India can play a big role in AI ethics: Eurasia Group's Paul Triolo

An Artificial Intelligence (AI) wave is sweeping the world as countries from China to the US and the UK compete aggressively and commit resources to get ahead in the race. US-based Paul Triolo, director (geotechnology) of Eurasia Group, a political risk consultancy firm, shares his views with Malini Goyal on a range of issues around AI. Edited excerpt from the interview: What makes AI of such critical significance for nations and businesses? Why are experts calling it the new arms race? I think the term arms race has unfortunately become a favored meme on artificial intelligence, in part because people have confused the progress of artificial narrow intelligence with artificial general intelligence (AGI). AGI, which most experts think we are years from developing, could provide an advantage to one country, should it choose to use the technology maliciously.