In this episode of The Indian Express tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Sandip Patel, Managing Director, IBM India & South Asia. IBM is one of those organizations that has been at the forefront of AI development. In fact, they brought out their own AI platform - Watsonx. Sandip Patel shares how watsonx is making strides in the world of AI. He also talks about how India is definitely an early adopter of AI and how companies are benefiting from it. Interestingly, a major part of employee - HR interaction at IBM happens via a chat interface without any human intervention. But does that mean artificial intelligence will render us humans redundant? To find out  tune into today's episode of Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan.

Introduction 00:00
IBM and AI 0:55
IBM's AI platform - Watsonx 2:24
Working with Indian companies 7:27
Challenges 9:20
Skill requirement for AI  12:60
AI and India  18:26

Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar