Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Gandhi Jayanti urged Kashmir’s youth to embrace artificial intelligence and modern technology while remaining rooted in Mahatma Gandhi’s principles of truth, non-violence, discipline and compassion. He added that technological power must be guided by morality and human values to benefit society and the nation.
Addressing students and youth in Srinagar on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha stressed the need to balance technological progress with ethical values. His remarks focused particularly on the growing influence of artificial intelligence and the responsibility that comes with access to powerful digital tools. “You possess resources that we, in our student days, could not even imagine. In your hands lies Artificial Intelligence, a force capable of solving complex problems, creating new knowledge, and connecting the world at a speed never known before. You have access to the entire information of humanity, and you possess the unprecedented power to send your voice, your ideas, and your message across the globe in an instant. But power without discipline is dangerous. Knowledge without morality is emptiness.
Technology without values is a double-edged sword that can cut both ways,” he said.
In your palm rests a mobile phone more powerful than the greatest libraries of earlier centuries.
Bapu never separated means from ends. He insisted that the path itself must be pure. In the same spirit, let Artificial Intelligence and all modern technology be guided by truth, non-violence, self-restraint and compassion. Only then will humanity and society truly benefit. Only then will Jammu & Kashmir rise in strength, dignity and prosperity. Only then will our beloved country move forward with both power and grace.”
Sinha said, “I urge you to use these extraordinary modern technology tools, especially Artificial Intelligence, with the same iron discipline and unwavering morality that revered Mahatma Gandhi practised every single day of his life.
