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'Earlier machines replaced labour; AI replaces thought'

India, Oct. 26 -- What is it we should be worrying about when we worry about AI? "The danger isn't defiance, but untethered competence," says Nell Watson, 42. "Loss of control won't manifest as rebell... Read More


'Earlier machines replaced labour; AI replaces thought'

India, Oct. 26 -- What is it we should be worrying about when we worry about AI? "The danger isn't defiance, but untethered competence," says Nell Watson, 42. "Loss of control won't manifest as rebell... Read More


'Earlier machines replaced labour; these replace thought': AI ethicist Nell Watson

India, Oct. 24 -- What is it we should be worrying about when we worry about AI? "The danger isn't defiance, but untethered competence," says Nell Watson, 42. "Loss of control won't manifest as rebel... Read More


Banishing acts: What is cancel-culture insurance and why does it exist?

India, Oct. 11 -- In a revealing, if gimmicky, move, the UK-based insurance agency Samphire Risk has begun offering cancel-culture insurance. The policy is called Preempt and includes 24x7 crisis com... Read More


Tide and prejudice: In coastal Kerala, a play serves as a prayer for drowning villages

India, Oct. 11 -- What does it look like, a prayer for the drowning? On a stage in Kochi, it is a wooden frame built to replicate a coastal home. Within the frame, Vilasini Surendran, 64, a daily-wag... Read More


Contempt of quote: The fight to save punctuation

India, Sept. 28 -- In the 3rd century BCE, the Greeks wrote without any spaces, punctuations or distinction between capital letters or lowercase. To the modern eye this would look like undecipherable ... Read More


Contempt of quote: The fight to save punctuation

India, Sept. 26 -- In the 3rd century BCE, the Greeks wrote without any spaces, punctuations or distinction between capital letters or lowercase. To the modern eye this would look like undecipherable ... Read More


Look past the pearl earring

India, Sept. 21 -- The light of a soft winter sun illuminates the faces of two very different women. One leans over a desk, writing a letter. The other, her maid, looks toward the window with an air o... Read More


Unsung heroes: One room, one song and a bunch of strangers

India, Sept. 19 -- Medha Sahi's enthusiasm is infectious. She hops, skips and jumps as she conducts her impromptu choirs. In each city she sweeps through, she brings strangers together for a three-h... Read More


Look past the pearl earring: Into the world of Vermeer's love letters

India, Sept. 19 -- The light of a soft winter sun illuminates the faces of two very different women. One leans over a desk, writing a letter. The other, her maid, looks toward the window with an air ... Read More