The 1000 rupee irony

An object lesson on the thousand rupee note.

How do we judge intelligence?

When it comes to human intelligent, we have to agree that there is no single method to judge how intelligent a person is. How we decide someone is intelligent or not totally depends on what we associate intelligence to. We all have different criteria to define someone’s…

Criteria for ‘Intelligence’

As I grew older and older, the meaning of ‘intelligence’ has been changed a lot, constantly. When I was a middle school or high school student, I used to call one my friends ‘intelligent student’ whom I wanted to be and in this context, intelligence meant an ability of person to…

Implications of data mining and algorithms

The rapid ascent of data mining technology and company’s realization of power of garnering data has left us many questions and doubts. As more social and commercial activities take place online, more opportunities corporations are gaining and exploiting…

Bowing Down to Big Data

In a Nation and World That Is Increasingly Secular and Agnostic, Data and…

Inbuilt Intelligence

Of humans, animals and machines

One of my earliest memories of intelligent thinking found its way back to one of my storybooks — to the famous story of the thirsty crow. The moral of this story talks about the intelligence of the crow to be able…

The Blind Side of Data-Driven Design

Big data and data-driven design are often regarded as ‘the goose that laid golden eggs’ in the…

Is AlphaGo Intelligent?

Recently, the historic match between AlphaGo and World’s best Go player Lee Sedol helped to reignite the discussion around artificial intelligence and its value to humanity. One question that I attempt to answer here is: How do you know when something is intelligent?