Generative Ai Tools

• AI company CEO goes missing, Dexter suspected

  Aug 8

  Five days after Auto Kumar, the CEO of an AI company here in the city, went missing, investigations haven’t turned up anything. The last person to have seen him was… more ›

• How the AI revolution is going

  Aug 6

  In the midst of so many scenarios being sold to us foretelling a future where AI redefines (often by destroying) everything, here is how things are looking at the moment.… more ›

• Mark Zuckerberg will build you a friend

  May 3

  Of late, I have been writing with some intensity about what AI and social media are doing to our ability to process reality. Inherent in my criticisms is the suggestion… more ›

• After politicians, now AI shows fake certificates

  Apr 30

  I have a practiced reaction to anyone saying that people can ‘write’ novels using AI. The truth of the matter is that anyone who likes to read won’t like reading… more ›

• Only you can prevent the death of culture

  Apr 19

  The best thing about the internet, according to me at least, is that it enables communication between people everywhere. You and your friends can talk to each other. Your government… more ›

• What tech bros think of you

  Apr 18

  There is something singularly dehumanising about how the tech bros behind AI tools view people. It is, for lack of a better word, grotesque. I have already written at length… more ›

• Making meaning and the meaning of making

  Apr 13

  I must confess to being a little confused whenever someone suggests AI-generated text as a way to triumph over writer’s block. If you can’t bring yourself to write and get… more ›

• Writing is more than generating text

  Feb 23

  A newsletter is a very personal thing. When I subscribe to yours, I am putting my trust in you that you will send me something of your making and that… more ›

• The myth of AI superiority

  Feb 18

  We often talk about technology as if it is just a tool and that there isn’t anything good or bad about it. The good or bad, we are fond of… more ›

• I fear you will forget I am human

  Feb 6

  There was a short fantasy film some time ago on YouTube called Ahalya. It is only tangentially related to the point I am making here so I won’t spoil it… more ›