Beyond the glitter of the AI summit: Jobs, livelihoods will become even more precarious
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India will focus on deploying Artificial Intelligence responsibly and ensuring that it is used widely in sectors such as healthcare and education to ensure that that new technology benefits all.
That is what Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, announced on the second day of the India AI Impact Summit 2026 on February 20. India’s AI strategy, he said, demonstrates Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of democratising technology.
But realising these objectives will not be easy.
The hurdles to achieving them were laid out by AI Now Institute, an independent research institute. It listed India’s challenges as it tries to attain (often competing) goals: “projecting itself as a leader of a new form of technological non-alignment anchored in strategic autonomy, while remaining dependent on Big Tech for critical infrastructure and innovation”.
AI optimists point out to the fact that the first industrial revolution, in the 18th century, began with a massive disruption of society and economy but ultimately improved the lives of all, including the poor. This was largely due to the rise of the welfare state and the emergence of a legal regime to protect the working class from extreme exploitation.
But the new 21st century technologies, including AI and robotics, are threatening to do away with jobs...