Behavioural science has an interesting take on why countries like US, Russia are now totally ignoring a rules-based system: old habits change when new rewards seem, even if wrongly, more lucrative than older ones
India’s tech ambitions require thousands of chips that cost $40k each, annual electricity bill of around ₹800cr for just one setup. If govt is to help it must put more money in & require agencies to spend it efficiently
The India story will continue to disappoint as long as Indian companies put importing deep technology above building it. Yes, they need stronger university-industry linkages and more risk capital. But above all, they need to have the understanding that real research can happen here, by us
We’re in an era of aimless tech gobbling hundreds of billions of dollars. The justification for AI cash binge is strange: it’s the future because so much money is invested in it. Tech for tech’s sake won’t make us better off
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