AI challenges traditional notions of literacy: HUL Chairman

Artificial Intelligence has changed the way people participate in society and overturned century-old assumptions that literacy is the foundation for progress and opportunity, said Nitin Paranjpe, Chairman of Hindustan Unilever Ltd..

He described AI as driving a “silent revolution” in which, for the first time, access to knowledge need not begin with text but can take place through voice.

“For the first time, you don’t need to read and write in order to be able to ask questions or learn a skill,” Paranjpe said while delivering the lecture on ‘Artificial Intelligence for Aam Aadmi’ at the 44th Palkhivala Memorial Lecture in Chennai on Saturday.