New Delhi, Jan. 4 -- Aravind Srinivas, the chief executive of AI search startup Perplexity, has said that artificial intelligence systems are still fundamentally dependent on humans to define what problems are worth solving, arguing that curiosity and question framing remain beyond the reach of machines.

Speaking on a recent podcast with writer and entrepreneur Prakhar Gupta, Srinivas stressed that while AI excels at solving, optimising and verifying solutions, it does not independently identify meaningful problems. The episode was released earlier this week.

"AI could help humans solve an existing problem but it is very different from AI solving it autonomously," Srinivas said. "I think the edge would lies with the humans because it wa...