Posts from the technology category.
There is a subtle shift happening in organisations.We are moving from using AI to do things towards using AI to tell us what to do.That second shift is much more consequential.A machine that drafts a report is one thing.A machine that identifies a project risk, recommends a resource allocation, forecasts an outcome or suggests a course of action is something else entirely.That is where Danilo Arba...
There are some books you finish and immediately know what you think about them.And then there are books that leave you sitting with a question.A Republic Reimagined: A New Economic Model for a New Age by Joshua Schmude belongs to the second category for me.I didn't agree with everything in the book.But I kept thinking about one question.Who owns the future when machines begin doing more of the wor...
“pp” might be the most common short form on Instagram. It means “price please”. Customers comment pp on posts and expect all the details in their inbox. I was unaware of pp.“Can you share your catalog? We can import it into Querygen.”, I asked my customer.The customer opened their Instagram page. That was the catalog. Every new product was posted as a reel there. Customers were commenting, sending...
I pick up my phone to check the time, but put it down say 22 minutes later. I had laughed twice, maybe, learnt nothing (usually), and still did not know what the time is.If you are reading this and smiling, then you have done it too.We keep saying the kids these days can't focus. Have you looked at us? The kids at least are honest about it. We adults have a list of genuine excuses to justify it, o...
We have spent years asking whether artificial intelligence will destroy humanity.Akshay Chopra’s After Us asks a more unsettling question:What if it doesn’t?What if the intelligence we create is benevolent? What if it solves problems we couldn’t? What if it understands us better than we understand ourselves? What if it doesn’t need to hate humanity to make humanity irrelevant?That possibility stay...
I have a machine that writes for meIt writes code and proseIt writes social media postsI have friends who like these postsI want more likesSo I crank this machine upIt is prolific at this settingIt doesn’t need me anymoreIt writes by itself, this marvelIt sounds a little strangeBut it is ok, who will noticeI keep postingI keep getting likesThe writing is stranger than beforeNo one noticesLikes kee...
The other day, I picked up my camera and looked through the viewfinder. But instead of pressing the shutter, I stopped. It made me wonder why we feel this constant, basically automatic urge to record every single moment. Does taking a photo actually help us remember things better, or does it change how our memories work? When we experience a memory in our life through our phone screen or...
Sometimes the most dangerous people in an espionage novel aren’t the ones carrying guns. They’re the ones sitting comfortably behind polished desks, making decisions that others will have to bleed for.That thought stayed with me long after I finished Dark Asset by Adrian Magson.At first glance, it has everything I expect from a modern spy thriller — covert missions, relentless action, shifting all...
Every few years, we stand in long queues under the scorching sun, proudly ink our fingers, and cast our votes. We are told that this is the greatest celebration of democracy.But I often find myself asking a simple question:If the voices of the people are not consistently reflected in governance, what is the true purpose of an election?Democracy was never meant to be just about choosing representat...