How AI can lead to disruptive changes for the benefit of all

1. 1997: Deep Blue defeats Gary Kasparov at Chess
2013: Deep Learning comes on its own
2017:Falling error rates and
compute costs start making
AI real
AI for Good

2. Agenda
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• AI’s Transformational Impact
• AI & Sustainability Goals
• India as the model of AI for next 6bn

3. AI for Good : Scaling scarce human resources for
billions
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Scarce
Resources
Massive Population Base
AI enabled vertical solutions can
help create the quintessential
middle layer bridging the massive
demand and supply gap

4. Pic Source : Wikimedia Commons
Democratise Access of Resources & Information
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How does someone with $1/
day & someone with $10K/day
income get access to same
healthcare or education
How do we make the opaque
systems which often lead to
corruption and exploitation
more transparent
How do we create a planet
where all are truly equal?

5. Moving up the Value Chain
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How do we enable a semi
skilled worker move up the
value chain and earn better?
With a massive population,
how do we scale a handful of
super skilled professionals to
be available to all?
How do we bridge the gap
between haves and have nots?

6. Prediction of Demand & Efficient Mapping & Routing
of Resources
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Today 50% of Crops go waste.
How do we produce what we
really need?
How do we ensure that folks
that have a lot and folks who
don’t, get even access to
resources?
How can we produce less and
still cater to all?
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7. AI can help lead the sustainability goals in developing
economy
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Reduce agricultural
wastage
Better health at lower cost
Access to quality education
for all
Affordable and clean
energy with lower wastage
Responsible consumption
of resources
Reduce poverty & income
disparity1
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Reduce corruption and
illegal use of resources7
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8. India can be the model for AI for next 6bn
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India is uniquely diverse in
terms of its population base,
right from upper high class to
extremely poor, apart from
being an early adopter of AI
(2.5 years)
Western Economies are
dominated by middle and
upper middle class. Startups
there innovate for the what is
called “1st Billion”
Innovation in India therefore
caters to a more diverse
population, therefore making it
an ideal place to innovate for
the next 6Bn!

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“Do not worry about what automation
will do to you,
Worry about what You can do with
Automation!”

10. For more information
Manish Singhal
manish@piventures.in
Umakant Soni
umakant@piventures.in
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www.piventures.in
@manish_saarthi @umakant_soni
*Thanks to Prof Shivaram from IIT Mumbai for the phrase
J AI HIND*