THE AI AND INDIA TRILOGY

THREE BOOKS.
ONE QUESTION.

HOW WILL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CHANGE THE INDIAN REPUBLIC?

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AI will not arrive in India as a single technology. It will arrive as an economic force. Then as a political force. Then as a social force.

ECONOMY
→
DEMOCRACY
→
SOCIAL CONTRACT

THE TRILOGY

THE AI AND INDIA TRILOGY

THREE DIMENSIONS OF INDIA'S AI TRANSFORMATION

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BOOK 01

AI AND THE INDIAN ECONOMY

OPPORTUNITY, DISRUPTION, AND THE FUTURE OF WORK & GROWTH

What happens to work when intelligence becomes automatable?

JOBS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH SKILLS ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT
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BOOK 02

AI AND INDIAN DEMOCRACY

POWER, INSTITUTIONS, AND THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST DEMOCRACY

What happens to democratic power when AI enters the institutions that govern us?

ELECTIONS GOVERNANCE JUSTICE FEDERALISM CITIZEN RIGHTS STATE CAPACITY
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BOOK 03

AI AND THE INDIAN SOCIAL CONTRACT

INEQUALITY, INCLUSION, AND THE FUTURE OF THE INDIAN REPUBLIC

Who gets to benefit from India’s AI future?

INEQUALITY INCLUSION HEALTH EDUCATION WELFARE SOCIAL MOBILITY
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THREE BOOKS.
ONE TRANSFORMATION.

01
THE ECONOMY
WHO WORKS?
WHO BENEFITS?
WHO GETS LEFT BEHIND?
02
DEMOCRACY
WHO DECIDES?
WHO HOLDS POWER?
WHO CONTROLS THE INSTITUTIONS?
03
SOCIAL CONTRACT
WHO BELONGS?
WHO IS INCLUDED?
WHAT DOES THE REPUBLIC OWE ITS CITIZENS?

AI is transforming not one system. But the relationship between economy, state and society.

ONE COUNTRY.
MANY FUTURES.

SELECT A DIMENSION OF INDIA'S AI TRANSFORMATION

ECONOMY

Urban nodes, industrial corridors and labour markets recalibrating around automation, productivity and new work.

THE QUESTION IS NOT WHETHER INDIA WILL ADOPT AI.
INDIA WILL.

THE QUESTION IS

WHAT KIND OF INDIA
WILL AI CREATE?

A MORE PRODUCTIVE INDIA?
A MORE PROSPEROUS INDIA?
A MORE EQUAL INDIA?
A MORE DEMOCRATIC INDIA?
OR A MORE UNEQUAL ONE?

THE AI AND INDIA ARGUMENT

AI is an economic question. AI is a democratic question. AI is a social question. AI is a question about the Republic itself.

The future of AI in India cannot be measured only by computing power, startup funding, or GDP. It must also be measured by:

WHO HAS OPPORTUNITY.
WHO HAS VOICE.
WHO HAS ACCESS.
WHO HAS JUSTICE.
WHO HAS DIGNITY.
WHO GETS TO PARTICIPATE.

THE AI AND INDIA JOURNAL

IDEAS

ESSAY

Physical India, Digital India, AI India

Tracing the three-stage transition already visible in India’s cities, infrastructure and labour markets.

FORTHCOMING

RESEARCH NOTE

Who Holds Power When Governance Becomes Algorithmic

A first look at AI’s entry into elections, courts and the machinery of the Indian state.

FORTHCOMING

COMMENTARY

The Social Contract Has to Be Rewritten

Why a technological revolution does not automatically become a social revolution.

FORTHCOMING

MEDIA & SPEAKING

Articles, interviews, podcasts and speaking engagements on AI, India, the economy and the Republic — added as the trilogy is published.

MEDIA INQUIRIES SPEAKING INQUIRIES

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

VIKAS GUPTA

AUTHOR · ENTREPRENEUR · EDUCATOR · GOVERNANCE THINKER

Vikas Gupta writes about the systems through which technology changes economic opportunity, institutional power and social life.

INDIA'S AI FUTURE IS NOT PREDETERMINED.
IT WILL BE SHAPED BY THE CHOICES WE MAKE.

THE ECONOMY.THE DEMOCRACY.THE SOCIAL CONTRACT.

THE AI AND INDIA TRILOGY

VIKAS GUPTA

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