Jayant K

A new wave of artificial intelligence breakthroughs is making it possible for technology to do all sorts of things we at first can't believe and then quickly take for granted. That's making our lives easier and more productive, and it's also raising a new round of excitement and angst about where artificial intelligence is headed. "Right now we're in a phase of very fast advances, and that may well continue for a small number of years," said Christopher Bishop, a distinguished scientist with Microsoft Research Cambridge. With advances in machine learning, including deep neural networks and probabilistic models, computers can now instantly translate spoken and written conversation, recognize and accurately caption photos, identify faces and be your personal assistant. And yet, although they can do some individual tasks as well as or even better than humans, technology still cannot approach the complex thinking that humans have. "It's a long way fro...

Life Is Always a Challenge, Play it Gracefully It’s natural that we feel sad, frightened and pained when anything adverse happens to us. But if you look back at history you will see that human beings have always been able to rise to life’s challenges and reach great heights no matter what. It may not always seem so, but these adversities are actually lessons in life. By overcoming the challenges you are learning different lessons and also teaching others life’s many lessons. Well, wondering what it is you could be teaching anyone? All human beings interact with each other, whether they are right next to you or far away, every person gets affected by everybody else, whether they interact with each other or not. What you need to consider is if your life was a movie, would the people who came to see it be inspired by my actions in life? What is it I am doing and why do I do it? How can I be someone that other’s will look up to as a guiding light in their lives?   ...