AI is everywhere and touches our lives in many ways. What makes it so ubiquitous today? How might it affect our lives? Is it dangerous? This, and many such questions, are answered in this 3-part series which explains the main features of the rapid growth of…
Anurag Mehra, Indian Institute of Technology
On: July 31, 2023
We seem to be overtaken by excitement and grand plans to “regulate” AI. Rather than worry about how to regulate foundational models and the…
[Co-authored with Yashas P R]
The hold of misinformation has been a significant barrier that prevents people from understanding the nature of the of the Covid-19 pandemic and the necessity of taking…
On: 29/11/2021 12:39
Like long COVID, the side effects of India’s rush to track its citizens could linger longer than anyone…
The discovery of the Omnicron varaiant of the novel coronavirus has led to a frenzy of measures at airports. Arriving passengers, from at-risk countries, are being subjected to…
Very few media campaigns — which promote Covid-19 vaccines, address vaccine hesitancy and assorted misinformation, and encourage or guide safe social behaviour — are available, especially in India. The energy that was seen…
[Co-authored with Anshu Deshmukh]
Vaccine hesitancy among the educated populace, in India, is driven by a preponderance of misinformation — a lot of which looks very “scientific”, a scarcity…
In the minds of the poor and the marginalised sections of society vaccine hesitancy is driven by hostility, suspicion and anger against the state and…
India’s policymakers are obsessed with pushing solutions for all kinds of social problems. The online CoWIN system (portal plus app) for accessing vaccine appointments will only lead to exclusion of…
