Artificial Intelligence [electronic resource] : Reshaping Life and Business
Kumar, Prabhat2021
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Our World of personal life and work is set to change dramatically over the next decade as Artificial Intelligence (AI) strikes deeper roots with new products and services; robots take charge of manufacturing and warehouses; and drones reach the remote corners to deliver orders to customers. AI services and robots will particularly facilitate the life of the older people and the visually-impaired. AI has raised the bar of competition in the international market place and countries are busy implementing policies that will keep them ahead in the race of the next-generational change. AI will raise the productivity of the economy and provide a lot more convenience, though there is bound to be a short-term pain in the transformational process. This book explains the concepts of AI with lots of real-life examples. While the big tech companies like Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, IBM, Microsoft (3AFIM) of the US and Alibaba, Baidu, JD, Tencent (ABJY) of chine are busy re-fashioning their businesses by integrating AI into all products and services they deliver, startups on the other hand are disrupting the traditional business models in finance, e-commerce, healthcare, HR management, fashion, law and even agriculture. AI-driven smart cities would provide a richer quality of living to their residents. This book also provide an insight into various social and ethical issues, such as monopoly of the big tech, ownership of data, personal privacy, job losses and autonomy of technology particularly in military warfare, which poses an existential threat to mankind. Future of AI is also discusses taking a 360-degree approach. AI offers a huge economic opportunity, but a thoughtful approach for democratization of technology is required to provide benefits to all sections of the society. Nations and communities need to come together to evolve models that will be sustainable in the long run.
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Author:
Kumar, Prabhat, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : BPB Publications, 2021
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Biography/History:
Prabhat Kumar is an adjunct faculty at IIT Delhi, a practicing lawyer and a corporate consultant. He specializes in artificial intelligence, digital technologies, management and law. He did his B.Tech, M.Tech Systems and Management) and Ph.D. from IIT Delhi. He also did LL.B from Delhi University and LL.M. from Singapore. He attended an MBA program in High Technology Management at a Business School in France. He worked in Indian Revenue Service and was a member of the High Powered Committee on Computerization in the ministry of finance. He also worked on execution of several IT projects. He has more than 75 publications in leading newspapers and journals including The Economic Times, Business Standard, The Hindu-Business Line, HTTech4U and Gift Journal on diverse topics relating to technology, cyber law, intellectual property law, trade and foreign investment etc. He has been a speaker at many conferences in India and abroad.
ISBN:
9789388511070
Language:
English
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BRN:
380726