In 2011, when Marc Andreessen wrote, “Software is eating the world”, he was referring to the increasing ‘tech-ification’ of businesses. Since then, companies big and small have been rebranding themselves as ‘tech companies’. In 2018, the CEO of the beauty firm L’Oreal, Jean-Paul Agon, told investors about his company’s transformation to a beauty-tech company. Sundar Pichai declared Google as an ‘AI-first’ company in 2016.
Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, AI has entered the mass adoption stage in its evolution. While AI models have been improving our lives for several years now (think of how YouTube helps you discover content, or your reliance on Google Maps for directions), with ChatGPT and other generative AI tools, the magic of AI has become more immediate and accessible for a wide range of everyday activities. This new breed of AI is game-changing in three ways.
First, for the first time in history, we have a technology that aims to understand us. With every new technology, we humans were expected to learn it so we could use it better. The new AI, however, seeks to understand us. This is a game-changer and a huge equaliser. No prior understanding of the technology is necessary to get started.
Second, this AI is super-responsive to our needs and is designed to please humans. Techniques such as reinforcement learning from human feedback have ensured that these AI systems produce answers that satisfy human beings. And when you provide feedback, these systems seem to learn quickly, in the space of a conversation, to provide more relevant, better answers.
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He gave the beat to the world
He would pick up the rhythms of each experience of mobility and weave them into his taals. Thus it was that he reflected joy and laughter in rhythmic cycles...such was the magic of Zakir's fingersText and photographs by Raghu Rai
KERALA TOURISM CAMPAIGN, 1989 - TICKETS TO PARADISE
All it took was a catchy tagline-'God's Own Country'-for the world to discover Kerala's wealth of natural beauty. It remains among the best tourism ad campaigns, earning the state a place among top 10 international destinations
SPIRITUALITY - THE GURUS OF COOL
Among the cult Indian gurus, no one had a bigger hold on western minds than 'Osho' Rajneesh. He's also perhaps the role model for the enterprise-building gurus of today
RETAIL SHOPPING - THE MALL MANIA
Shopping malls, a 1990s innovation in India, changed the way the Indian middle class shops. Their success now lies in being 'shoppertainment' destinations, offering something for everyone
CULINARY RENAISSANCE, 1978 - TANDOORI NIGHTS
ITC's Bukhara and Dum Pukht turned the world to tandoori cuisine and had an enormous impact on the F&B industry. Decades on, they are still a pit-stop for celebrities and heads of state visiting Delhi
INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH - REVENGE OF THE NATIVE
Rushdie lit the way but Indian writing in English has taken a life of its own in the past few decades, with translated Indian fiction most recently having its moment in the sun
INDIAN ART - A BRUSH WITH GOLD DUST
The 1990s economic liberalisation came as oxygen, lighting up the Indian art scene. Today, artworks by established masters routinely go for astronomical amounts
FESTIVAL OF INDIA, 1982 - CULTURE CAPITAL
The Festival of India grew into a symbol of our 'soft power', introducing our art and aesthetics to a global audience while also helping rebrand our domestic products
THE INDIPOP TREND - DISCO GOES DESI
For ages, the film song ruled. Nothing else was audible. Then came Nazia, charioteered by Biddu, and Indian ears went into a pleasant madness. Literally, Disco Deewane. A whole genre was born
SHOLAY 1975 - THE BIRTH OF THE FANDEMIC
India had seen hits before. But Sholay seared into its collective psyche like a badland bullet. The effect was on a scale never seen before- one film creating a new mass folk culture. And a trail of monster blockbusters that still continues
