One of the primary purpose of any generation is to hand over a world that is in better shape. I am not at all optimistic that what the next generation will inherit will be a better world. On the contrary I feel where we are at is how bad to worse a world we hand …
16th May, 2024. I have been deeply upset all day today. There is no rational basis for my being upset. The source of my angst is seeing this image of this lady Carla Sanchez with her one year old son. Carla has traveled from Honduras – She and her one year old son had crossed …
AI – more transformational than fire and electricity as per Sundar Pichai, With AI fixing climate change will be easy as per Sam Altman Finding a cure for incurable diseases will be made easy by AI as per Mark Zuckerberg. So something so critical what is it’s business model, how will it make money, what …
Peace in our times – said Neville Chamberlain in sept 1938 waving a piece of paper signed by Herr Hitler promising peace in return for half of Czechoslovakia. Today on the grim milestone of two years of the war on Ukraine, my thoughts on what will happen if Ukraine fell or was forced to cede …
With the 3rd anniversary (if one can call a violent insurrection an anniversary), of January 6th upon us, firstly some stats on the progress of Justice – there has been 1,200 plus arrests, 350 plus convictions, accused of crimes ranging from trespassing, a misdemeanor, to seditious conspiracy, a felony. 350 plus cases are still pending, …
January 6th 3 years, Insurrection, Putsch and the path to Holocaust Read More »
So the New York times is suing Open AI for billions for using it’s content to train Chat GPT by bypassing pay walls and not paying for the training. Source: BBC AI seems have come to the party with a promise to transform the world – to earn greater profits for those who control the …
Merry Christmas to all my connections and all our clients and client teams. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas and New Year break with family and friends. If you are travelling, hope you manage to avoid the travel disruptions at this time of the year and outrageous air fares and manage to preserve your travel sanity …
My thoughts on the current Israel-Palestine conflict. I am not at all optimistic that the current course of action and just cause will lead to any lasting peace when hatred is so deeply embedded. Two precedents come to mind, one is Afganisthan – what did overwhelming military superiority deliver over the duration of the deployment …
The true purpose of Generative AI and the cost to mental health from the proliferation of AI My thoughts on the core purpose of Generative AI stripping away the feel good window dressing on greater good for humanity that it promises. Also what is the impact on mental health for people when all the cafes, …
The recently concluded G20 meeting has set a new lowest common denominator of what is acceptable war, extermination and more. The communique from the summit with no mention of the instigators of war on Ukraine, was a total cop-out and was hailed as a compromise won by the global south. Global south so this world …