‘AI will remain incomplete without India’: PM Narendra Modi on Lex Fridman Podcast | Mint

In a podcast with MIT scientist and American podcaster Lex Fridman, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the development of artificial intelligence (AI) worldwide would be incomplete without India’s contribution.

“I talk openly with my heart. No matter what the world does with AI, it will be incomplete without India. I am making this statement very responsibly, ”PM Modi said that it was released on Sunday 16 March.

PM Modi on AI

Modi shared the need for cooperation to develop Artificial Intelligence (AI) globally.

“I believe AI development is fundamentally a cooperation. All involved support each other through shared experiences and learning, ”Modi told Fridman.

Modi also focused on India’s AI trend and said that India is not only developing the theoretical AI models, but now working on bringing AI-operated applications for people of specific use of people.

“We have already created a unique market-based model to ensure its widespread access. An important mentality in India is taking place, although historical impact, traditional government processes or strong support infrastructure lacking revealed us behind others, ”Modi said.

India’s talent behind AI development

PM Modi also said that India has been gifted with major resources to develop artificial intelligence – “India’s youth and talent pool”.

“Without real human intelligence, AI may continuously thrive or cannot progress, and that real intelligence exists in India’s youth and talent pool. And I believe this is our biggest property, “Modi said.

PM Modi also focused on the debate between technology and humanity and highlighted how it is sometimes depicted in a very conflicting nature. He also emphasized that it is always a person who finds a “best way” to use technology for his benefit.

“I strongly believe that no technology can ever change the immense creativity and imagination of the human mind,” PM Modi released on Sunday, 16 March.

What is Lex Fridman Podcast?

Lex Fridman is the famous host of Fridman Podcast since Fridman 2018. In this podcast, Fridman has interviewed top officials and major industry personnel as well as presidents and Prime Ministers of various countries, who discuss topics related to technology, science, politics, etc.

Prior to the specialty of Indian PM Narendra Modi, Podcast was shown in the podcast shown top global leaders and prominent personnel like top global leaders and Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelanski, Vivek Ramaswamy, US President-election Donald Trump, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and billionaire Elon Musk.

Prime Minister Modi’s presence at the Lex Fridman Podcast on January 10, 2025 was his second social media appearance after Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath started at the podcast.