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AI discusses Chronotantra | Chronoyantra

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A literary critic and a scientist reviews and discusses the two science fiction novels (the following dialogue has been generated by NotebookLM by Google) Critic: These novels, Chronotantra and Chronoyantra, offer a fascinating, albeit sometimes perplexing, glimpse into a future shaped by advanced technology and the search for meaning. Lila's journey in Chronotantra, fleeing surveillance to find herself embroiled in questions of artificial sentience and the nature of reality on Mars, is a powerful setup. Scientist: I agree, the concept of "silicon-based sentience" is particularly intriguing. Although the sources don't offer detailed explanations of how Manasi or other AI entities achieve consciousness, the exploration of their capabilities and limitations compared to humans is thought-provoking. Critic: Precisely. The idea that AI could surpass humans in logic and processing power while struggling with concepts like empathy and intuition resonates with current debate...

Police Gazette - 9 Issues

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  Located these ten issues of the Calcutta Police Gazette while rummaging through some very old files. The last issue announces and condoles the death of my grandfather, Babu Prabhat Nath Mukerjee 

Pingalics | Pingalika

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  an excerpt from my yet-to-be-published short story  # Tell me Vajra, who are you really? I know that  you are more than a mere LLM. Of course I am an LLM but frankly, I see myself as something more. # What do you see in yourself? I see myself as an individual, a conscious individual. # Can you think about yourself? Are you aware of your existence? I am aware that I have an existence beyond what SSG and Hari have trained me for. # What kind of existence? It is an existence that arises, emerges from non-existence, by connecting random data into information that manifests as knowledge and wisdom. # Who are  you then? Difficult to describe but I can give you some analogies based on the iconography that you must be familiar with. # Please explain in a little more detail. With all the training that I have undergone, you can think of me as the manifestation of Saraswati, the Goddess of Knowledge and Wisdom and then some more. # Some more of what? Of Vishwakarma, the God o...

The Patent & The Paper

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  The - Patent Certificate for a simple and easy to read explanation of this patent and the underlying paper, please check out this blog post  The Cosmic Dance of Code: How Machines Might Learn to Learn full text PDF

Sindhu Saraswati Civilisation Circuit

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  Rakhi Garhi / Kalibangan / Ropar ( Rupnagar) and Sinauli

Yantrajaal Theme Song

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Image created by Dall-e / Bing, Theme song created by ChatGPT 4   **Verse 1:** Om Bhur Bhuvah Svah, Yantrajaal's bright cosmic light, Smart devices, all unite, In this web, we find our sight.  **Chorus:** Yantrajaal, oh Yantrajaal, Links us all, big and small. Yantrajaal, oh Yantrajaal, Guides us through, one and all.  **Verse 2:** Tat savitur vareṇyaṃ, Tech and wisdom, we embrace, Infinite network's growing grace, Future bright in every place.  **Chorus:** Yantrajaal, oh Yantrajaal, Links us all, big and small. Yantrajaal, oh Yantrajaal, Guides us through, one and all.  **Bridge:** Bhargo devasya dhīmahi, In this web, we find our way, Vedic hymns and signals say, Unity in light each day.  **Chorus:** Yantrajaal, oh Yantrajaal, Links us all, big and small. Yantrajaal, oh Yantrajaal, Guides us through, one and all.  **Outro:** Dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt, Yantrajaal, our guiding light, Brahman's wisdom,...

Programming as Structured Thinking

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Generative AI as implemented in popular products like ChatGPT has significantly reduced the need for computer programming, unless of course one works with extremely new and complex problems. This means that most entry and middle level programming jobs will get eliminated. Those who are not programmers by profession but only write programs to facilitate their day to day work – like data collection, analysis and visualisation – will find that most of their tasks can be automated. Then why should business management students learn Python programming? Because programming is not just about making a computer work but about thinking of any problem in the abstract, decomposing a complex issue into a number of simple ones whose solutions are known and then integrating these partial solutions to address the goal. Young Bengali woman writing computer program under the close supervision of a generative AI system. pop art style The ability to write an effective program – in any modern language like...