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?

Was that a comparable argument ?

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

—

Water Discovered Around a Young, Sun-Like Star For First Time - ScienceAlert

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

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

Your Mars mission was also inexpensive because it was extremely basic

Tom Aspinall wishes Jon Jones well in retirement, declares himself ‘undisputed’ UFC champion - MMA Fighting

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?

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

Does India have the necessary set up in place?

The best Apple deals you can shop ahead of Amazon Prime Day 2025 - The Verge

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

Is it not an entirely different ball game?

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?

Winners, losers from NASCAR Cup race at Pocono won by Chase Briscoe - NBC Sports

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

So i doubt India ruffled any feathers with a moon mission

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

Why do black people prefer thick, curvy women?

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

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

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

Tooth fossil analysis upends current theory of prehistoric human evolution - Earth.com

It is a strange argument

Does India have critical areas that need AI models?

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

Is it possible to be a full-time, self-supporting working visual artist in today's society?

—

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

Does India have the necessary AI Talent?

New Research Reveals That the Universe Could End Way Sooner Than We Thought - SciTechDaily

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

Didn't the Chinese ones bring some soil back?

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

Dazzling Royal Diamonds and Pearls to Celebrate Trooping the Colour in London - The Court Jeweller