For the first time, a Grammy award winner and other acclaimed global artists came together with leading Indian musicians to create a song to celebrate International Yoga Day on June 21
From Death to Immortality: The Mahabharata is Worth Reading - And Questioning
A young woman reading Draupadi's story today and feeling angry about it is not being irreverent. She is doing exactly what you are supposed to do with a text this old and this serious, which is to feel it in your own body and think hard about what it means for where you actually are. We do not honour the Mahabharata by protecting it from that. We honour it by continuing to argue with it
AI and Children: Proper Teaching of AI in Schools a Must to Fire Creativity
Recent evidence also suggests that AI chatbots are being used by teens to plan violence and other harmful activities. Like all technologies, AI is a double-edged sword. It can either be used for very creative work or destructive activities. Thus, there is a tremendous responsibility for teachers to teach the children and youngsters about the positive aspects of AI.
Unity Without Uniformity: Why Diversity Is the Foundation of Peace
If diversity and unity are to guide the future, education must change.Most schools and universities today serve industrial monoculture and economic growth. They train the intellect — the “left brain” — to produce administrators and managers. Rational analysis is important, but it is only half of human potential. We also have a “right brain”: intuitive, holistic, relational. An education that neglects creativity, empathy and ecological awareness produces imbalance. It strengthens uniformity and weakens diversity.
To Become Better AI Designers, Engineers Should Learn Biology
At present all our robots and AI machines, etc. are being designed based upon the human body design. We are still struggling to design our computers and processors more efficiently, but they can never come any closer to the brain and human thought. The AI priests feel otherwise
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