44th Palkhivala Memorial Lecture held on ‘Artificial Intelligence for Aam Aadmi’
44th Palkhivala Memorial Lecture held on ‘Artificial Intelligence for Aam Aadmi’
Publish Date: 2026-02-14 14:26:00
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- Nitin Paranjpe, Chairman of Hindustan Unilever Limited, delivered the 44th Palkhivala Memorial Lecture on “Artificial Intelligence for Aam Aadmi,” emphasizing AI’s multifaceted impact on the economy, society, governance, and morality.
- Paranjpe highlighted the profound nature of current technological changes and developments in AI, noting its capability to create and converse like humans.
- He expressed concerns about AI’s potential risks, including digital colonization, job displacement, power concentration, spread of misinformation, erosion of privacy, and reduction of human accountability.
- Paranjpe underscored the necessity of managing the transition to AI in India, where a large number of people enter the job market each year, calling it a social and economic imperative.
- The lecture was published on February 15, raising awareness of AI’s pressing issues in today’s context.