If AI can replace people en masse, then we have reached a very dangerous tipping point: Bhutan PM Tobgay Premium
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Bhutan's PM Tobgay emphasizes AI as a tool for humans, urging ethical oversight amid concerns over job displacement and global dominance.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) I must remain a tool for humans, not to replace humans, says Bhutan’s Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, sounding an alarm about the need for ethics and guardrails on an industry where US and China dominate 70% of products and research. In an interview to The Hindu, Mr. Tobgay, who was a speaker at the AI Impact Summit plenary session for leaders, also made a pitch for Gelephu Mindfulness City as a technological hub in the region, using India-Bhutan cooperation on hydropower for energy needs.
You are here for the AI impact summit in India, and Bhutan is a guest like so many others. But at the end of the day, it’s clear that the AI industry today is dominated by two countries, only US and China. Is there a space for other countries to have a voice?
1.4 billion Indians under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, I dare say, is more than a space. I know that India has the ambition and the mettle to pull it off and lead [the sector] too.
It isn’t just about India but other countries as well. Switzerland will be the next host of the AI Impact Summit, and Bhutan, presumably, in the future, can be the host. But can all the other countries that haven’t developed AI models yet going to be able to play catch up? The rules are already being set by the two big hegemons…
Therefore, all the more reason for India to work harder, faster, and lead the pack, really.
How does Bhutan see AI? Is it a is it seen as a tool?
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