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Shoot-at-sight order issued against the bug
July 13, 2024, 12:21 PM IST
I have been ecstatic about AI Pair Programming over the past few months and am experiencing its benefits firsthand. However, taking a step back, I ask who the real beneficiary is from the magical programming…
July 13, 2024, 12:21 PM IST
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A multi-agent world
July 6, 2024, 1:37 PM IST
A team achieves more than an individual can do. One team member might be good at generating ideas, another at expanding the ideas to a plot, another at finding inaccuracies and editing the content, and…
July 6, 2024, 1:37 PM IST
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The story of my experiments with truth (errrrr… chatbots)
June 29, 2024, 2:54 PM IST
Chingaaree koee bhadake, to saawan use buzaaye / Saawan jo agan lagaaye, use kaun buzaaye? / Patazad jo baag ujaade, wo baag bahaar khilaaye / Jo baag bahaar mein ujade, use kaun khilaaye? When the…
June 29, 2024, 2:54 PM IST
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Wait, are you building a model?
June 22, 2024, 4:08 PM IST
Technical prowess is essential to be a good data scientist. Business and functional knowledge are crucial, too. Technical skills would encapsulate statistical concepts, programming, visualisation, and presentation expertise. A model that does not solve a…
June 22, 2024, 4:08 PM IST
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The multiple worlds of mine
June 15, 2024, 4:01 PM IST
“Papa, look. The white train is sitting on the blue car”. First, I have never noticed the colour of things as much. He has the habit of qualifying everything with its colour. Talk about redundant…
June 15, 2024, 4:01 PM IST
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Generative AI presentation for beginners (45 minutes)
June 10, 2024, 11:26 PM IST
This column did not post an article last week for the first time since 15 November last year. I would have loved a no-week-missed year and was working towards that. I was glad to watch…
June 10, 2024, 11:26 PM IST
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When installing packages took longer than coding
June 1, 2024, 2:40 PM IST
This week, I experimented with building a CNN (Convolutional Neural Network) image classification model. I wanted to give GitHub Copilot a try. GitHub Copilot is an AI pair programmer that helps with code completions. One…
June 1, 2024, 2:40 PM IST
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A generative AI learning pathway
May 25, 2024, 1:54 PM IST
Learning generative AI is not the first step of learning generative AI. Using LLMs does not teach generative AI either. Most data scientists build LLM-based applications. Such applications leverage the power of LLMs in interpreting…
May 25, 2024, 1:54 PM IST
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Time, tide, and tokens wait for none
May 17, 2024, 2:12 PM IST
I wake up. It is 7 am this Monday. I am panicking. Friday is not the day of celebrations. It is the day of celebrations and over-commitments. In fluent spoken English, I had promised to…
May 17, 2024, 2:12 PM IST
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Ointment
May 11, 2024, 4:45 PM IST
“Mam scooter ointment.” My son enquired with me when he discovered that his daycare teacher’s scooter didn’t start. “Papa, grey car ointment.” He did the same when my car was away for repair. I completed…
May 11, 2024, 4:45 PM IST
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Washing off the Kalank
May 4, 2024, 6:00 PM IST
“Papa lun, Papa lun, fast fast lun,” my son screams excitedly while riding the balance cycle. Balance cycles are the ones without pedals or support wheels. You ride them, pushing with your legs, and learn…
May 4, 2024, 6:00 PM IST
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It is a TOPATO
April 28, 2024, 12:51 PM IST
The daycare teacher asks, “What is this?” My son replies, “Tomato.” She says, “Good. What is this?” My son answers, “Topato.” She clarifies, “It is called Potato.” My son exclaims, “Aan?” with a puzzled look….
April 28, 2024, 12:51 PM IST
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Is our past haunting us?
April 20, 2024, 12:48 PM IST
The tractor rolled off the chair and fell on the floor, bouncing several times before coming to a screeching halt. “Papa, tractor dhamaaaal”, my two-year-old burst into laughter. It followed our 80-20 rule (80% Artificial…
April 20, 2024, 12:48 PM IST
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The unfinished article
April 13, 2024, 3:40 PM IST
My article for the week is done. “Done” is a misnomer. There are various categories of done. First, the one where minor editing is needed to the words and sentence structures to improve clarity. Second,…
April 13, 2024, 3:40 PM IST
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Uff! The illusion that AI is
April 6, 2024, 11:39 AM IST
Workplaces (even the virtual ones) are good places to flex your brain muscles. The following content results from yesterday’s conversation with my colleague. Saturday morning laziness has made me pick up a few of his…
April 6, 2024, 11:39 AM IST
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Fly high because the sky is forgiving
March 30, 2024, 1:47 PM IST
The deep tech vs. consumer tech debate is quite hot among Indians today. This is a good debate regarding where India stands today in the generative AI space. Have we missed the bus in developing…
March 30, 2024, 1:47 PM IST
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Haircut not the only way to declutter your head
March 23, 2024, 10:38 AM IST
An individual learns best through a specific way of communication. Some prefer writing, some listen, and others read. In my case, writing leads to more learning than listening or reading. I remember the crazy long…
March 23, 2024, 10:38 AM IST
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That Modelling Algorithm on the CV
March 16, 2024, 6:12 PM IST
Life is a break between two deaths. Building a machine learning model is a break from data exploration. I am not implying that data exploration is scary, like death, while model building is complete with…
March 16, 2024, 6:12 PM IST
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When a data scientist blabbers
March 9, 2024, 4:08 PM IST
Stood away in a corner / With solitude for company / Not one among the spoken / Not one among the speaking / Thus, says the poor outlier 4, 3.6, 5.4, 5.8, 6, 6.1, 6.2,…
March 9, 2024, 4:08 PM IST
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The dopamine in LLMs
March 2, 2024, 3:35 PM IST
“Man is a social animal” was our one-size-fits-all essay opening sentence. If the essay was on “The Cow”, we began with “Man is a social animal. Cows are not. A cow has four legs…”. If…
March 2, 2024, 3:35 PM IST
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