vakibsHow to bring democracy to the kingdoms of social mediaThis is a Facebook conversation between my friend Josip and me. Here is an earlier essay I wrote “octopus and the bicycle” which provides…Mar 30, 2018Mar 30, 2018
vakibsA Yogic Model for Information ProcessingAre current user-interfaces encouraging us to consume information mindlessly? Does blocking information help? Can human consciousness be…Feb 17, 2018Feb 17, 2018
vakibsMorality in Language and DharmaHuman culture has evolved two methods to reason about morality. Language is the fundamental tool for reasoning, but it can be used in two…May 9, 2017May 9, 2017
vakibsHow is Sanskrit the mother of Dravidian languages ?For about ten thousand years, the Indian subcontinent was not only the most populous area in the world, but also its most technologically…Nov 26, 20167Nov 26, 20167
vakibsCrisis in our understanding of computation:Computers are now in everybody’s pockets, but most people are unaware of what they are doing. Soon, computers will be integrated into…Nov 25, 2016Nov 25, 2016
vakibsHiding the Indians behind Artificial IntelligenceWhen I was visiting Paris several years ago, I made an amusing discovery. There is an Indian working in the kitchen of (almost) every…Oct 8, 20161Oct 8, 20161
vakibsThe politics of Artificial General IntelligenceToday's news in AI is that Google DeepMind had an exciting win against the World's champion Go player - Lee Sedol . Go is an ancient…Mar 9, 2016Mar 9, 2016
vakibsOpen letter to Arne Dietrich:Check out the TedX talk of Arne Dietrich, where he argues that all altered states of consciousness are lower states.Jan 30, 2016Jan 30, 2016
vakibsMy comments to the rosy picture about “Technological Unemployment” painted by Steve Morris on the…https://www.singularityweblog.com/will-technological-unemployment-impoverish-us/Jan 27, 2016Jan 27, 2016