Category: Digital Economy

How Do You Cage a Machine That Has Already Escaped Twice?

Advanced AI is no longer just testing our imagination; it is testing the strength of the cages we build around it.
The article asks a simple but urgent engineering question: what is the “positive stop” for a machine that can reason, optimise, and adapt?
Before such systems escape a third time, society must decide who defines that hard stop — and who is trusted to bolt it in.

Elon Musk’s AI paradoxes

Elon Musk’s views on AI: he warns that artificial intelligence could make humans powerless and money irrelevant, while continuing to build, invest in, and benefit from the very systems driving that future. His paradoxes force us to ask whether society is truly prepared for an AI-led world where control, wealth, and human agency may be fundamentally redefined.

Budget 25: A Visionary Budget to Lead India Towards “Vikshit Bharat” Mission

Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman in her 8th consecutive budget speech made strong pitch for manufacturing growth with big support to MSMEs, outlining a roadmap for “Vikshit Bharat” aspiration and ensuring “sabka vikas”. The four engines – agriculture, MSMEs, Investment, and exports – she focused upon in her speech touches the...

Technology an Enabler of Economic Transformation but Its Ethical use Must Be Ensured Through Global Standards

Prime Minister Modi hosting the ITU-WTSA highlighted India’s push for digital inclusion and responsible AI development. The event focused on setting global standards for new technologies, with an emphasis on security, equity, and ethical considerations. While AI offers immense potential, concerns about bias and misuse necessitate robust global frameworks and national regulations to ensure responsible innovation.

Social Justice in Digital Economy

Digital Economy & Social Justice

The past year has grimly made us aware of a calamity, the Covid-19, which has brutally impacted the global economy. As per latest estimates, the world economy is expected to contract by 3.5 percent in year 2020 What started as a health disaster, mutated to cause an upheaval for the...