Ajit Balakrishnan

Human-conversation mode, I guess, is one key reason we all run to ChatGPT and similar AI tools often

Is it likely that startups that listen carefully to what Tim Berners-Lee has to say are the ones that will thrive in tomorrow's world (the so-called Web 3.0)?

India also has its share of both large tech companies and large national laboratories, but why is it that these don't seem to be at the forefront of any innovation news headlines?

Just as the atom and the byte needed careful societal control to prevent damage to society, perhaps, so does the gene, particularly in debates like 'genes vs merit'

'Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing)', by Khan Academy founder, is a valuable read for those puzzling over AI's role in education and society at large

Invention versus innovation

…kids, jobs, emigration

IIT/IIM grad Nitin Seth's book offers a systematic process to harness wisdom in the deluge of data in our data-first world

Is India headed there again?

…and achieve societal benefit, not harm

...and say bye to the humanities-science divide

Can legislation enable this?

Particularly economic ones

…is a cultural swaraj under way?

…current industry models will soon fade out

… while learning from past tech revolutions

… And what explains the directions of change?

A quiet revolution is underway in India that could upend the notion that Indians are tech adopters, not innovators

Being driven to abandon Indian middle-class values?

A thinking person's guide