IIM Bangalore Podcast Series: Relevance and Implications of Artificial Intelligence put to Spotlight

The ninth episode of the podcast series hosted by Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore featured Professor Rahul De (Information Systems) from IIM, Bangalore. 

Through the IIM Bangalore Podcast, Professor De shared his understanding of the various aspects of AI and especially focused on its involvement and significance for business and managers. 

The episode put into spotlight the developments in the fields of AI, and also its basic elements such as data, algorithms, and hardware.

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In the IIM Bangalore podcast, professor De talked about the concurrent developments of computational abilities, the large amounts of data, genetic algorithms, reinforcement learning, and deep learning that mimics the processing of human brains.

In the 9th episode of the #IIMB Podcast Series, Prof. Rahul Dé shares his insights on Artificial Intelligence and its relevance and implications for businesses and managers.

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Furthermore he also explained how they have led to the application of AI into numerous sectors with a broader aspect.

Each aspect’s business and managerial involvements were discussed in the IIM Bangalore podcast for the audience to validate AI’s adoption in policy-making, industry, and a variety of other fields. 

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In the IIM Bangalore podcast, he also explained how the present scenario of AI in the industry falls mostly into the domain of frail and narrow AI.

According to his observations, AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) remains a work in progress and also the challenging aspect of AI development, he stated.

Professor De while talking in the IIM Bangalore podcast also briefly mentioned the privacy and ethical concerns regarding AI in the future. 

He also explained how matters of such concerns communicated via rules and regulations that keep track of AI development. 

Professor De also expressed his concern on how the firms fail to successfully leverage an AI programme, and how they could improvise their strategies. 

At the end of the IIM Bangalore podcast, he shared some of his enthralling experiences about his interaction with managers who have worked for AI execution and digital transformation.

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