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Govindan Rangarajan Warns AI Blurs Truth at Adani University Convocation
The IISc director told Adani University's graduates that AI opens doors in research but raises hard questions about trust and human connection.
Prof Govindan Rangarajan, director of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), used his convocation speech at Adani University in Ahmedabad to sound a note of caution about artificial intelligence. Speaking as chief guest on Saturday, he told the graduating class that AI is opening new routes in teaching and scientific research, even as its rapid spread is stirring unease about what people can trust.
The university conferred 374 degrees at its third convocation. Ten students also received medals for academic excellence. Dr Priti Adani, president of the university, and Dr Dhaval Pujara, its provost, were present for the ceremony.
Rangarajan argued that AI can speed up discovery and help researchers tackle problems that have stumped them for years. He also pointed to a harder side. When machines can generate images, video and text that look convincing, he asked, how do ordinary people tell what is real? The question is not abstract for a generation that gets much of its information through screens.
He also raised a question about relationships. Digital tools have connected people across distances, but he asked whether they have also pulled people apart in person. For graduates heading into jobs and research labs, the message was clear: the skills that matter most now include judgment, skepticism and the ability to stay human in a machine-saturated world.
The remarks come as universities across India work out how to bring AI into classrooms and labs without letting it erode the habits of careful thinking. For students, the takeaway is simple. The tools are powerful, but checking sources and keeping real conversations going remain their job.
Read the original report at Times of India.
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