Sam Altman says India’s ChatGPT try is ‘hopeless’. Tech Mahindra CEO reacts

Sam Altman, the founder and CEO of OpenAI, expressed his perception that India’s try and develop a man-made intelligence device like ChatGPT is “hopeless.” He made these remarks throughout an occasion organized by The Economic Times in India, the place he was requested a query by Rajan Anandan, a enterprise capitalist and former head of Google India. Altman’s response advised that replicating a device much like ChatGPT can be a difficult endeavor for India.

Anandan approached Altman looking for recommendation on how Indian startups might embark on the journey of growing fashions akin to these created by OpenAI.

“Sam, we have got a very vibrant ecosystem in India, but specifically focussing on AI, are there spaces where you see a startup from India building foundational (AI) models how should we think about that, where is it that a team from India (should start) to actually build something truly substantial?” requested the previous Vice President of Google in India and South East Asia.

Altman emphasised as soon as once more that competing with OpenAI is an not possible feat, stating, “We will explicitly tell you that it’s completely hopeless to challenge us in training foundational models, and you shouldn’t even attempt it. However, it is your responsibility to still make the attempt, and I genuinely hold both of these perspectives. I genuinely believe that the chances of success are quite slim.”

Thank you @sama for the clear reply. As you stated, “it is hopeless, but you will try anyway”. 5000 years of Indian entrepreneurship has proven us that we should always by no means underestimate the Indian entrepreneur. We do intend to attempt 🚀@sama @OpenAI https://t.co/gQkxOZAFCW

— Rajan Anandan (@RajanAnandan) June 8, 2023

Despite Altman’s assertion about India’s limitations within the area of AI, Anandan took to Twitter to specific his dedication undeterred.“Thank you, Sam Altman, for the clear reply. As you stated, ‘it’s hopeless, however you’ll attempt anyway.’ 5000 years of Indian entrepreneurship has proven us that we should always by no means underestimate the Indian entrepreneur. We do intend to attempt,” tweeted Anandan.

In response to the assertion made by OpenAI CEO, CP Gurnani, the CEO of Tech Mahindra, accepted the ‘problem’ introduced by Altman, who claimed that Indian firms couldn’t match the AI capabilities of their American counterparts. Gurnani expressed his willingness to tackle this problem, indicating that Indian firms have the potential to compete and excel within the AI area.

Gurnani wrote on Twitter, “OpenAI founder Sam Altman said it’s pretty hopeless for Indian companies to try and compete with them. Dear @sama, From one CEO to another.. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.”

OpenAI founder Sam Altman stated it’s fairly hopeless for Indian firms to attempt to compete with them.

Dear @sama, From one CEO to a different..

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. pic.twitter.com/67FDUtLNq0

— CP Gurnani (@C_P_Gurnani) June 9, 2023

Meanwhile, through the occasion organized by The Economic Times in India, when requested, “Could you present an instance of a improvement from India that has vastly impressed and impressed you?”

The OpenAI CEO replied, “India has been a country that has really, truly embraced ChatGPT. Maybe you can tell me why, I’m hoping to learn while I’m here. One of the very earliest things, like in the first weeks of launching ChatGPT, we heard about a farmer in India who wasn’t able to access government services, and via ChatGPT hooked up to WhatsApp in some sort of complicated way and was then able now. That was like one of the early things – we did not think that was going to happen,” reported The Economic Times.

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Updated: 10 Jun 2023, 01:28 PM IST

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