What do you think of India's IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw comparing the Indian government's efforts to build a localised AI model to sending a mission to the moon at a fraction of the cost?

On the other hand, a mission to the moon, something already done by everyone else of consequence, is not something that would challenge anyone's interest in any way

Was that a comparable argument ?

Is it not an entirely different ball game?

Why are liberals so bad at grasping alternative facts? For example, if something doesn’t happen the exact same way Trump described it, liberals dismiss it as false; while conservatives are able to fully understand the underlying principle.

So i doubt India ruffled any feathers with a moon mission

India made a Maruti 800 that could take a trip between two places, at a lower cost that the States that had a Ferrari take the same trip long ago

A second point is - the Moon Mission was inexpensive because it was extremely basic

Keyshawn Davis vs. Edwin De Los Santos canceled after Davis' massive weight miss, Abdullah Mason to headline - Yahoo Sports

For one thing, moon travel is not a commercial thing and the benefits of moon travel are primarily futuristic and at a level which cannot be immediately monetized

So the Minister gave an erroneous analogy which makes me wonder if he knows what he is talking about

I don't think the Big 5 Companies will take that lying down and may place a lot of obstacles in India's way

Laws of physics are still broken: Attempt to explain away black holes' central singularity falls short, scientist says - Space

Does India have critical areas that need AI models?

Would you be able to tell me how either benefited the Indian population?

—

Why did lobsters evolve bright colors if they are neither poisonous nor venomous?

Didn't the Chinese ones bring some soil back?

Without any of this being discussed, Ashwin going directly to cost, seems a very untenable argument

It is a strange argument

A Rocket That Crashed on the Moon in 2022 Wasn't Musk's—New Study Reveals Its True Origin - Jason Deegan

So if you translate his speech, is he saying India would create a low cost AI model which will fulfil some very basic objectives and not be anywhere near the level of the latest versions of GPT or Deepseek?

Developing a Multimodal AI means challenging a 500 Billion dollar to possibly 1 Trillion dollar worth of investments made by the Big 5 Companies in the States - Google, Meta, Amazon, Oracle and Microsoft

The States and China, they did a lot more in Mars than India did in terms of exploration and study

Tourists break crystal-covered chair at Italian museum: "Every museum's nightmare has come true" - CBS News

Does India have the necessary set up in place?

Your Mars mission was also inexpensive because it was extremely basic

A Maruti 800 and a Ferrari both transport people from one point to another but their entire purpose is extremely different is it not?

What is the future of AI in 2024?"?

Didn't the States put living people on the moon?

Ashwin talked of the Moon mission being at a fraction of the cost but did he also talk of the objectives of the various moon missions of other countries?

Does India have the necessary AI Talent?

Brain Adapts to Neuron Loss Through Rapid Rewiring - Neuroscience News

The only answer would be a possible advantage for ISRO, sometime in the distant future

—

Now India has to make a Galardo and compete with a Ferrari made by the States and a Porsche made by China

Campbell’s Snack Business Struggles as Consumers Get Pickier About Food Spending - WSJ