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 check on my timeline I encounter at least one thread based on it. Perhaps I follow such interesting people who are bullish about it. Some even predict that we are just few years away from the oncoming of Artificial General Intelligence. I read this interview published in IEEE Spectrum of on Rodney Brooks which gave me another, a more skeptical perspective about the imminence of AGI. It is a fun conversation to read. Brooks does not…
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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 Justice department ratified the acquisition for a possible anti-trust issue. Crunchyroll, if you didn’t already knew, is an anime streaming service. It has huge content of anime from Japan and has millions of subscribers. Sony also owns Funimation which is another anime streaming service. There are reports that the anime streaming service can be included with a more expensive tier of Playstation Plus Plans. This will be music to ears of those who are subscribed to…

