India must govern AI with confidence

India’s choice on AI AI is already becoming more consequential than the telecom or banking infrastructure. It pervades everything from writing code to diagnosing diseases to optimising logistics—besides, of course, generating persuasive synthetic media at scale. And here lies the dilemma: Should India think short-term—given the immediate pain of transition—or should it plan long-term for its young and ambitious talent? AI can act as a talent amplifier. It can multiply the output of engineers, civil servants, doctors, and startup founders. It can compress decades of development into years or even months. While AI amplifies capability and productivity, just like any…