AI and its Hype Men.
Large Language Models have come a long way. Do they presage the imminence of AGI? Artificial Intelligence is being talked about so much that I am swamped with this information on Twitter. Whenever I...
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Petty Hollywood
It is a shame that Tom Cruise’s outstanding performance in “Top Gun Maverick” has been overlooked by the Hollywood Foreign Press in their nomination for the Golden Globe awards. Despite receiving critical acclaim for...
Conscious Robots.
The development of machine consciousness is a goal that is seen as the ultimate challenge in the field of artificial intelligence, according to Hod Lipson, the mechanical engineer in charge of the Creative Machines...
Telekinesis Possible?
This is a very interesting article that I just read. I nearly did a double take. The news is that Chinese Scientists may have inched closer to achieving telekinesis–ability to move materials and objects...
Some thoughts on Crunchyroll acquisition by Sony
So Sony acquired Crunchyroll few days ago and those who are connoisseurs of anime and lovers of console gaming cannot stop talking about it. The deal concluded between AT&T and Sony after the US...
Savings give you options.
Rich men use most of their money to get richer. Poor men use most of their money to look richer. –Mokokoma Mokhonoana The above quote tells quite a profound truth. I wish I had...
Super Mario Bros. Sealed Game Sold for a Ridiculous Amount.
I had just learnt to wrap my head around the idea that unopened copy of video games of yesteryears are considered collectibles and they go for crazy amounts–like thousands of dollars. It has been...
Of Unicorns.
Honestly, I did not know what the hell Unicorns and Decacorns were until last year or may be a year before that. It is not really important when I exactly became aware of this...
Swearing and Gaali.
There is a great deal of hypocrisy immanent in affluent Indians: it is with in relation to swearing. This is something I am writing from both personal experience and what I observe in public...
I managed to finish ‘Working’ by Robert A. Caro.
Robert A. Caro is a multiple-Pulitzer award winning biographer of prominent personalities such as Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th US President, and polarizing but influential American Public Official Robert Moses. I came to know about...
Bygones be Bygones, eh?
Recent statements by both Imran Khan and Pakistani Army Chief Bajwa are quite interesting. They are both talking of peace with India or atleast hinting at it in so many words. Is the period...