Or, worse, destroyed in a fire? Soon, such events will be things of the past. Artificial Intelligence, with its ability to archive and analyse vast amounts of data, will ‘dematerialise’ documentation, and thus, revolutionise policymaking and service delivery. Whether it’s a record of your land or health, your Aadhaar identity or your driving licence, everything will soon have a digital footprint, sans fear of destruction. Data privacy/security remainsthe auto-corrective features that the technology itself contains so as to minimise or eliminate the scope of corruption or theft.
