India, Feb. 20 -- AI has been the buzzword for the last few years. In fact, such has been the craze that it has created a new level of competition at the individual, organisational, and global levels. Everyone wants to score a brownie point over the other, jeopardising real research, something that became visible at the recently organised AI Summit.

Projected as a landmark platform to showcase India's technological ambitions and advancements, the summit was marked by visible chaos. From the incomplete agenda on the official website to the last-minute opacity in programming and controversies around institutional showcases, everything spoke of performance rather than actual innovation.

For an event billed as a serious convergence of acade...