Cracking the Artificial Intelligence Code: an Analytical Discourse on AI’s Role as a Counter Terrorism Tool in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Territory of India

Abstract

The erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir (contemporary union territory) has always been the talk of the town owing to the frequent terror strikes that had taken toll of many innocent lives. Despite the cautious and proactive alert mode of our dedicated and dreadful soldiers, these insensitive and inhuman activities continued to shake the land of Jammu and Kashmir, all thanks to the tacitly inserted Article 370 into the Indian Constitution, that bestowed upon a special status to the erstwhile state and owing to this, the governments were unable or rather rendered helpless in curbing the trends of terrorism here. Since the abrogation of Article 370, the entire scenario has witnessed massive transformation especially in terms of the declining trends of terrorism and allied insensitive activities. Trends reflect that the abrogation of Article 370 has enabled the government to exercise massive control over the union territory in terms of undertaking surgical strikes on terrorist and most importantly cutting the flow of funding to the people (localites) who used to participate in the stone pelting exercises and tend to disturb peace and tranquility of the land. Its abrogation has paved way for the government to come up with artificial intelligence and machine learning based intelligence systems and radars which coupled with the alertness of our dreadful army has been instrumental in tracking any suspicious activity in the valley, thereby curbing terrorism trends to a very large extent. This chapter seeks to unfold the way artificial intelligence can go a long way in curbing terrorism thereby making it a lucrative place to sustain oneself amidst peace and tranquility.