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Ep. 139: The future of Artificial Intelligence: Does India have a role?

An amazing conversation with Dr M Vidyasagar, FRS, a pioneer technologist in AI, and Dr Abhishek Puri, a lead user and radiation oncologist using the tech in medicine.

https://open.substack.com/pub/rajeevsrinivasan/p/ep-139-the-future-of-artificial-intelligence?r=66qfh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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https://youtu.be/Hdu3ipOz_ZI

Fwd: The Singularity Monthly: AI's Dawn of Reason

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Plus fusion goes private, 10x the Waymo, and geothermal "fracking"

View in browser Topic of the Month AI's Dawn of Reason   OpenAI pulled the veil back on its latest AI model this month. It had long been rumored the company was working on a secret initiative, first called Q* and then Project Strawberry internally, to improve AI's reasoning abilities. The new o1 release—which scraps the GPT naming scheme in a product reset—is said to deliver on that promise.   In a blog post, the company wrote that o1 makes strides in areas heavy in reasoning where previous models, including its own GPT-4, have struggled. This includes marked improvement on benchmarks—these are often human exams given to AI—measuring o1's ability to answer questions in math, science, and coding, some at a PhD level.   OpenAI achieved its breakthrough by combining reinforcement learning—an AI approach that's yielded impressive results in game-playing—and chain-of-thought reasoning. The latter chops difficult problems into smaller, more manageable steps and follows them through to a solution. "Through reinforcement learning, o1 learns to hone its chain of thought and refine the strategies it uses," OpenAI wrote in its blog post. "It learns to recognize and correct its mistakes. It learns to break down tricky steps into simpler ones. It learns to try a different approach when the current one isn't working."   The model ranked in the top 11 percent in competitive coding, scored well enough to qualify for the Math Olympiad, a math competition for high school students, and exceeded human PhDs in a benchmark measuring knowledge in advanced physics, biology, and chemistry. It also significantly outperformed GPT-4o in these areas. But notably, OpenAI wrote, it may not match its predecessor in tasks that are more strictly limited to language.   Exactly how much such benchmarks can tell us about AI's abilities, beyond showing how models compare to each other and prior generations of AI, is hotly debated. Critics say they fall short in some areas, like the quality of the test itself or whether exact or similar questions, answers, and knowledge exists online and therefore in each model's training data. Further, if all models perform similarly on existing benchmarks, we'll need new ones. Fortunately, there are already efforts afoot to make harder, more illustrative AI tests.   Still, the ability to perform multi-step reasoning has long been a goal in the industry, and o1 appears to be progress. Google DeepMind is also going after AI that can reason. DeepMind's AlphaGeometry mashed together a large language model and a symbolic model—a more traditional, hard-coded approach—to match top high schoolers at geometry. DeepMind's CEO, Demis Hassabis, has also said they're looking to use reinforcement learning, which is their "bread and butter," to improve future models.   Crucially, o1 proves AI can progress without resorting to scaling, in which developers improve models by making them bigger. That said, this month also showed scaling will continue, as players moved to secure cash and energy.  .... deleted

Hindu hatred among whites is not new

Vishal Ganesan (@vjgtweets) posted at 6:25 AM on Sun, Sep 29, 2024:
This was written in 1914. Paranoia about Hindoo contamination of the body politic long predates Hindu Nationalism as a political movement:

"Indeed the time is already here when extensive information and constant vigilance are needed, as recent arrests in our large cities for
(https://x.com/vjgtweets/status/1840193761428783214?s=03) 

openAI is a fascinating company. never a dull moment.

 from the FT

the world is back to pre-worldwar 2. getting close to ww3 h/t @jmohanmalik

https://x.com/jmohanmalik/status/1839577901538128229

how much of this will benefit India, despite japan's article 9 and pacifist policies?

did the new chinese submarine sink?

so claim the americans. who knows? (from nikkei)

welcome to america: who are the new illegal immigrants?

https://x.com/shellenberger/status/1839741316068192551

the four horsemen are coming for europe?

aha, the four horsemen of the apocalypse coming to Europe. this might emphatically mark the end of Europe and white people's ascent.

war: ✅

famine: not yet

conquest: ✅ (eurabia)

death: not yet, tho we did have covid

and who'd have thunk, all because of climatism!

https://x.com/newscientist/status/1839732099890246079

judge kp george (D) indicted, booked for election hanky-panky

kerala origin judge in texas. Democrat. they know how to "manage" elections.

this is how kamala harris is going to "win" and become POTUS, too.

i bet she will induct this milord into the white house. indian judges will watch closely. 

interesting that some US judges are elected. of course in india they are appointed by other judges with no oversight by the executive or legislature. this is called a "collegium" and is totally unconstitutional. but then they decide what is constitutional or not. 

https://abc13.com/post/fort-bend-county-judge-kp-george-indicted-amid-criminal-investigation-alleged-election-scheme-records-show/15360052/

raghuram rajan eats crow

https://x.com/RajeevRC_X/status/1839520588894814478

raghuram "manufacturing? only over my dead body" rajan and abhijit "lets use inflation as a tax" banerjee.

this is raoul's "brain trust". ok.

AGI is almost here. or is it?

https://x.com/RajeevSrinivasa/status/1839479775657882106

the clinton trail of dead bodies, now in bangladesh

https://x.com/RajeevSrinivasa/status/1839468599079235866

The #Clinton trail of dead bodies now includes a lot of Bangladeshi Hindus #deepstate #regimechange #hindugenocide

Fwd: Historic! India's First-Ever Double Gold In Chess Olympiad

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India's first-ever gold medal in the Chess Olympiad

India's men's and women's chess teams both clinched gold at the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad in Budapest on Sunday (22 September). Prime Minister Narendra Modi called it a 'historic win.' "India has won the Gold in both open and women's category at Chess Olympiad! Congratulations to our incredible Men's and Women's Chess Teams," Modi posted on X.

Historic Win!

India's First-Ever Double Gold In Chess Olympiad, PM Modi Calls It 'Historic Win'

kashmiris continue to think india is their colony

https://x.com/OpIndia_com/status/1838798082743636051

nothing has changed in the attitudes of muslim kashmiris.

just google "kashmiri colony india" and you will see. muslim kashmiris think they're entitled to ALL of kashmir, and in fact to all of india. they think they're superior; and they have manufactured a mythology that they are the original inhabitants, not hindu pandits.

remarkable that the sentiment expressed about palestine (that the aborigines ie muslims have rights that the settlers ie jews are not allowing them) is completely reversed here: the aborigines ie hindus have rights that the settlers ie muslims are not allowing them. 

the former is not ok. the latter is ok, because you know, they are always right. 

what i wrote 20 years ago is still true: india is the colony, of kashmiris. in two parts

https://www.rediff.com/news/2002/nov/08rajeev.htm

https://www.rediff.com/news/2002/nov/09rajeev.htm

indian-origin (?) Jay Varma MD, NYC COVID czar, violated his own rules

jay Varma, MD, apparently of indian origin and a Harvard grad, embarrassed both. he got caught, for having indulged in sex parties at the height of the COVID epidemic despite being NYC COVID czar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Varma

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-nyc-covid-czar-fired-admits-attending-banned-private-gatherings-hei-rcna172366

podcast on hard state, not soft state, failed state, serf state

why india cannot be any of the above.

https://open.substack.com/pub/rajeevsrinivasan/p/ep-138-re-post-of-three-articles?r=66qfh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

india as a hard state, a failing state, and a serf state

i wrote this 20 years ago about why India needs to be a #hardstate. coercion, carrots, covert action and containment: the principles remain relevant even though the dramatis personae are different. https://https://www.rediff.com/news/2003/feb/21rajeev.htm21rajeev.htm

the alternative is a failed state. I wrote this just after the invasion of Mumbai on 26/11/2008. https://https://www.rediff.com/news/2008/dec/08mumterror-are-we-heading-to-being-a-failed-state.htm08mumterror-are-we-heading-to-being-a-failehttps://www.rediff.com/news/2008/dec/08mumterror-are-we-heading-to-being-a-failed-state.htmhttps://www.rediff.com/news/2008/dec/08mumterror-are-we-heading-to-being-a-failed-state.htm https://www.rediff.com/news/2008/dec/08mumterror-are-we-heading-to-being-a-failed-state.htm 2008 was antonia maino rule. no wonder India looked like a failing state then.

in 2022, I wrote of the proper role of India, as a serf state, as per the neo-feudal #deepstate https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/nupur-sharma-neo-feudalism-and-the-geopolitical-squeeze-on-india-10808101.html

what next when president kamala is a reality?

It's pretty clear Kamala will "win" by other means, and be POTUS. What's India's game plan when #deepstate and Donald Lu and NED go for #regimechange? Raoul's increasing clamor and jihadi attempts to overturn trains are indicators. Also what did India learn from the Bangladesh debacle?

Quick notes: Reality check | Gig worker...

• Reality check: India's bid to match China's factory heft gets a reality check. Goods imports have surged 56% since the 2020 border clash while India's trade deficit with China has nearly doubled to $85 billion. China continues to be India's biggest source of goods and was the largest supplier of industrial products last year.



• "De minimis": Biden takes aim at Shein, Temu with trade crackdown. . . . Guess who comes to China's rescue? Ambani and Modi sarkar!... yay! hindi-chini-bhai-bhai!



• Decline: India losing out to countries like Bangladesh and Vietnam in manufacturing. Direct employment related to exports fell from 9.5 percent in 2012 to 6.5 percent in 2020. . . . India’s share in global FDI falls to 2.1% in 2023 from 6.5% in 2020.



• Irrational exuberance: $5.5 trillion and ticking: Beware! The pressure is building in India's stock markets



• Gig worker exploitation is rampant: "I worked as a food delivery boy in Bengaluru. Guess how much I earned in a week".




• AI’s massive thirst for energy: Mr ChatGPT and other AI power players are going to the White House to discuss AI’s massive thirst for energy. . . Oracle will use three small nuclear reactors to power new 1-gigawatt AI data center



• Nikah mut’ah: Sex tourism in Indonesia sells itself as Islamic temporary marriage. . . Taliban’s 'reforms' lead to 21,000 musical instruments destroyed in Afghanistan



• India leads the world in generating plastic waste: Producing 10.2 million tons a year (9.3 million metric tons), far more than double the next big-polluting nations, Nigeria and Indonesia. China, often villainized for pollution, ranks fourth but is making tremendous strides in reducing waste.



• China’s Megadams Create Power and Destroy Homes on the ‘Roof of the World’:




• The Once-Dominant Tank Is Getting Humbled on the Battlefield: The rise of drones has prompted armies to change tactics and add defenses to the powerful armored vehicles.

Facebook Ban Against OpIndia - How to Respond

Facebook is now banning anyone from sharing articles from OpIndia:

https://www.opindia.com/2024/09/facebook-bans-opindia-dossier-exposing-wikipedia/

This ban follows a concerted smear campaign against OpIndia by the Left:

https://www.wired.com/story/india-opindia-google-facebook-advertising/

We've seen the big furor Wikipedia has triggered in Indian courts by refusing court directives on ANI.

If ANI can move the courts on Wikipedia, then OpIndia should try doing the same against Facebook.

Or Alternatively:

Just as US authorities are now talking about divesting Tiktok from Chinese ownership so that it can function independently in America, likewise we Indians should talk about doing the exact same thing for Facebook, Wikipedia, etc in India.

If US can justify this, then we can too.

why is telegram being hounded right now? what is different about it?

is there a good reason why social media is under attack?

https://open.substack.com/pub/rajeevsrinivasan/p/ep-137-dr-abhishek-puri-on-the-telegram?r=66qfh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true 

bring on censorship of western media!

https://open.substack.com/pub/rajeevsrinivasan/p/ep-136-the-case-for-censorship-disinformation?r=66qfh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

what if china attacks through myanmar, northeast and bangladesh?

a doomsday scenario for india and an existential threat.

so taiwan could be a feint, and india the real front.

remember how xi insulted and humiliated hasina? he KNEW hasina would be out. how?

this may well be the chinese plan.

a win-win for all except india

1. china gets access to bay of bengal and truncates india

2. americans get to observe china's fighting capacity

3. pakistan gets revenge on india for balkanizing it

4. bangladesh gets revenge on india and reverts to being east pakistan

https://open.substack.com/pub/rajeevsrinivasan/p/ep-135-narayanan-komerath-on-the?r=66qfh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Netflix Series 'IC814' Shows Terrorists Sympathetically, Provoking Outrage

When Obama and his crony Susan Rice have been on the board of Netflix, it's not hard to see how it became a garbage factory:

Quick notes: Predatory MNCs | Thorium solved...

• E-commerce MNCs a threat to India: Amazon not doing India a favour by investing billions of dollars: Piyush Goyal.... “If you made ₹6,000 crore loss in one year, does that not smell of predatory pricing to any of you? Where did that loss come from?” The role of e-commerce in the Indian economy needs to be carefully evaluated and made citizen-centric to ensure there is no social disruption that may affect about 100 million small retailers across the country, the Minister said.




• Waqf through the ages: How Rs 1-lakh crore property owner board acquires land... Entire village's land snatched away overnight, shocking reality of Thiruchendurai



• Time To Shut Down Coaching Classes? Nobody wants to learn from the Chinese, but see how Xi Jinping addressed it in 2021. He demolished his entire tuition and coaching industry overnight. Reasons given: It was straining the finances of families, causing inequality, wasting families' time and taking young people away from more fun things. Everything, including coaching centres for China's famed UPSC equivalent, Gaokao, was banned. There was to be no tutoring for profit, no IPO listings, no share sales, limits on online learning, no mergers, acquisitions, foreign collaborations. End of story.



• Thorium solved?: China to launch world’s first thorium molten salt power station<. Moving away from the water cooling model, this design significantly reduces the chances of meltdowns. Further, thorium reactors generatw less toxic and short-lived radioactive waste than uranium-fueled ones, thereby easing long-term disposal. They offer several potential advantages over traditional uranium reactors, including increased safety, reduced waste and improved fuel efficiency.... Thorium MSRs are a type of advanced nuclear technology that use liquid fuels, typically molten salts, as both a fuel and a coolant.




• AI's insatiable energy demand: Amazon's purchase of a data center campus adjacent to a nuclear power facility speaks to a broader issue that Amazon and other tech giants are grappling with: the insatiable demand for energy from AI... not just power, AI is guzzling water too.



• Beijing increases its influence in Nepal: Tibetans in Nepal not free to celebrate Dalai Lama's birthday.



• Foxconn: Southern states look to outfox each other in hunt for a Foxconn ‘city’... 1. Land is all our politicans can think of. 2. And why no Hindi state or BJP ruled state in this race?



• Environmental concerns persist as Amaravati 'world city' rises: “Amaravati is likely to be an environmental disaster in making. There are a series of environmental issues involved, revolving around forests, water bodies, wetlands, floodplains and the riverbed. It is a flood-prone area. Flood mitigation measures are going to be expensive”.... Rains turn Vijayawada into a lake.

india has to up its game in bangladesh in view of the regime change

https://open.substack.com/pub/rajeevsrinivasan/p/ep-134-the-geo-political-fallout?r=66qfh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true