India, Dec. 17 -- Across the long span of human history, only a few inventions have fundamentally reshaped civilisation. Fire pushed back darkness, the wheel conquered distance, agriculture stabilised societies, iron transformed labour and warfare, and ships linked continents. The printing press loosened elite control over knowledge, electricity redefined daily life, oil powered modern industry, and computers, along with the internet, rewired communication and economies. To this rare lineage, the 21st century has added artificial intelligence - an innovation unlike any before it, because it

does not merely extend human strength or speed but begins to imitate the most basic human faculty: thinking.

It is therefore deeply symbolic that Ti...