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Choosing the right bogeyman: Why youth can trust Google but not the state?
September 20, 2023, 9:47 AM IST
My previous piece about Google scanning through private data to check child porn using AI (and blocking accounts without giving any proof) led to a very interesting finding, and that is the power of the…
September 20, 2023, 9:47 AM IST
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AI violating human rights: Google forcing its fake morality on Bharat via CSAM scam
September 18, 2023, 9:35 AM IST
It may have surprised many a developed nations sitting on G20 to listen to Prime Minister of Bharat talk about “ethical considerations” and “algorithm bias and its impact on the society”, but as the time…
September 18, 2023, 9:35 AM IST
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Let us be clear: No one is going to save the planet if there is no money in it
July 16, 2023, 12:21 PM IST
I recently attended a seminar linked with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s commitment of becoming a nation with Net Zero carbon emission by 2070. It was great to listen to the speakers, especially the young ones…
July 16, 2023, 12:21 PM IST
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Open letter to the frustrated Indian startup founders now getting impatient…
July 10, 2023, 11:35 PM IST
As an aider and abettor of Indian startup sector, I am inviting young startups, especially the angry and frustrated ones (I know you are out there) to revisit the journey till date and see where…
July 10, 2023, 11:35 PM IST
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Hunting of the zoonotic snark
June 24, 2023, 6:47 PM IST
I was extremely lucky to be allowed to attend a masterclass of one of top infectious disease experts on Gujarat. As he was trying to help young doctors develop diagnostic acumen through presentation of tricky…
June 24, 2023, 6:47 PM IST
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Metaphors, Sanskrit, and genetics in the age of epigenetics
June 19, 2023, 2:10 PM IST
My morning has begun with a bit evolved social media wisdom about how NASA is secretly designing super computers using Sanskrit. I am happy to note that even fake news scriptwriters are pressurized to up…
June 19, 2023, 2:10 PM IST
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Greenwashing: The only option that may work with humans
June 14, 2023, 11:33 AM IST
For many years I have been an ardent critic of all the stuff green. I have written scathing pieces on the tree-planting do-gooders, tiger-saving lovers and even planet-saving merc-driving Gurus, as I have always believed…
June 14, 2023, 11:33 AM IST
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Tennis court wisdom: Fate of the artificial intelligence
May 17, 2023, 1:35 PM IST
With age creeping in, morning spent on the tennis court is slowly shifting from playing to observing humans at play, and as human play many a game simultaneously, it is very often more rewarding to…
May 17, 2023, 1:35 PM IST
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Existence of ‘Biological’ man/woman: Why CJI Chandrachudji can be both, wrong and right
April 22, 2023, 4:26 PM IST
Though science is known to have a troubled relationship with religion, it is not always recognised that it is the law that ends up holding the baby, as we are yet again seeing in the…
April 22, 2023, 4:26 PM IST
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Social Media: The Fahrenheit 451 firemen have already arrived
February 9, 2023, 4:01 PM IST
I have recently conducted a small experiment that I invite all humans to conduct on social media because what Ray Bradbury published in 1953 as a fate that humanity will meet in 2049 appears to…
February 9, 2023, 4:01 PM IST
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Architects not interested in going to the jail should wake up and respond to CoA’s invitation ASAP
January 30, 2023, 11:18 PM IST
My love for the profession of architecture has almost passed through all the Kubler-Ross Stages of Dying and Subsequent Models of Grief that are listed as denial, anger, bargaining, depression and the last that I…
January 30, 2023, 11:18 PM IST
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Rise of the AI: Death Knell for not just the Indian IT edge
January 25, 2023, 9:00 PM IST
It is the eve of the Republic Day of our great nation and one is encouraged to think/wish of a bright future for our people, but as I scroll up and down my social media…
January 25, 2023, 9:00 PM IST
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Artificial intelligence: The generalist-specialist division is a dangerous cognitive bias
December 28, 2022, 2:49 PM IST
I am not particularly fond of corporate conference room conversations (and hence have dedicated all my intelligence to be able to afford avoiding them) but since Artificial Intelligence has exploded in the business circles, I…
December 28, 2022, 2:49 PM IST
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Maya that has trapped human intelligence clearly awaits AI to join !
December 15, 2022, 1:12 PM IST
After writing the piece about my treepie meeting ChatGPT, I have started pondering over the birth of this new sentient being that, in a way is under human tutelage, and I have now started developing…
December 15, 2022, 1:12 PM IST
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On a misty morning when a treepie met ChatGPT
December 11, 2022, 3:57 PM IST
Though winter has not really set in, I am happy to have woken up in a cold and misty morning that allows me a campfire without imagining angry face of Greta. My resident paradise flycatcher…
December 11, 2022, 3:57 PM IST
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Dear Narendrabhai, Websites in vernacular is the first indigenisation needed for Defence and other Atma-Nirbharta
November 18, 2022, 10:57 PM IST
Dear Narendrabhai, Just as I am typing this out, you must be heading towards the Def Expo 2022 venue to inaugurate what would be the largest defence exposition that India has ever hosted. As I…
November 18, 2022, 10:57 PM IST
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Waking up to a scary thought of world without mosquitoes
November 15, 2022, 1:14 PM IST
I doubt if there has been any bigger mosquito-hater amongst those write in public domain than me, as a web-search will reveal that once every fourth article of mine was aimed at scaring the populace…
November 15, 2022, 1:14 PM IST
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Lesson for/from Kohli: Happy Diwali, fearless-wali
October 24, 2022, 3:18 PM IST
As a fifty-plus year-old Indian male who has watched a lot of cricket, if I try and quantify the emotions that I have felt during the process, I must admit that it has been a…
October 24, 2022, 3:18 PM IST
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A photo that I wish Mohandas K Gandhi had kept on his desk
October 4, 2022, 8:24 AM IST
I normally use 2nd October as an excuse to write about environmental/macroeconomic issues by applauding Gandhiji (who had recognized them well before Greta et al started screaming about them) but this year my Gandhi Jayanti…
October 4, 2022, 8:24 AM IST
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Elderly Indian WhatsApp bunnies: Do your kids read your must-read forwards?
September 20, 2022, 9:42 AM IST
It is early in the morning, the time when one brings one’s phone to life and checks what went wrong with the world during the night. As I crawl through the “good mornings” and the…
September 20, 2022, 9:42 AM IST
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