RAISE 2020: Responsible artificial intelligence for social empowerment

The success of Digital India has set a new global benchmark for leveraging digital technologies for inclusive growth, good governance, and empowerment of common citizens. The benefits of digital technologies that were a luxury of affluent classes a few years ago have now become easily accessible to masses. Rapidly changing technology requires continuous evolution of systems, faster and adequate regulatory responses, and building capacities to meet emerging challenges. The advent of artificial intelligence is not merely an incremental change, but a major paradigm shift in the technology landscape, which must be viewed holistically and harnessed for the wellbeing of humanity. Data is the basic building block for any artificial intelligence system.