'Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power' a grim wake-up call for India (Book Review) (Repeating, correcting intro)

New Delhi, Feb 19 With Artificial Intelligence helping "biological materialism sneak in through the back door", the world is witnessing a real clash of civilisations with "the battle between algorithm and being" writes Rajiv Malhotra, an internationally acclaimed author and public intellectual, in this seminal deep dive into a phenomenon that is only partially visible, like an iceberg.

Lamentably however, most of India's leaders, public intellectuals, media personalities, policy makers, think tanks and authors are "ignoring the dangers" that lie ahead, "living securely in their comfort zones with like-minded peers", Malhotra, the founder of the Princeton-based Infinity Foundation that specialises in the field of civilisational studies, writes in "Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power – 5 Battlegrounds"

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( With inputs from IANS )