AI can provide solutions, but asking right questions is your responsibility: Droupadi Murmu

President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday called for a multidisciplinary approach in higher education saying complex contemporary challenges such as climate change artificial intelligence poverty alleviation and democracy could not be addressed through a single field of studyAddressing the 75th convocation of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in Gujarat President Murmu said the universitys range of academic disciplines placed it in a position to bring together different streams of knowledgeldquoFrom arts to science technology to medicine law to social work fine arts to performing arts management to journalism this university is providing education in many fields of knowledgerdquo she saidPresident Murmu said problems confronting society were increasingly interconnected and required knowledge from multiple disciplinesldquoClimate change is not only a subject of environmental studies Artificial intelligence is not only a subject of computer science Health is not only a subject of medicine or medical science Poverty alleviation is not only the subject of an economist Democracy is not only the subject of political sciencerdquo she saidldquoToday solving all important problems requires a multidisciplinary approachrdquo she addedThe President said students needed to develop different forms of understanding and perspective rather than limiting themselves to their own academic specialisationsldquoWe need the curiosity of a scientist the sensitivity of an artist the perspective of a historian an understanding of economics and the consciousness of sociologyrdquo she notedPresident Murmu said higher educational institutions such as MS University are expected to keep moving in this direction and help students in applying knowledge across disciplinesHer remarks came at a convocation where candidates from a wide range of faculties were awarded degrees and postgraduate diplomasThe universitys faculties include Arts Science Education and Psychology Commerce Technology and Engineering Medicine Law Fine Arts Family and Community Sciences Social Work Performing Arts Management Studies Journalism and Communication and PharmacyAccording to the convocation declaration 229 candidates were found qualified for Doctor of Philosophy degrees while 2857 qualified for Masters degrees 8863 for Bachelors degrees and 657 for Postgraduate DiplomasPresident Murmu also spoke about the need for students to exercise judgement while adopting rapidly changing technologiesldquoArtificial intelligence can provide solutions but asking the right questions should be your responsibilityrdquo she saidShe added that technology could provide speed but students had to decide the direction in which it should be usedThe President urged students to combine technological capabilities with human values and constitutional principlesShe said educated citizens were expected to incorporate the ideals of ldquojustice liberty equality and fraternityrdquo enshrined in the Constitution into their lives and workplacesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever