October 28, 2015 1:07 PM

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Connecting people in India is one of the most important thing: Facebook CEO

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg today said connecting people in India is one of the most important thing that the social networking giant can do. Interacting with students at Townhall in IIT Delhi, Mr Zuckerberg said people's enhanced access to the Internet could provide a great opportunity to them to contribute to country's economy. Highlighting the importance of Internet, Mr Zuckerberg said for every ten people that get access to Internet, one job is created and one person is lifted out of poverty. He said, without connecting everyone in India, the whole world couldn't be connected. Saying that India is the most important market for Facebook, he stressed that Internet can provide education, health information and access to job listings.<br/><br/> The Facebook CEO said he is going to work on availability, affordability and awareness as four billion people in the world still do not have access to the Internet.<br/><br/>Replying to a question on Artificial Intelligence, AI, Mr Zuckerberg said much smarter computers will be built soon. He said, Facebook is working on a project where AI can describe photographs to blind people. He said the target is to build computer systems, which conceive better, translate and understand language better, in the next five to ten years.<br/><br/>

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