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?

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

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

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

Nvidia and Perplexity Team Up in European AI Push - WSJ

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

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

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

Scientists warn that polar warming might alter ocean currents and cause massive flooding in the U.S. - Earth.com

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

Is it not an entirely different ball game?

—

What type of narcissist cheats more and gets pleasure out of hurting you, even if they're married?

Does India have critical areas that need AI models?

Does India have the necessary AI Talent?

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?

Cal Raleigh hits 30th HR, but Mariners fall to Cubs amid high winds, heat - The Seattle Times

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

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

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

What is your most erotic sex story?

It is a strange argument

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

Your Mars mission was also inexpensive because it was extremely basic

If you think “the harder you train, the fitter you’ll get”, you are WRONG, according to this expert—here’s what you need to know - Fit&Well

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

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

Didn't the Chinese ones bring some soil back?

Austria’s deadliest mass shooting: Who are the Graz victims, shooter? - Al Jazeera

So i doubt India ruffled any feathers with a moon mission

Does India have the necessary set up in place?

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?

Veteran fund manager revamps stock market forecast - TheStreet

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

—

Was that a comparable argument ?

Founder of 23andMe buys back company out of bankruptcy auction - Ars Technica