Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 8: Kawa College of Education organized one day conference on “Artificial Intelligence: Its Nature and Future” at Kawa College Patoli, here in collaboration with Indian Colleges Forum (ICF), New Delhi.
Dr NS Gupta a senior most academician of the State presided over as chief guest, while Prof MM Pant a legendary educationist, philanthropist served highest ranked institutions globally (IIT Kanpur and Western University Ontario, Pro Vice Chancellor IGNOU)) chaired the conference as resource person.
While talking to the delegates during his lecture, he said although it may not be apparent, we are already using AI in many of our routine tasks. The spam e-mail filter, predictive text, Siri, Alexa or face recognition to unlock our iPhones are all AI applications. With big hopes the term was proposed in 1956 but was followed by disillusionment. Today Andrew Ng says “AI is the new electricity”.
Most of the educational programs in the field are at Masters Level and a few at the undergraduate level and with the goal to produce AI developers and professionals. But AI is ubiquitous and all pervasive and will be the core technology in a large variety of applications. To be ready and prepared for the new opportunities ahead, there is need for an early orientation and awareness, at all stages of life beginning from School and continuing to the post-retirement years. Whether one who is pursuing education at any level and in any domain, awareness and basic understanding of the field will be a competitive advantage. To be successful in the future, one has to evolve to a lifelong self-directed learner.
Many institutions across the Jammu province participated in the event and the participation certificates were distributed among them.
Earlier, Abhimanyu Katoch MD presented the welcome address, Prof Alka Bakshi Principal read the keynote address and in the end, Er MS Katoch Chairman presented vote of thanks.
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