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  • AI is not ‘new’ in this world

    AI is not ‘new’ in this world

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    Software is eating the world in newer ways, power and centralization have always excluded and Marginalized. Man, marches on abstracting the world into LLMs, AI and automation. It is his destination that is uncertain. S.b.

  • Strong vs Weak AI

    Strong vs Weak AI

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    Between A & I: Theoretical Questions About Strong vs. Weak AI in the Mainstream A wrote this piece five (5) years ago for Analytics India Magazine, now it feels dated and out of pace. As AI becomes ubiquitous, it forces us to confront deep questions about intelligence and humanity. At the heart of this inquiry…

  • Sketch_4

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    Swan_Duck Lines are approximation of form, form is approximation of reality, reality is continuation of consciousness in time.

  • Sketch_3

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    Line_waves Ray, made this genius sequence of dancing ghosts, in his famous, “Gupi-Gayen_Bagha_Bayen.” I had glimpses of these lines in a photo of a dance.

  • Sketch_2

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    Tiger_Tiger_in_the_pot I was doing some scratching exercises in my existential angst. This ‘thing’ emerged out of the chaos, part lion, part frog, it caries with it all the echoes of our times. Our desperate lives, our undying hopes.

  • Sketch_1

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    Crossing Rio_Grande I heard an angry exchange between three drunk students at College Station. The white ones attacking, the Mexican American, saying ‘his mom dropped him on his head while crossing the Rio Grande.’ Sixty one percent (61%) of all border patrol detentions of illegal migrants through the Mexico-United States border happens at the El…

  • Material Waste: Dumping in the Temple City

    Material Waste: Dumping in the Temple City

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    by Soham Bose Introduction Solid Waste Management (SWM) in India remains a significant urban challenge, particularly due to increasing economic prosperity and rising consumption levels. While waste generation has surged, funding for SWM services and municipal capacity remains woefully inadequate. Piles of unsegregated waste—ranging from biodegradable banana peels to nearly indestructible plastic bottles—are a common…