Digital India They Said!!
Srinivas, an MGNREGA worker from Komatipalli village, Mahabubabad, Telangana went to Kondagattu Anjaneya Swamy temple and got his head tonsured.
But after coming back from the temple when he tried to register his attendance through the NMMS attendance app, the app failed to recognise him.
After trying everything, Srinivas requested a female co-worker next to him to let him borrow her hair. And then the facial recognition software, allowed his attendance.
Listen to how the entire group erupted into cheers & laughter about the stupid technology that decides their wages.
And only yesterday, I saw a minister claim that India will surpass China very soon in AI 🙏🏽😂
No wonder the Galgotian robot dog was our shining example of our exemplary technologies advances at the AI Summit.
We are still not able to fix basic issues on apps that impact lakhs of people but give sermons on AI advancement.