In a podcast with MIT scientist and American podcaster Lex Fridman, Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned that synthetic intelligence (AI) growth all over the world will stay incomplete with out India’s contribution.

“I communicate overtly from my coronary heart. It doesn’t matter what the world does with AI, it is going to stay incomplete with out India. I am making this assertion very responsibly,” mentioned PM Modi which was launched on Sunday, March 16. 

PM Modi on AI

Modi shared his tackle the necessity for collaboration to develop synthetic intelligence (AI) on a world scale.

“I imagine AI growth is basically a collaboration. Everybody concerned helps each other via shared experiences and studying,” Modi advised Fridman.

Modi additionally targeted on India’s AI stance and mentioned that India isn’t just growing theoretical AI fashions however is now engaged on bringing to life AI-driven functions for particular use circumstances of the folks.

“We’ve already created a singular marketplace-based mannequin to make sure its broad accessibility. A big mindset shift is happening in India, although historic influences, conventional authorities procedures or the shortage of robust help infrastructure made us seem as lagging behind others,” mentioned Modi.

India’s expertise behind AI growth

PM Modi additionally highlighted that India is presented with the important thing useful resource for growing synthetic intelligence — “India’s youth and expertise pool”.

“With out real human intelligence, AI cannot thrive or progress sustainably, and that actual intelligence exists abundantly in India’s youth and expertise pool. And I imagine that is our biggest asset,” Modi said.

PM Modi additionally targeted on the controversy between know-how and humanity and highlighted how it’s generally portrayed in a really conflicting nature. He additionally emphasised that it is at all times the people who discover the “finest manner” to make use of know-how to their benefit.

“I firmly imagine that no know-how can ever exchange the boundless creativity and creativeness of the human thoughts,” mentioned PM Modi within the podcast launched on Sunday, March 16.

What’s the Lex Fridman Podcast?

Lex Fridman is the well-known host of the Lex Fridman Podcast since 2018. On this podcast, Fridman interviews high executives and key trade personnel, in addition to Presidents and Prime Ministers of assorted nations, to debate matters associated to know-how, science, politics, and so forth.

Earlier than that includes Indian PM Narendra Modi, the podcast featured high international leaders and key personnel like Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Vivek Ramaswamy, US President-elect Donald Trump, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, and Billionaire Elon Musk.

Prime Minister Modi’s look within the Lex Fridman Podcast was his second-ever social media look after making a debut on Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath’s podcast on January 10, 2025.