Evidences of Should technological advancement be encouraged when it outpaces ethics?

Facial Recognition in Policing

• Context: Hyderabad and Lucknow deploy AI surveillance.

• Concern: No clear data protection laws.

• Insight: Ethics must evolve with tech, not trail behind.

Digital Lending Crisis

• Context: Over 600 illegal loan apps led to harassment and suicides.

• Concern: Innovation outpaced regulation.

• Insight: Speed without safeguards harms the vulnerable.

Deepfake Threats

• Context: PM Modi warned of AI misuse in voice cloning and misinformation.

• Concern: Lack of watermarking and source disclosure.

• Insight: Ethics must be embedded, not retrofitted.

AI Bias in Hiring

• Context: Western-trained models misjudge Indian cultural cues.

• Concern: Discrimination and exclusion.

• Insight: Ethical design must be local and inclusive.

Cybersecurity Risks

• Context: 12,632 Indian ChatGPT accounts compromised.

• Concern: AI tools used for phishing and fraud.

• Insight: Ethics isn’t optional, it’s survival.