Statement 1 is Correct: AI-driven automation and smart sensors optimize energy use in industrial units by predicting demand, monitoring equipment health, and adjusting operations in real-time to reduce waste.
Statement 2 is Incorrect: At the time of the 2020 UPSC examination, creating truly meaningful short stories and songs — possessing coherent narrative structure, genuine emotional depth, and creative intent — was considered beyond the effective reach of AI. The ability to produce such content meaningfully and autonomously, rather than through pattern recombination, had not been demonstrated at a level considered reliable or effective.
Statement 3 is Correct: AI is highly effective in medical diagnostics, particularly in analyzing medical imagery such as X-rays and MRIs to detect diseases like cancer, pneumonia, and diabetic retinopathy with high precision.
Statement 4 is Correct: Text-to-Speech conversion is a mature and well-established application of AI that utilizes natural language processing and neural networks to synthesize human-like speech from written text.
Statement 5 is Incorrect: Wireless transmission of electrical energy is a physical engineering process based on electromagnetic induction or microwaves. This is a function of physics and hardware, and not a task performed by Artificial Intelligence.
