A few AI-related predictions for the near future, that I chanced upon while browsing… The return of the invite-only web. To escape the bot-flooded “dead internet,” the best platforms become gated and reputation-scored. The open web becomes a wasteland; the gated web becomes the party. Google, Apple, and OpenAI accidentally build the new internet. Instead …
कथामुखं The introduction In a city called Mahilaropya, very far away from here, lived a king named Amarashakti (the ever-powerful). He took very good care of his kingdom and his subjects, and was loved and revered by all. He was a master of all the sciences and the art of politics and negotiations, of ethics …
Today, as Rohāmrta was saying papa papa papa, I recalled the day he started to say da-da-da-da. He is quite conversational with me by now, and has started speaking in regular coherence, so well, typical first-time-dad pride. Anyways, I did go back and enjoy this piece that I wrote, and here it is below. Speech …
Among the books I am currently reading, is Bill Bryson’s ” The life and times of the Thunderbolt Kid”. A memoir of sorts, about him growing up in America in the 50s. His pages are filled with exaggerated humor, in true Bryson style, and I find myself smiling, occasionally breaking into loud peals of laughter, …
So its the flu season (again) and the kid is down (again), and so we are in the midst of parental duties – good ol sponging (again) and Tamiflu (again) and precision thermometer measurements every 5 minutes (of course, again). Being a parent has its share of repetitive tasks (that can hopefully be automated through …
Time that runs away! Ricardo Gondim I counted my years and found that I will have less time to live from now on than I have lived until now. I feel like that boy who was given a bowl of fruits. The first ones, he sucked carelessly, but realizing that there are few left, he gnaws the kernel. …
Every now and then I look back at my posts and find a few good ones that I can re-read. Sarvajña is one of them. His tripadis are witty, and profound at the same time. They are in Kannada, and while there are a few translations here and there, I can’t seem to find an …
“What’s so magical about solitude? In many fields, Ericsson told me, it’s only when you’re alone that you can engage in Deliberate Practice, which he has identified as the key to exceptional achievement. When you practice deliberately, you identify the tasks or knowledge that are just out of your reach, strive to upgrade your performance, …
1) Read 10 pages to start the day. 2) A good way is to wake up, drink a glass of water, write down 3 things that you are grateful for, and read 10 pages of a book. 3) 10 pages is small enough that it’s not intimidating. Most people can finish reading 10 pages within …
Knowledge is an illusion. No, this isn’t some catchline – it really is an illusion. We all think of ourselves as rational beings, able to view situations and make informed judgements, but studies have shown that we always thought in groups. From the time we hunted, till the time we went to the Moon, and …
