Amit’s Interview at Corporate Citizen Magazine

Recently I Got interviewed by Corporate Citizen Magazine in their July Edition! In the interview, I discuss:

• My journey into artificial intelligence and how it all began.
• The importance of balancing theoretical knowledge with real-world applications.
• The future of AI skilling and education in India.
• The main challenges and opportunities in the AI industry today.
• The significance of innovation in a company’s success.
• Personal insights on life, career, and handling setbacks.

Corporate Citizen: What sparked your interest in artificial intelligence? Take us through your career journey.

Amit Shrivastava: “Movies like Takedown (Kevin Mitnick’s story) and watching the Unix black screen in a lab while pursuing my bachelor’s ignited my interest in technology. I got my first desktop around that and installed the OpenBSD operating system (OS)—a complex OS to handle. I used to struggle to fix many things that required much analysis. However, gradually, I got inclined towards log/pattern analysis. So, from here, it all started for me, and then my love for playing chess inclined me towards game theory and decision-making—the fundamental concepts in AI. This is how, knowingly or unknowingly, I moved into a machine learning and AI mindset…”

Check out my full interview in the attached copy from the magazine. You can get an e-copy or print to read about other featured articles as well.

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