I came across this sobering observation from Andrej Karpathy recently: "Certainly, the moment money can buy dramatically better ChatGPT, things change. Large organizations get to concentrate their vast resources to buy more intelligence. And within the category of 'individual' too, the elite may once again split away from the rest of society. Their child will be tutored by GPT-8-pro-max-high, yours by GPT-6 mini." This stark warning about the potential stratification of AI access led me to think about alternative approaches-particularly for countries like India that are working to establish their place in the global AI landscape. In the midst of the global AI parameter race, where companies announce ever-larger models with hundreds of billions or even trillions of parameters, I find myself increasingly convinced that India's AI future lies in a different direction. Rather than joining this capital-intensive competition, India has a strategic opportunity to lead in...