Author of the article- Mr. Prashant Agarwal, President of Narayan SevaSansthan. NSS is a non-profit organization serving differently abled and underprivileged individuals.
Udaipur. Artificial Intelligence is a field of
Data Science and over the years it has emerged as a significant function across
all businesses. AI or Artificial Intelligence is a Data Science Function that
trains the computers to learn through experiences and perform tasks at
cognitive levels adjusting to certain inputs. Right from Chatbots that have
been utilized to assist customer interaction, AI is the next game changer that
has emerged to be a powerful tool that has been utilized by businesses and
services across the globe for contactless interpersonal interactions. AI is a
tool that recognizes data patterns to perform specific tasks through the data
that has been fed by AI professionals. In the recent times where newer
technologies have been upgrading in a short span, the concept of Artificial
Intelligence has been utilized by various corporates to create assistive
technologies which have proved to be beneficial for the differently abled.
While the adoption of AI has created
a direct transformation in economies, the use of AI has also been utilized to
build up capabilities. As per the recent study that was released by Gartner it
has been predicted that 69% of Routine Work Currently Done by Managers will Be
Fully Automated by 2024. The Government of India has also been looking forward
to leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) for inclusive growth which is why it
has established a Task Force on AI and had mandated the NitiAayog to develop
and prepare a National Strategy on AI. India in its 4.0 industrial revolution
seeks to provide competitive advantage through its AI solutions that can form
increased productivity with added cost advantages too. Thus making businesses
to be a little more cost productive and profitable than labor. Thus India is
doing its best to reduce the global digital divide by building capabilities.
As per the recent article that was
published by NitiAyogon, Indian Education Sector Is Ripe for disruption by
Artificial Intelligence’ mentions that, India, by 2030,will have the largest
number of young people in the globe. The use of AI has proven to be beneficial
for the differently abled as more and more organizations are looking forward to
recruit people with disabilities due to the adoption of AI making them more
adapt to changes. Artificial Intelligence in a way has been fostering diversity
at workplaces. The Gartner report states that 75% heads in an organization have
been experiencing critical talent shortages. While the differently abled are
the unexplored genre of talent pool most of the organizations are now equipping
themselves with AI to make these differently abled candidates even more capable
by offering skilling and training them. This has brought in workplace diversity
where the differently abled are now being more accepted by larger organizations.
The Gartner report further elaborated
that by 2023 people with disabilities employed will triple as AI will be
reducing the workplace barriers. Gartner estimates that organizations actively
employing people with disabilities have 89% higher retention rates, a 72%
increase in employee productivity and a 29% increase in profitability.
AI has opened up various options for
the differently abled which have added more inclusiveness to the workplace for
them. Some of the more interesting options that have recently opened up for the
differently abled are the restaurants who have opened up to hire the
differently abled individuals by implementing virtual reality and braille.
Also, Narayan SevaSansthan also offering education for differently abled
children’s by braille.Many organizations havebeen
actively implementing AI Robotics technologies by introducing robotics that can
be controlled and maintained by the differently abled employees.
While AI has been developing and
opening up options for the differently abled, one of the reports under the name
“Rewire for Growth” by Accenture states thatArtificial Intelligence has the
potential to add approximately $957 billion to India’s economy in 2035. AI in
totality will have a humungous transformation through infrastructural growth
with Machine Learning being the scope through which many businesses will
benefit. Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning shall also prove to be
beneficial in ophthalmology. These will be beneficial to screendiabetic retinopathy
(DR), and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).
AI has proved to open career options
where assistive technologies such as Real-time text to speech and text
translation systems have been used by teachers to train their
students. These have been used to disseminate information seamlessly in
regional languages which actually in line with the Draft National Education
Policy to skill the differently abled. Another development in AI technology is
the Biometricauthentication which has been used record attendance for both
students and teachers that has been beneficial to record the attendance and
other administrative tasks. The Biometric attendance has proved to be
beneficial to mark the ratio of attendance by both teachers and youths and
their participation alongwith the records of the ratio that is generated on the
proportion of male-female enrollment for higher education.Chatbots have been
essentially being used to answer the doubts and questions of students which are
ideally provided by subject matter experts. According to a report on NitiAyog, Natural
Language Processing could be used for automated grading of assessments on a
large scale on platforms such as DIKSHA, E-PATHSHALA and SWAYAM (Study Webs of
Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds) - not just objective questions but
subjective ones as well.
Thus, to sum it up the education
sector has opened up multiple aspects for the differently abled through the
intervention of AI. While the path paved might have tremendous obstacles, AI
would definitely create an opportunity across all sectors especially the education
where it would be very beneficial for the differently abled. (Pressnote)
