Few weeks back I came across this long and detailed interview "Must read books to become a better chess player" - by IM Saravanan Really enjoyed the interview and his passion and enthusiasm...also picked up few book ideas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbRWrXgj4IA Today I saw the second part of this interview...in fact I am watching it now as... Continue Reading →
Chess: Shedding New Light on Deepmind’s AlphaZero
I wrote a blog post exactly 1 year ago on AlphaZero's breakthrough win against Stockfish. Today I came across a detailed peer-reviewed research article on AlphaZero published in Science Magazine. It talks about evolution of AlphaZero. Here is the article: AlphaZero: Shedding new light on the grand games of chess, shogi and Go Here is... Continue Reading →
The Spectacular Failure of Automation?!
Just came across a spectacular example of failure (?) of automation/artificial intelligence! These are some of the classic Hindi movie songs. The word Chhod (छोड - meaning Leave) has been masked blindly because it sounds like or is close to a cuss word. I thought it was only the text; but the word is beeped... Continue Reading →
Sendhil Mullainathan Wins Infosys Prize 2018
Just read this news that Harvard Prof Sendhil Mullainathan won (along with 5 others) Infosys Prize 2018 for science and research https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/six-professors-win-infosys-prize-2018-for-science-and-research/article25483977.ece I had watched Sendhil's TED talk and had liked it a lot! There are many economists of late who write and talk about behavioral economics, cognitive biases and nudge. This one is also... Continue Reading →
MJ…Too Good!
This Michael Jackson is too good and adorable! 🙂
मी पुन्हा एकदा मराठी बालगीतं ऐकतोय…!
मला माझ्या लहानपणी (१९८०-१९८६) मराठी बालगीतं वगैरे फारसं कधी ऐकल्याचं आठवतच नाही. अगदी आठवत असल्यापासूनच्या वयात मला फक्त चित्रपट संगीत किंवा शास्त्रीय संगीतच ऐकल्याचं आठवतंय. म्हणजे बालगीतं माहिती नव्हती असं नाही, पण खास लहान मुलांची गाणी म्हणून त्यात रमल्याचं आठवत नाही. चांदोबा चांदोबा भागलास का... कोणास ठाऊक कसा? नाच रे मोरा आंब्याच्या वनात शेपटीवाल्या प्राण्यांची... Continue Reading →
Who Is The Fifth Horseman? – Scott Galloway
I spend a lot of time on Youtube, much more than I do on WhatsApp and slightly more than Twitter. I primarily watch interesting talks (very few TED talks though), speeches, documentaries and few music concerts, or singing performances. I also watch few training/education contents. Every time I find a new interesting person, I try... Continue Reading →
More on Rubik’s Cube
Yesterday I wrote a blog on Self-solving Rubik's Cube Here is some more stuff on Rubik's Cube. This guy made a world record in solving a single 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube, in 4.73 seconds (not minutes, but SECONDS!). Here is a video by Matt Parker who talked to Feliks Zemdegs, the current world record holder where... Continue Reading →
Self-solving Rubik’s Cube and General Purpose AI
I like mathematics, puzzles, problem solving, brain teasers etc. I knew what Rubik's Cube was. But somehow I never saw one till I was 35 years old! Strange, but true. To be precise, I should say, I discovered Rubik's Cube at that time. Got fascinated. After many months of tinkering (and also with help from... Continue Reading →
Latest Song by Lata Mangeshkar
I received this message and the song on WhatsApp group. The latest song of Lata Mangeshkar. Sung whilst nearing her 89th birthday. It's in Marathi and is about how she is resting now and reminiscing about the past and hoping she will have same known faces near her, in her next birth, as near and... Continue Reading →
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