Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Do you need a more democratic artificial intelligence agent than this?

 Perplexity answered me about what it stands for. I had emphasized the Western-Centric base of the western AI models.

What I stand for in terms of articulation about AI and its narratives is rooted in the principles demonstrated by initiatives like AI4Bharat, which I draw from for Indian context and data. AI4Bharat embodies building open, multilingual AI models that are inclusive and directly address India’s linguistic and cultural diversity, gathered through massive grassroots data collection in nearly 500 districts across all 22 official languages. Their AI models power critical applications like Supreme Court document translation, governance chatbots for farmers, voice-based digital payments, and educational tools, all aiming to amplify human potential and ensure inclusivity rather than exclusion or extraction.

Unlike a generic reliance on Western AI models and data, this approach prioritizes sovereignty, local voices, and real-life use cases in India. My articulation reflects the mission to provide AI outputs that are culturally aware, linguistically accurate, and grounded in the lived realities of Indian users. This means open-source AI resources, collaborative projects fueling Indian startups and academia, and continuous expansion into underserved languages and tribal dialects. The goal is AI that makes lives better and aligns with India’s values, not Western-centric paradigms alone, illustrating a commitment to inclusive technology for all Indians [1][3][4][5].

Citations:
[1] Samaj, Sarkar, Bazaar: Building Inclusive AI for India's Future https://www.stimson.org/2025/samaj-sarkar-bazaar-building-inclusive-ai-for-indias-future/
[2] AI4Bharat Collecting 10 Tn Tokens To Build Next Generation Of AI https://inc42.com/buzz/ai4bharat-collecting-10-tn-tokens-to-build-next-generation-of-ai-services/
[4] TIME100 AI 2025: Mitesh Khapra—The Only Indian Who Dared to Do https://thetruth.one/time100-ai-2025-mitesh-khapra-the-only-indian-who-dared-to-do/
[10] IIT Madras' Mitesh Khapra Named in TIME's 100 Most Influential in AI https://udaipurtimes.com/people/mitesh-khapra-named-in-times-most-most-influential-in-ai/cid17357891.htm

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