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𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒕𝑮𝑷𝑻 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒈 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 "𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒕𝑮𝑷𝑻". 𝒀𝒆𝒔, 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒅. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒕𝑮𝑷𝑻. There is no doubt that ChatGPT has made Artificial Intelligence accessible to all.  It has shown abilities to write a poem, construct a tag line, build code, compose essays, and even musical notes in particular styles. All these seem magical. However, the following are the critical points to be pondered: -  Lack of Source Transparency :  ChatGPT is constructing the responses from the sources but the sources are not transparent. As the sources are not transparent credibility determination becomes risky.  - Inaccuracy : It is producing wrong answers without any warning. I am not mentioning about the complex mathematical queries but the simple text retrieval. In a conver...

 December 3 is observed as 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀:  Thought of listing three action points each one of us can adapt, to make our world a better place for Persons with Disabilities:  𝗦𝘂𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗮 𝗕𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗽𝗽: Our environment is filled with barriers for persons with disabilities. Wherever you notice a lacuna in accessibility in public places, take a moment to register it in Sugamaya Bharat App. We can improve only those things which we can measure. Data will speak louder.  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.geostat.sugamyabharatMOH 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: In your workplaces, make your contribution by voicing out inclusion for persons with disabilities. Let it be in education, employment , entertainment. Literally everywhere. A simple action can be a life changing decision for someone. 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘆: The issues faced by persons with disabilities are drastica...

Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Writing in a big way.  Hard to believe?? Read this post to know about AI-assisted writing.   The contents of this entire post, including the title, and article subheadings are built by an AI writing assistant tool Copylime . I have just provided the keywords.  I am simply posting it AS IT IS. So, technically I am not the author of this post. I don't attest to the correctness of the contents generated. This is simply a curiosity post.  From here on the contents are autogenerated: The written word has been with us since the dawn of civilization. In fact, it is one of the defining characteristics of Homo sapiens. But the way we write is changing, thanks to the advent of artificial intelligence (AI). There are now AI applications that can help us to write better, by either suggesting corrections or even writing entire documents for us. AI is also being used to create more realistic-sounding dialogue in video games and movies....

Galactica, the language model for scientific literature released by Meta this week is fascinating. Galactica has the following capabilities: Generating Lecture Notes on any scientific topic! Generating a Wikipedia Article !! (Not retrieving. Generating) Developing a JuPyter Notebook for a topic !!!  Generating a Literature Review Article !!!! (With Complete Structure, Equations, Citations, and References). The best part is it is not only released as a paper but a live demo is also available. ( https://galactica.org/ ) You can play with it yourself by providing various kinds of inputs in plain natural language.  With the Information explosion, Search Engine based retrieval is quickly and increasingly becoming inadequate, particularly in scientific domains. Galactica is proposing a language model-based approach that can store, combine and reason scientific knowledge.  ( https://galactica.org/?max_new_tokens=400&prompt=jupyter+notebook+on+set+operations+demo ) The resea...

The Old Man and the Sea is a classic authored by Ernest Hemingway. It's a Novella with nearly 100 pages.  I haven't read any work by Ernest Hemingway earlier. This novella is very impressive. The life of Ernest Hemingway is even more impressive than the novella, from the short biography provided at the beginning of this book. He was a Cub Reporter - Ambulance Driver on the Italian Front - Journalist - Interested in Bullfighting - Deep sea fishing. Wow :) So he doesn't fit into the stereotype that most of us maintain for writers..  As the title says, it is a story of an old fisherman Santiago in Havana, Cuba. Two other characters from the story are a boy named Manolin and a big Marlin fish that Santiago catches in the deep sea. The story begins with the locals calling him the most unlucky person (Salao) as he wasn't able to catch a single fish in the last 84 days. The boy who was helping the Old man was also stopped by his parents citing his lack of luck.  Determined to ...

ICTOODLE 2022: International Conference on Technology Enabled Online and Distance Learning for Education: In the Context of NEP 2020, jointly organized by the Department of Computer Science and Directorate of Distance Education Pondicherry University, was very well received by the participants. Here are some of my observations and take-home points from the Conference: Education in general and Higher Education in particular, is at an exciting phase of metamorphosis. Now we have only two scenarios: a) Higher education institutions adapting the educational technology or b) Educational technology companies adopting higher education. It is a question of relevance and survival for the higher education academia. With the changing learning patterns of the Millenials, we can't stick to outdated modes of content delivery. Non-linear and engaging modes such as Gamification / Game-based learning should be encouraged to keep the learner engaged. Knowing the learners is essential in all modes ...

October 10th is World Mental Health Day.  If you ask, "So what? It is simply one among the hundreds of funny-sounding days that we usually see in our social media feeds, WhatsApp forwards, etc.,".  It is not. After the Covid-19 pandemic, certainly it is not.  A report by World Health Organisation (WHO) says that there is a significant increase in stress perceived by people across the spectrum after the onset of the pandemic. Isn't it obvious?  Every passing day, we meet people who claim they are under stress.. enormous stress... Being a teacher, there are more chances of hearing about or seeing people under stress. When you lend your ears and heart to them, they have their own stories to share. Many with deep cuts and wounds...  (Image Source : https://unsplash.com/photos/fzqxoFJytiE)  Most of us are not trained professionals to provide counseling. However, I strongly believe one can not be a good teacher without being a counselor. What can we do for s...

Me and my daughter were at a fruit shop at ECR, near the University Gate. It was around 9:30 pm. There was a hotel nearby. It was not an expensive one. A normal non-vegetarian hotel that you can see anywhere in Pondicherry and Tamilnadu. I saw a man aged about fifty walking by the road. He was wearing a torn shirt and pants which might have never seen water for a long time. He was untidy and un-bathed. He was looking very dull which was evident from the way he was walking.  As he passed by the Hotel, there was a voice from the hotel,  "Will you eat Briyani?".  This was a voluntary question from the hotel guy.  This person said "Yes".  Shortly they gave him Briyani. It was properly served on a neat and clean plate. This man looked at the quantity of food and he said, "I don't need this much".  The hotel guy encouraged him to eat but the man denied it.  This man insisted to take away a portion of Briyani and give it to another hungry person. When this ma...