

No need to be secretive ! ………………………………………………………………………………..[ 14 Nov 2019 ]

Tele-Medicine / Tele-Health : a COVID gift ? ………………………………………………..[ 20 Mar 2020 ]

Corona Patient Case Histories : a Fragmented Database ………………………… [ 30 Mar 2020 ]

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[ M ] … AI for automatic / dynamic investment in Shares / FDs / Mutual Funds

In Sync with Peter ? ……………………………………………………………………………………..[ 24 Sept 2018 ]

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[ N ] …. AI to help decide, what we need / desire / travel / see ?

Peter : The Second ………………………………………………………………………………………….[ 11 Nov 2018 ]

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[ O ] … AI to help reduce Traffic congestion and consequent Air Pollution

Transport : an Integrated Logistic Plan ? ………………………………………………………[ 20 Nov 2018 ]

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[ P ] …. AI to help dispose off 3 crore cases pending for years in various courts

Liar vs Liar ? ………………………………………………………………………………………………….[ 11 June 2019 ]

Justice delayed is Justice Denied ………………………………………………………………….[ 12 Sept 2018 ]

AI come to judgement ? Not for a while ! ……………………………………………………..[ 17 Dec 2019 ]

Law : Nothing Artificial in Arbitration ………………………………………………………………[ 16 Feb 2020 ]

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[ Q ] … AI driven “ Command Centre “ for conducting Online Exams of millions of students

Exam Malpractices ? No More ! …………………………………………………………………….[ 19 Oct 2019 ]

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I urge the following members of the “ NATIONAL AI TASKFORCE “ to ,

> consider my suggestions ( detailed at above links )

and

> publish their own INPUTS / MODIFICATIONS, on

the AI Portal ( support@indiaai.in ) :

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Shri V Kamakoti…………………………….. kama@cse.iitm.ac.in

Dr Anurag Agrawal………………………… a.agrawal@igib.in

Dr Gautam Shroff……………………………

gautam.shroff@tcs.com

Dr Amandeep Singh Gill……………….. fscd.geneva@mea.gov.in

Dr Ashish Dutta…………………………… adutta@iitk.ac.in

Dr Santanu Choudhary………………… director@ceeri.res.in

Dr Alok Mukherjee…

………………….. aam.alok@gmail.com

Dr Komal Talwar………………………….. k.talwar@ttconsultants.com

Dr G N AppaRao………………………….

Shri Rabinder…………………………….. ravinder@ias.gov.in

Shri G S Madhusudan………………. mail@gsmadhusudan.net

Shri Anuj Kapuria………………………. anuj@hitechroboticsystemz.com

Shri Kunal ……………………………….. info@utradesolutions.com

Smt Ashwini Asokan…………………. Ashwini@madstreetden.com / press@vue.ai

Shri Vinay Kumar ……………………… sanjiv.kataria@gmail.com / vinay@arya.ai

Shri Nagraj Naidu……………………… india.newyorkpmi@mea.gov.in

Dr Ajay Kumar…………………………. ajay@meity.gov.in

Shri G H Rao………………………….. ghrao@hcl.com

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NASSCOM

Shri Amit Aggarwal…………………. aaggarwal@nasscom.in

Shri Ashish Aggarwal……………… ashish@gmail.com

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With Regards,

Hemen Parekh

hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 01 June 2020

Thursday 28 May 2020

Soniaji speaks

Context :

Entire country heard cries of migrants but not govt: Sonia Gandhi

Extract :

Ø “ We again urge the Centre to unlock its coffers and help the needy.

Put direct cash of Rs 7,500 per month in the account of every family for the next six months and provide

Rs 10,000 immediately;

Ensure safe and free travel of labourers back home, employment opportunity and rations; and

Increase the number of work days under MNREGA to 200 days to facilitate jobs in villages,” the Congress

chief said.

Ø Sonia Gandhi said that “ there is no dearth of money, it should be utilised properly ”.

Ø “That 20,000 crore which the government has kept for beautifying the central vista project in Delhi should be used to help these famished people walking on the roads,” she said.

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Question :

Who does Soniaji classify as “ Needy “ ? It would be nice if she had clearly defined who are the “ Needy “

Absence of such clarity / specificity, could do injustice to many - besides providing fodder for political fire !

Let us assume :

Ø 10 crore MGNREGA workers ( have to be “ Rural and Unskilled “ as per the Act )

Ø 10 crore worker rendered jobless ( local + migrant ) from 6 cr MSME ( Urban + Semi Skilled )

Ø Total of 20 crore “ NEEDY – POOR “

Implication of Soniaji’s suggestion :

Ø ONE TIME payment ( DBT ) of Rs 10,000/- to each needy

Rs 10,000 / - x 20 cr needy = Rs 2 Lakh*Crore

Ø OUTGO over next 6 months

Rs 7500 x 6 months = Rs 45,000 per “ needy “ x 20 crore persons = Rs 9 lakh*crore

Ø Total > Rs 11 Lakh*Crore

Remember this in the context of the recent announcement of Smt Sitharamanji , allocating an additional Rs 40,000 cr to the original budget of Rs 61,000 cr for MGNREGA , taking the total to Rs 1.1 lakh*crore

So , what Soniaji has suggested is TEN TIMES of what the Government has provided for the NEEDY !

When “ needy “ have to be given Rs 11 lakh*crore , saving Rs 20,000 crore ( Central Vista ), is not much help !

But could Soniaji be right when she says : “ there is no dearth of money, it should be utilised properly ” ?

She could be right !

Only last Aug , a Govt Task Force came up with a big report called : NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PIPELINE [ NIP ]

Talking about NIP , Shri Modiji had said :

( Quoted from news report )

"For the development of modern infrastructure, an amount of ₹100 lakh crore has been earmarked for this period ( 2020 - 2025 ), which will create new job opportunities besides improving the living standards," Modi had said.

[ Source : Infra funding requirement pegged at ₹111 lakh crore during 2020-25 ]

Hence , postponing NIP by ONE YEAR ( 2021 – 2025 ) , could release Rs 20 lakh*crore to help out the needy !

Soniaji’s suggestion would help maintain our economy on some kind of a “ Life Support System “ for 6 months

But , in order to take our economy, off that Life Support System and fully REVIVE it on a long-term / permanent basis , we MUST invest heavily in INFRASTRUCTURE . May be much more than earmarked Rs 100 lakh*crore

There is a way to meet these, seemingly opposite requirements as explained in my following earlier e-mail :

MGNREGA : Can it morph into UBI ? …………………………………………..[ 11 May 2020 ]

Extract :

# MGNREGA should be re-named, MGNRUGA ( Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Urban Employment Guarantee

Act )

# Besides RURAL households, it should cover URBAN households as well

# Besides “ Unskilled Manual Work “, it must also cover “ Semi-skilled / Skilled “ work as well

[ De facto , this is already happening – ignoring the provisions of MGNREGA Act – as can be seen from :

Postgraduates, graduates enrol for work under MGNREGA ]

# Number of “ Guaranteed Days of Work Employment / year “ should be :

Ø Rural Areas ………………….. 300 days ( up from current 100 days )

Ø Urban Areas :

Class II towns ………………… 200 days

Class I Cities…………………… 100 days

# If an Urban establishment provides work to any of the REGISTERED UNEMPLOYED, referred by MGNRUGA

web site, it will not be required to pay wages ( to those persons ), for periods mentioned above

For them, the wages will get paid directly by the Ministry subsidizing , at rates prescribed under

the Act ( DBT ) . Any wages paid in excess , will have to be borne by the establishment concerned

# My suggestion will extend the scheme to cover urban offices / factories / shops etc , where millions have

been rendered jobless due to lockdown

As to the problem of finding those Rs 111 lakh*crore for NIP – without raising taxes ( direct or indirect ) or market

borrowing , read my earlier e-mail :

Mothballing Mega-Projects ? [ 21 May 2020 ]

Madam Gandhiji / Shri Rahul Gandhiji / Shri K C Venugopalji

[ soniagandhi@sansad.nic.in ] / office@rahulgandhi.in / kc.venugopal@sansad.nic.in

kcvenugopal.org@gmail.com ] ,

Based on my suggestions, I urge you to frame ( in consultation with all opposition parties ) , a

Ø COMPREHENSIVE CONSTRUCTIVE ECONOMIC REVIVAL SCHEME ,

and present it to Shri Modiji

Considering that he is a strong believer of : Subka Saath , Subka Vikas , I think he will accept to

implement the same

with regards,

Hemen Parekh

hcp@RecruitGuru.com

29 May 2020