Open Intelligence: About Co-existence of Intelligence & Consciousness

Open Intelligence: Education Between Art and Artificial by Saikat Majumdar, published by Vintage, an imprint of Penguin Randon House, is an interesting take on technology, art, education and AI.

The perspective on AI from a professor of English and a creative writer was a fresh take.

The author uses interesting anecdotes, research, technology, education, philosophy, popular books, movies, & brands from across the world to explain his ideas.

He raises some relevant questions about the role of education in a future shaped by AI and attempts to answer them.

He highlights that changes need to happen right from the root level, education, abilities, aptitudes, and interests, to make children future-ready.

I particularly liked how the narrative moves from AI to humans and the importance of raising children with emotions and not just focusing on academics.

The book gets a little essay-ish in between but picks up pace & brings in some interesting concepts of ACI, AGI, Bot Bias, co-existence of intelligence and consciousness, etc.

Overall, an interesting read if you want to look at AI not just from a technology perspective, but also through the lens of education, creativity and human intelligence.

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Draupadi - Action Prevails Emotions

The woman of Kaliyuga…. before the Kaliyuga descended One of the few very clear memories I still have of my childhood is when my mother was feeding me lunch and we were happily chatting about Mahabharata. While talking, I said ‘when I grow up, I want to become Draupadi’. She yelled at me ‘ pagal ho gayi ho kya?, kuch bhi bak bak karti ho. Khana khao chup chap ’. I was taken aback by her sudden anger. Barely 7-8 years of age, I didn’t quite understand the reason for her annoyance, then. Today, after decades I certainly do. Indeed, I do understand, why a mother wouldn’t want her daughter to become Draupadi or even get closer to what she suffered. All said and done, she was the heroine of the one of the only two greatest epics of the country’s history – Mahabharata.

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