‘Auditing AI is the key to the future, the machine should be able to explain its decisions’
IT Services companies have new opportunities in the era of AI, they are well poised to deal with complexity in merging the digital world with the legacy world. But, they have to be fast, focus on talent development and start collaborating with startups.
Madhusudan KM, CTO of Mindtree, does not have an easy mandate. He is tasked with steering his company through some of the biggest technology challenges and opportunities of this time. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are here to stay and they are going to impact all our lives. In that context, he talks of how the world has to grapple with going digital and why IT Service companies play a special role in transforming companies in the era of AI. He notes that India’s biggest challenge would be in getting Indian talent up to speed in these modern technologies, and emphasises that industry-based learning is the only way to bring about change in engineering education in the country. Here are some excerpts from his interaction with YourStory.
So what is digital then? The key definition is how I can transform my business, which I have been doing in a certain way, using any technology. It doesn’t matter whether we use mobile or cloud technology. Technology is just an enabler at the end of the day.