Lucknow, 12 January. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday stressed on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) with the right direction, trust and better inclusion, saying technology should be driven by humans and not humans driven by technology. While addressing the ‘Uttar Pradesh AI and Health Innovation Conference’ organized in the state capital Lucknow, the Chief Minister said that many important topics will be discussed in this conference for the next two days, but he would like to say that AI should be for our convenience.
He said, “I would definitely like to say that AI is a convenience for us. It will help us, make our work easier and contribute to giving new heights to our vision, but we must keep in mind that any technology should be operated by humans, not humans should be operated by them.”
Chief Minister Adityanath said, “With the right direction, trust and inclusion, AI can make health services accessible, accurate and equitable. When technology combines with empathy, when policy is driven by innovation and when governance is based on trust, then only development becomes inclusive and the future is secured.”
He said that Uttar Pradesh is rapidly moving towards becoming a leading center of global thinking, innovation and investment in this direction. He said that Uttar Pradesh is emerging as a major hub through AI, semiconductor, mid-tech and digital innovation. The Chief Minister said that his government has used AI not only in the health sector but also in ‘UP Agris’ and Uttar Pradesh is the first state to rapidly advance this program in collaboration with the World Bank.
Referring to the installation of ‘e-pause’ machines to stop the rigging prevalent in the public distribution system, he said that after the formation of his government in 2017, on complaints of irregularities in ration distribution, ‘e-pause’ machines were installed in all 80 thousand fair price shops of the state and monitoring was done through digital screens.
He said that raids were also conducted on these shops. The result is that today there is not a single complaint of rigging. The Chief Minister said, “This is an example of how technology can make a difference in earning the trust of governance and implementing the vision of governance at the ground level. We have seen many such examples coming on the ground in the last 11 years.”
Referring to the amount of public welfare schemes and various pension schemes being transferred directly to the bank accounts of eligible people, he said, “With this, people are getting 100 percent benefit of the schemes.” Now the benefits of welfare schemes are reaching the last person standing.” The Chief Minister said that when people’s faith in governance is strong, the schemes are seen progressing rapidly.
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