AI RISING

  

 

Leslie D’Monte and Jayanth N.Kolla‘s book AI RISING presents with authority the technical power of AI in today’s world. It is indeed a whole some treat for all the ones who loved to know in detail about the AI

   The book predominately provides insights on the India’s artificial Intelligence Growth story. The book expanding to 257 pages leaves no stone unturned in the subject of AI.

The author’s duo had done an extensive research gathering information on the origin, development, its application, expansion and future of AI. No doubt this book will be a light to people from all walks of life towards approaching AI.

The chapters are so systematically arranged and introduces readers the step by step progress, inclusion and advantages utilised by the humans at every level. Moreover when talking about role of AI in India, it show cases the arduous journey of finding place in Indian companies, start-ups, speaking Indian languages, digital payments and super App. Reading these is an enriching experience of getting into detail of  emerging AI in our country.

Framing an AI policy as an urgent need for a safe and secured society is thoroughly discussed and diligently handled in the book. I quote “Security of the data that is collected and more importantly, the manner in both data and processing thereof and its use through AI applications are the other concerns for which laws are required.”

The book finally ends up with AI’s future and its challenges after crossing over many milestones. The authors were successfully in compiling the book in such a way that makes the reader enjoy and creates an urges to know more about AI. It’s more than just a science book.

The references stated at the end of the book qualifies to prove that AI is evolving and it is being explored world -wide. The book will surely guide to establish oneself with profound knowledge on AI.

Leslie D’Monte specialises in technology and science writing and is currently part of the Mint editorial leadership. A Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Knight Science Journalism Fellow, Leslie also curates and moderates tech events.

Jayanth N.Kolla advises global multinationals and start-ups on their emerging technologies –based product roadmaps, GTM, and business growth strategies. He is a technocrat, entrepreneur, and the founder of convergence catalyst, a digital technologies research and consulting firm.

Some seminal approaches to implementing AI in education, health care, Agriculture, smart cities, crowd management were deliberated in the book. In the same flow the authors highlight that any implementation of AI will need to take into account the social factors and a realisation of the current inequalities and inequities in Indian society.

With many advancements in AI in the future, the book draws reader’s attention towards the “jobs of the future”. This will lead to work on career advancement for the present workers and job prospects for the fresher’s.  The book suggest a few informed guesses of job opportunities, I quote  “There will be a demand for AI and ML specialists, experts in process automation, information security, e-commerce and social media, human –centric design, robotics, digital marketing and remote customer service.”

“By far, the greatest danger of artificial intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it.” Says Elizer Shlomo Yudkowsky.

So, do definitely read this book to know more about AI.

(Received a copy of the book from Writer's melon in return of an honest review)