Opinion: India should focus on investing in AI across cyber security, border security

Endowing computers with human-like intelligence has been a dream of computer science experts since the dawn of electronic computing. Computer scientists have been struggling with the possibility of programming computers to learn from repetitive experiences, much as a newborn child does. A British mathematician and logician, Alan Turing, in the 1950s, posed the question: “Can machines think?” Thanks to the convergence of powerful computers, large amounts of data and novel ways of designing neural networks, we are finally beginning to see the birth of AI after 70 years.