“Six blind men, the elephant and a Tower of Babel”: How intellectuals think they really are making sense out of a senseless world

We in India believe ourselves to be equal intellectuals of those in the West who over the years have fed us with specious theories and treatises on how to make sense of the world and all its geopolitical tumult and historic tragedies. For many years now, I myself have been an avid reader and followerContinue reading ““Six blind men, the elephant and a Tower of Babel”: How intellectuals think they really are making sense out of a senseless world”

My Conversation with Meta on “Demystifying AI”: 18 Questions in 18 minutes!

This morning I went for my usual annual check-up and consultation at the clinic of my ophthalmologist. While seated there waiting in the patients lounge for my turn to come up, I was bored and had nothing better to do to while away the time than to check on my smartphone my email and WhatsAppContinue reading “My Conversation with Meta on “Demystifying AI”: 18 Questions in 18 minutes!”