The Uttar Pradesh MLA's workshop on artificial intelligence unleashed many questions and concerns covered in laughter and wit.
From data security to political usefulness, factual inaccuracy, chatbots and even horoscope prediction concerns, the issues raised were extensively at a workshop held by Uttar Pradesh Assembly at an instance of Speaker Satish Mahana on the eve of the Monzone session that began on Monday.
Some lawmakers wanted to know how data collected from homes to support AI is protected, and whether technology could help them seek votes.
Even as legislators expressed their opinions, several video clips focused on deliberations in the workshops rounds of power corridors.
Assemblyman Anil Singh asked: “…How can we secure the data collected like that? If we steal data about people who vote in favour of others, this is in the way… My question is important. How do we ask for votes? Singh as a MP attending the workshop got caught up in laughter.
raising another concern, the same lawmaker said: £1500. How do you send it? This is a good thing we are learning. What I understand is that we get what we give (data) (from AI). ”
Another lawmaker said, “Relying on AI can affect critical thinking. Putting the burden on AI to analyze and problem-solving can weaken your cognitive muscles.”
With this, Speaker Mahana answered with a light vein.
“We're creating dashboards for all Vidhan Sabha constituencies. We're just starting out. We have to work on a variety of issues at the same time,” says Mahana.
The female lawmaker said, “I know people want to touch their public representatives in person. When they (advisors to lawmakers) talk to them on behalf of lawmakers, they (people) get upset. Does it help ai?”
Pointing out the glitches in the data, MP Abhei Singh said that the leader of opposition Mata Prasad Pandi was first elected legislator in 1974 (based on information given in the workshop), but the AI platform has shown 1980 as the year of his first election.
“We believe that the customer's information (speakers) is correct, not what we were given on the AI platform,” he said.
Referring to chatting with AI bots, he said that when he asked about possible scenarios in the case of World War III, the chatbots grouped India with the US. When asked again, the chatbot said you (India) could go with Russia.
“This is AI,” he said.
Singh also said he asked the AI chatbot to read his horoscope and to predict how long the MPs will have Rajyog. The AI chatbot gave him a certain amount of time, but when he faced another observation made by a horoscope reader, the AI admitted the mistake, the lawmaker said.
Sachin Yadav, a certified engineer, said that information is required for AI to work, and this can be collected from real-time or from other databases or the Internet.
AI probably won't be effective without strengthening the database, he said. Shashank Trivedi suggested that education on AI is compulsory in primary, secondary and higher education. Another lawmaker pointed out that the AI was providing false information about his father (and also a lawmaker) and whether he could correct such mistakes.
In such observations, Mahana said that workshops were organized to tell lawmakers what to ask AI. Congressional Affairs Minister Suresh Khanna also said that AI will help gather information.
“If Google was a cycle, AI would start riding a motorcycle,” he said. He added that AI is not about making predictions.
