Friday, April 17, 2020

This and That – 201



Media:

The media in India have a valid point in saying that the PM is not addressing the press; instead second rung bureaucrats are interacting with the press on matters of “National” importance. We can have differing views on the merits of such an interaction.

A prime point is the interaction with the Political heads in democracies is couterproductive, where the media is thought to be prejudiced and is working on their respective agenda. We can’t for sure say that there is no truth in the matter of partisan media!!! Also, the press, I notice is always intent on “cornering” the leaders with uncomfortable questions (in the name of freedom of press) just for sensationalism…merits and demerits of this process can be debated.

I am presently stuck in NJ across the Hudson from NY. I follow live the daily briefing of the media in the White House. I have learnt that there is more news / knowledge from what the team, bureaucrats, talks about the situation than does POTUS. With POTUS and the press it is always a tussle – from the questions posed, one can decipher the corner it is coming from - the Blue (Democrats) or the Red (GOP); unfortunately for most part there is no worthwhile outcome from these conversations.

Ditto, India?

Robots ruling the world:

Robots will never replace humans except for repetitive jobs like in the assembly lines. But AI and automation can lead to something more dreadful – humns will be converted to robots!!! Sample this….

Yuval Noah Harari, the author – historian says, “Facebook tells you what is new, Google tells you what is true, Netflix tells you what to watch, Amazon (and Alibaba) tells you what to buy… Algorithms decide whether you get a loan, are eligible for an employment” and so on…He continues to say that Artificial Intelligence and Biotech will hack you because AI will know more about you than you do.


Watch out for more sophisticated apps which will more and more control human behaviour!!!



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