AI rocks the tech boat, but an island of calm is in sight
KPIT Technologies. The three companies ended last year with $1.26 billion, $870 million, and $691 million, up 8.16%, 0.81%, and 17.72%, respectively.
The three companies design and build technologies and products for electronics companies, carmakers, airplane manufacturers and defence companies.At the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi last month, LTTS chief executive Amit Chadha said AI tools cannot replace engineering done by humans. LTTS is one of India's leading ER&D companies, besides others such as Cyient and Tata Technologies.“At a very high level, AI will not replace two things.
It will not replace EI, which is emotional intelligence, and it will not replace EI again, which is engineering intelligence,” Chadha told CNBC TV18 at the summit. He added that AI was net positive for the company and would increase the productivity of its nearly 24,000 workforce.Chadha’s views aligned with those of KPIT chief executive Kishor Patil, who last month said AI would not affect the entire lifecycle of a car but only software processes.“In the case of the engineering part, there is a full supply chain.
Software is just a part of that supply chain. Because we are working on a product, we are not working on the process part of it; so, I think that is the main difference (of AI impact on IT services and ER&D firms),” Patil told NDTV Profit on 20 February.He added that AI would not be able to handle the entire delivery of car and truck systems, but would be critical to reducing the time taken and ensuring better quality of the IT work done in those vehicles.Automation tools alone cannot function in an engineering process, Sukamal Banerjee, chief executive of Cyient said.“The industry is beginning to recognize that an AI-first approach
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