AI

 

A very thought provoking piece by the writer Ms.Leher Kala on AI

Read :
https://lnkd.in/daShiWc2

Here is my two penny's worth (And I belong to a gen ,which predates even the author by a fair bit..hitting stone age)

Apart from intellectual dishonesty which the young today consider a concept bereft of meaning ,there are other real dangers of AI impact.One is generating the non existent.Recently an IT decision by income tax tribunal contained non existent decisions,presumably generated by chat GPT.Likewise ,it also has two things which i lable as

1.The google bias
2.The algorithm manipulation

Search engines,lead you in direction they are programmed/tweaked to.

AI goes further .It creates alleyways...narrow,
constricted answers which are projected as manna from heaven.It conditions you to suspend effort.Typing replaces vectored thinking.

In my field ,tax law ,requiring exceptionally high analytic ability,comprehension,creation and articulation ,this system supposedly tells you answers to all.And therein lies the danger.I see it all around me already.Such average performers...articulation ability ,critical discussion ability,juris prudential skills ...nearing nil. ...fighting for crumbs...and blaming the system for it.

Its complete suspension of creative thought.
The point of worry is the gay abandon with which the young are running to it.

Like money,AI is a great servant but a bad  master.

Till it disseminates data and information ,great.The moment it dishes knowledge....that's the red flag.It is unable to distinguish between fact and fiction.It has to provide a solution.

The creator is in danger of getting enslaved by the creation.

A definition of AI by an "old fashioned" me:
" AI is merely a combination of bits and bytes created from an infinite data base on pre defined parameters."

Its no genius .

To me the ultimate quote on AI still is this:
“I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes.”

:Joanna Maciejewska

Note to the" young" turk :

"we may be older son.But we aren't dumb.
You may have the speed.But we know the way."

FEMININE REACTION : THE REVERSE STORY

A thought provoking post was made on Linkedin today on alleged exploitative and extortionist (alimony) ways of feminism and how men are being exploited.

It triggered some thoughts in my mind.

Two reasons why this happened:

1.Actual exploitation over hundreds of years reducing women to second class citizens and treating them as objects to be owned and used .In ancient history it wasn't so.Medieval history tells us about this.My study of psychology tells me that suppressed rage is the most dangerous kind- a burning,seething anger not given vent to.Because of oppressive injustice and denial of dignity (Many of us have it.In dark recesses of our mind.)This got created.

2.In post 2010 era ,internet ,and social media created global village .We become overaware.

Perceptions got distorted ,narratives started replacing truth.Entitlements overcame hard work.

New laws got made ,old laws were made to look at from a WEAPONIZING angle.The whole urban milieu and some part of townships discovered power- not just to defend and get justice- but to reverse exploit.

Suppressed rage too found voice.

Poetic justice is not recognized in law - nor is justice of time- but both exist.And express themselves when they deem fit.

They suffered.Now we do.

वो जब्र भी देखा है,तारीख़ की निगाहों ने

लम्हों ने खता की थी,सदियों ने सज़ा पाई।

Two wrongs dont make a right.But sometimes they complete a story.

OF LOVE, LUST AND ALL THINGS IMPORTANT

I had a very interesting consultation session with a small town professional about love and future of love.Confidentiality reasons compel me not to divulge specifics ,but the case study is so interesting that some abstract detailing is necessary to fill up this blog’s theme.Session was impromptu ,scheduled late night Sunday because of situational exigencies.The professional ,in mid twenties had a typical ,small town-teenage girl meets boy story .She was propelled internally by a desire to be together for life which made her ‘’give in’’ to the physical compulsions of the boy and it culminated in ‘’as he pleased weekly rendezvous’’ of unprotected intimacy.

The dilemma arises now-talk of formalising relation leads him to say ‘’oh yeah’’ on good days and ‘’c’mon ‘’on bad days.

The girl says she is in a spot.But she SAYS she wants a happily ever after.

I doubt very much that it will happen(though I did not say so.)As counselling golden rule says-don’t give answers.Let them discover their answers.Just clarify.Just simplify.Just amplify.

We leave the rest and come to the generic point arising therefrom.The provocative proposition I place for erudite readers is this:  young women ,not yet into the intimacy channels ,feel/think that giving up on virginity or fornicating with a man they think they are in love with will somehow culminate into a commitment to marry-specially in a small town set up.In big cities too ,the minimum is expectation of reciprocity in love.

But mostly ,hopes fly and despair embraces.

Why?

 

Because ,and now I speak purely of male psyche – women who take off their clothes easily –never get respect in the eyes of a man-unless it is a very explicitly agreed ‘’MUTUALLY AGREED ,RAGING HORMONES NEED TO BE QUIETENED’’ agreement.

Never.

Men will never ever respect such a woman-who in their grossly mistaken notions of progressive permissiveness and bandwagon syndrome – let go with gay abandon.

On to my main  proposition.

Whenever you feel you are smitten by and besotted with a guy,ladies,-or -guys who think the soulmate girl has been discovered,but feel unsure- ‘’will this last?’’-arrows-just ask yourself  THREE QUESTIONS:

1.Do I TRUST this man?

2.Do I RESPECT this man?

3.Do I UNDERSTAND this man?

 

Only after the three yesses,ask yourself: do I LOVE this man?

[Great sex is not even part of the conversation.Its a standalone.Necessary to get things going but never sufficient as far as longevity goes.I dont advocate Victorian prudery at all.Just saying be clear as to why you are doing it.Do not treat it as a unspoken promissory estoppel .Lust can thrive without love any day.Its just compelling biology.You can address it as a standalone.Just do not confuse it with love.]

 

And once you are through this –ask him –and yourself:

1.Do you TRUST me?

2.Do you RESPECT me?

3.Do you UNDERSTAND me?

 

And only after three yesses ,ask him: do you LOVE me?

 

After 3+1 and 3+1 yesses,go ahead.Live together ,marry.Live,laugh,love.

And keep on asking- whenever you have reasons to question your choice-the moment one out of the six yesses turns into a NO-you will find that LOVE left too.

Because love always was an incomplete emotion by itself.

 

MATSYA NYAYA

 

 

   Arthashastra  chapter 1.4. shloka13-14

‘’apraṇītaḥ tu mātsyanyāyaṃ udbhāvayati.

balīyān abalaṃ hi grasate daṇḍadharābhāve. ‘’

 But when the law of punishment is kept in abeyance,it gives rise to such disorder as is implied in the proverb of law and order of fishes (matsyanyaya udbhavayati);

for in the absence of a magistrate (dandadharabhave), the strong will swallow the weak;but under his protection, the weak resist the strong.

The phrase "matsyanyaya" appears in the ancient Indian political treatise Arthashastra by Chanakya (Kautilya): it refers to a law of nature where the strong devour the weak, similar to how larger fish eat smaller fish. 

In Arthashastra,  historians tell us,Chanakya uses the theory to explain why a state should increase its size and security. He argues that without a government or rule of law, society will degenerate into anarchy, where the strong will exploit the weak.

Chanakya emphasizes the importance of "danda" (strong authority) to prevent the law of "matsyanyaya" from prevailing. He believed that government, rulers, and laws are necessary to overcome this natural law and protect the weak.

The idea of "matsyanyaya" is similar to the idea that the state ensures protection to the small, while in nature the big overwhelms the small.One can easily connect it to the Darwinian theory of ''survival of the fittest'' or even to the food chain theory.

 

 

LAW EDUCATION .A FEW REFLECTIONS.

There was a post on Linkedin that quality of law graduates has gone down.The author wondered whether it is the students passing out or the law education system which is responsible for the decline.

Here is my response thereon:

 Why just the education system?

The Palkhiwalas and the Dasturs and all the esteemed judges came through the same system...among finest in the world.

Some of the greatest judgements in history of taxation(my field so I know) were written from 50s to 80s when there was no moot court,no internet,archaic teaching methods,pedantic syllabus and law pursuit looked down upon as a refuge of second raters who could not handle science ,humanities or commerce.

.I know bec i was a student in mid 80s myself.

Truth is,introspection as an instrument of analysis,correction and growth is an alien concept nowadays.It was the go to thing in my gen.

sorry to compare ,but resilience,tenacity and depth ...I see nothing nowadays.There are no vectored hard yards just  carbon copy automatons going through the motions of a mindless 14 hour workdays.

And when things go south we have the system and seniors to append blame to.

Lucky ,pre internet gen knew and experienced 'dolce far niente'...no one knows what it means anymore.

Now TY,CFBR ,LOL,et al is our vocabulary.Chat GPT and AI are the gods next to google.

True ,class mentors are rare.But who wants them?We want joker guides teaching  a bag of tips and tricks to win cases.No wonder we are where we are.

RELATIONSHIPS

 There was a buzz on Linkedin about how relationships sustain you and how growing apart can bd overcome by maintaining journals and diaries.

These are teddy bear solutions belonging to M &B era.

What do you want to have and what are you willing to give up for it?
Thats the Q.

 
What i found is that there is constant tweaking ,mostly downscaling of career and passion aspirations in the name of family necessity.This ,mostly by women.
Men too downsize ambitions 

Issue is ,at the end of your life ,what do you want to be remembered as?

Not everyone who thrives has strong relationships as their base.Infact ,heartbreak has propelled many a great professional achievement.Kalidasa story is a big pointer.

Solitude can be a harbinger of TRUE greatness.

We often use self deception to not see cracks on the relationship wall.Sunk cost sustains self deception and the subterfuge is complete.None of the wounds heal completely.No injury is forgiven completely.Most of us carry on -hurt and broken.

Yet they may be Hermes and Aphrodite combos as an exception.But relationships are overhyped in their value in realising ones TRUE potential.I find "friends with benefits "a much more logical concept.

Indian relationships ,esp marriages are full of hypocricy and hurt amour propre.The reason they dont break is bec of external reasons-fear of being alone esp in old age,loneliness,children,social stigma associated with a divorce ,family disapproval,society hounds who find single and esp divorced women easy game,logistic factors etc.That is why we take the easier route of an extra marital relationship-thrill,excitement ,forbidden fruit syndrome and almost no consequence till you are discreet.Look at tinder,bumble etc.Look at massive office romances and serious physical flirting.Is this the relationship you are so proud of ,which leads you to seek comfort elsewhere?

But what about love completing you,one may ask?
In my view ,a TRUE love is not one who completes you.Its one who helps you complete yourself.
But you ,as a unit are complete.
Marry yourself first.Social one is secondary.
#marriage
#relationships
#life

NEST OF NEGATIVITY

Life has cheated me.

I did not get the name and fame i deserved.

Life did not give me enough oppurtunities.

I deserved love but never got it.

Etc etc 

Do these thoughts regularly accompany you?

If you do not have an attitude of gratitude and thankfulness,you will find yourself nestling the injustices life did...the work recognition you never got,the love you so deserved never reached you,the opportunities enjoyed by the less endowed deluded you ...etc etc

This is NEST OF NEGATIVITY.

Of course toxic positivity is equally bad.Some failures are final.So are some losses.

From my soft skill sessions i found the following nests in people who were not growing

1.Nurturing their hurts and failures.In subconscious love with their pain

2.No inward gaze

3.Wearing their wounds on their sleeves

4.Operating in a loop

These create a self perpetuating circle.

But.

Tonight ,if you have reasonable health,a roof over your head,food in your stomach ,clothes to wear and tommorow to look forward to,you are rich.Be happy.Be grateful.Be kind.

Life wasn't so giving to everyone.

Think about it.