IIT Madras AI Head: Don't Avoid AI Tools, and Look to the Field's 70-Year Past for Answers
ravi_iitm · x · 2026-11-02
Balaraman Ravindran, Head of Data Science and AI at IIT Madras, shared two pieces of advice at #ConfAI2026:
- Don't avoid AI tools: they are powerful productivity boosters, but work best when used appropriately and under proper guidance.
- Look to the past: as a discipline, AI goes back roughly 70 years, and some of the walls researchers hit today may already have been addressed in a very different context decades ago.
Relevant guidance for researchers, students, and builders working with AI.
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