Author: THE HOPE MAFIA & THE ASTRAL SURGE + Writer-Director: MONUMENT UNIVERSE + Radio Jockey-Western Music: ALL INDIA RADIO, CHENNAI
CONTINUED FROM AI: THE ‘HUMAN AND NON-HUMAN INTELLIGENCE’ FACE-OFF! 2050 AD Garrix, the Alpha version of an Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI) being, lands in an isolated remote village in Congo, Africa. Coming face to face with a little tribal girl, he wonders who this is. 'Cause, the haggard little thing is out of his data... Continue Reading →
CONTINUED FROM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: (EM)POWERED BY HUMONGOUS DATA GENERATED BY US, THE HUMAN CYBORGS! Let's start with a basic question. What sets us humans apart, from all other species? Our creative streak. Streak! Without art, we’re not human. The ability to imagine and to take that imagination and make it into reality is one of... Continue Reading →
CONTINUED FROM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: GENESIS OF AN AVANT-GARDE GENIE! I google Taylor Swift and Beyonce Knowles. For obvious reasons. You google Barack Obama. Your sibling googles Kylie Jenner. Your buddy, a basketball aficionado, googles LeBron James... ...a rather personal, innocuous search we make for personalities whom we personally like. Why not? That's what we've our... Continue Reading →
CONTINUED FROM BASELESS FEAR ASSOCIATED WITH SHARING WHAT WE KNOW: DEMYSTIFIED If I don't share what I know, I'll cease to be human. Sounds like an emotional, philosophical curse damning me to perdition if I'm not gonna be altruistic enough towards my fellow beings. Just that it's no curse. Take a closer look. It's a... Continue Reading →
CONTINUED FROM FEAR ASSOCIATED WITH SHARING WHAT WE KNOW. THE LOGICAL ANGLE. "So, yeah... this is what the condition's about. What I'm gonna do is... mail you a comprehensive note by this evening, listing all guidelines that will keep you safe... if you follow them. Okay? Don't you worry! You gonna be perfectly alright. And, don't forget.... Continue Reading →
I chilled on one of those park benches after my 30-minute jogging stint this morning. While deeply inhaling the nippy, clean air to cool down the palpitating system, I watched other souls get their bit from the track. Somewhere, this five-minute interlude stimulates some sort of reflection on things. And, this morning was no different.... Continue Reading →
RESUMING FROM WRITERS’ EVOLUTION INTO SCRIPTING FOR VIRTUAL REALITY – PART 2 "Soooo funny!" "Oh, yeah... you bet! Both of us were watching the same movie yesterday. But, both of us ended up watching different movies!" "We're laughing hard but yeah... seriously it was spooky. How can that be?" "They say something like invisible interaction.... Continue Reading →
RESUMING FROM WRITERS’ EVOLUTION INTO SCRIPTING FOR VIRTUAL REALITY – PART 1 In the virtual reality frame I set up, what are the objects that could possibly catch the attention of this eye? To be more precise, which of those object(s) do I, the storyteller, want this eye to see? "Wait!" I alert myself. "Don't rush... Continue Reading →
Oh! That interesting bundle of virtues and vices... how so inextricably it's tied to our persona that it's become very much an essential part of us. No wonder then that we're a microcosm unto ourselves - with those proud sparkles of glow interspersed with long eclipsed alleys of blackness. Take a U-turn! Ha! How inviting... Continue Reading →
After a 'weekend-long picnic' outing, Tom and Dan are back in the office. While waiting for the lift, Tom declares, "Not much of work! Looks like a pretty easy week for me. Chill for you too?" TOM WANTING IN HIS INTRINSIC MOTIVATION. Dan smiles, "Nope. Packed!" Getting to his seat, Dan rushes through his day's... Continue Reading →
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