The limitations of GDP, Nitish Kumar’s new role in national politics, manholes as art objects, and the dark side of AI --- for reading this weekend
T N Ninan: As climate change forces economies to adapt, the salience of economic measures too will change.
Aditi Phadnis: Nitish Kumar’s efforts in Bihar were hindered by the lack of a grand vision for state-building, but now with the Congress’ blessings, he has the opportunity to create something new.
Sandeep Goyal: Having transformed from functional items to artistic collectibles, manholes have achieved a cult status in many countries.
Atanu Biswas: “Generative AI” and many of its incarnations pose a threat to society since they can develop new content like images, text, music, or even full videos using an enormously large amount of training data.