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1 week ago | sify.com | Satyen K. Bordoloi

Blurting out answers that surprise us, AI seems to give the illusion of deep thinking, but when researchers tested it, they found something that surprised them, writes Satyen K. Bordoloi…When the first generative AI was tested, the testers were stunned. Many, most famously, Blake Lemoine, screamed that we had birthed a new species. Scientists, however, were more concerned about something mundane: Does an LLM that gives the illusion of thinking really do so?

2 weeks ago | sify.com | Satyen K. Bordoloi

Quantum internet isn’t a fantasy – it’s running on the same cables as your WiFi finds Satyen K. Bordoloi as he outlines the breakthroughs forging a path to it. Even though the digital advances of the last 30 years seem astounding, these will pale once quantum computing joins the innovation chatroom. Slowly, but steadily, thousands upon thousands of scientists worldwide are building that quantum future.

2 weeks ago | sify.com | Satyen K. Bordoloi

When UPI died, India held its breath, writes Satyen K. Bordoloi as he digs into the inside story of a nation held hostage by a QR code. Back in the early 2000s, a young, over-caffeinated version of me worked at a startup that dreamed of letting you buy cigarettes with a Nokia 3310. Our genius plan: link your phone to your bank account via SMS. Back then, this felt as revolutionary as inventing fire for the digital realm.

3 weeks ago | sify.com | Satyen K. Bordoloi

A teenager avoiding tedious tasks writes an AI algorithm that discovers millions of space objects, earns him a quarter of a million, and demonstrates the immense power of even small AI, writes Satyen K. Bordoloi. 18-year-old Matteo Paz is a typical teenager.

1 month ago | sify.com | Satyen K. Bordoloi

While some hail it as a marvel of genetic engineering, others cry foul, questioning the very validity of the science behind the de-extinction of the Dire Wolf. This has profound implications for life itself, writes Satyen K. Bordoloi. A new phrase must be coined for this unique moment: “de-extinction level event”, mirroring the opposite that is a staple of both cinema and science.