Tag: India

12 posts
The heat trap,dopamine loops & conformism

The heat trap,dopamine loops & conformism

Three situations, not unique by themselves to Indians in particular. But the blend seems challenging enough. These are some of the realities in everyone's life if you are here and kind of shape how far you can truly go.

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May 20, 2026
The FP Launchpad takes off at IIT Madras

The FP Launchpad takes off at IIT Madras

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Apr 12, 2026

The Daily Planet #129: Everyday Dystopias

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Mar 21, 2026
.plan-26-10: Streaming TESSERA working, biodiversity action papers, and FPL takes off

.plan-26-10: Streaming TESSERA working, biodiversity action papers, and FPL takes off

TESSERA streaming in the browser, planetary programming at WG2.8, biodiversity action papers, FP Launchpad opens, and Docker CACM buzz

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Mar 7, 2026
.plan-26-08: At AI summit, Shriram's PL opinions, Zarr hacking

.plan-26-08: At AI summit, Shriram's PL opinions, Zarr hacking

TESSERA paper accepted at CVPR 2026, went to the AI Impact Summit, OCaml Zarr hacking, Shriram's talk on human factors of formal methods, and discussions on teaching OxCaml to agents.

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Feb 21, 2026
At the AI Impact Summit in Delhi: people, planet, progress

At the AI Impact Summit in Delhi: people, planet, progress

Trip report from the Indian AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, covering the massive expo, a conversation with Yann LeCun, a hackathon/talk at IIT-Delhi, networking at the British High Commission, and reflections on the summit declaration's shift from safety to progress and equitable access.

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Feb 21, 2026
.plan-26-02: Back from India and straight into the conservation conference

.plan-26-02: Back from India and straight into the conservation conference

Hosting the Conservation Evidence conference at Pembroke, recovering from the India trip, and keeping up with LLM developments.

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Jan 10, 2026
.plan-26-01: Easing into the new year with reading, temples and mosquitos

.plan-26-01: Easing into the new year with reading, temples and mosquitos

Family travels through Udaipur, Vijayawada and Hyderabad, visiting temples and villages, plus kicking off the TESSERA 2025 embeddings.

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Jan 3, 2026
On the path to the UK/India AI Summit with OpenUK and the ATI

On the path to the UK/India AI Summit with OpenUK and the ATI

Reflections on UK-India AI collaboration from meetings at the Alan Turing Institute and OpenUK, discussing ethical AI deployment, open source infrastructure, and the challenges of building community in the age of AI-assisted coding.

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Nov 10, 2025

My Daughter's Dada

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Feb 12, 2025

The Payment Comes After

Discussing the evolution of the cash-on-delivery system for mailing goods, why it faded out, and where it actually remains in use. Sorry, no “Sorry, no C.O.D.”

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Jun 12, 2020

An unusual work day

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Mar 19, 2017