Jotting It My Way

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially by computers. The very familiar Google’s voice assistant, Microsoft’s Cortana and Apple’s Siri are some of the key examples of application of AI. Face recognition feature rolled out by Facebook very recently will help us in protecting and bringing the unauthorized use of our pictures into notice by someone else. It is not that AI came into existence overnight. It is indeed never easy to teach a machine the cognitive nature of human beings. While thought-capable artificial beings appeared as storytelling devices in the ancient time, the idea of actually trying to build something to perform useful reasoning may have begun with Ramon Llul. With his Calculus ratiocinator, Gottfried Leibniz extended the concept of the calculating machine intending to perform operations on concepts rather than numbers. Since the 19 th century, artificial beings are common in fiction. Alan Turing,...

Social media has undoubtedly changed the way we used to live before its existence. Whether it is a Happy Birthday wish or just a random ping, social media has got us covered. We used to travel several thousand miles away just to get a glimpse of someone (and yeah, we obviously missed the comfort of our homes). Now everything is possible with the click of a button. We can connect to someone located far away both verbally and visually. The ‘thing’ has been around us since last some years and during all these years we have surrounded ourselves with so much of them that they are always omnipresent among us. From dawn till dusk and till the midnight until we sleep, we constantly keep ourselves updated with the latest trends around us. A strange satisfaction and peace of mind is felt sharing everything we do to ourselves. A visit to the mall or travelling to somewhere which makes us click pictures will eventually find their way to Facebook timeline or Instagram stories. Social media ...

Blaming others on one's own defeat has always been the very nature of human beings since time immemorial. Most of us feel comfortable blaming others for our failures rather than introspecting ourselves about the reasons for the plight. Despite this being an inherent behaviour of human beings, it might cause severe repercussions if dragged into the World's Largest Democracy. General elections for 543 seats in the Lower House (Lok Sabha) is on the doorsteps of every Indian. It is a several week long (not any less than a festival) occasion in which every individual crossing the age of 18 years will celebrate his/her voting rights. One vote each from an eligible voter will decide the future of the country for next 5 years. While the political parties are trying their best spending several thousands Indian Rupees to advertise and campaign in their favour, the major chunk of young voters are analysing the correct choice these days to not let their supreme power go in vain. ...