A Scientific Research Vault
When I first came across Therabot, Dartmouth’s AI-powered therapy chatbot, I was immediately intrigued. The idea that technology could play a meaningful role in mental health treatment fascinated me, so I reached out to Dr. Nicholas Jacobson, a leading expert in this space, for an interview. To my delight, he agreed.
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James Gleick, one of my favorite science writers, wrote this famous quote in his book Chaos: Making a New Science: “IN THE MIND’S EYE, a fractal is a way of seeing infinity”.’ Doesn’t it also reflect how LLMs work? How? Just like fractals, these models take patterns, layer them and build something infinitely complex from simple rules. It’s like staring into a never-ending web of words, where meaning keeps unfolding the deeper we go.
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Imagine if artificial neurons could learn like the ones in our brains, adapting, making decisions on their own, and figuring things out without needing a central command. That’s exactly what scientists are working on with a new kind of artificial neuron called infomorphic neurons. Unlike traditional artificial neural networks, these neurons don’t need an external system to guide their learning. Instead, they learn in a self-organized way, just like biological neurons do.
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While I was researching into the existential risk from artificial intelligence, I found “Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies” by Nick Bostrom, who is a philosopher and researcher in AI. The book came out in 2014. Since it focuses on the potential dangers of artificial intelligence, I decided to grab it and start reading right away. More or less I enjoyed going through it as it explores the challenges presented by the prospect of AI exceeding human cognitive abilities, (though, to be honest, if chatbots get any smarter, I might have to…
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I am a huge science fiction nerd and I see this genre as a window, a blueprint for the future. Since, it often imagines advanced tech, societal change, socio-economic possibilities, medicine, space exploration, even philosophy and ethics, before they become reality.
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AI agents are assisting people in making smarter choices, these tools are also helping in making tasks easier and enabling more personalized experiences across various domains. Their integration with external tools and APIs allows for real-time data analysis and automation of complex workflows. All this is possible because of a structured tech stack that integrates various layers, working in sync. The technology stack is like an entire football team, where goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and strikers are the various layers, each with a unique function.
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Disruption is the new normal! – This happens to be the current motif of the AI landscape. DeepSeek has posed some serious challenges to the conventional approach to AI model development. It has proved, at least looking at the current scenario, that there is no need for massive capital expenditures on training the LLMs. In fact, the advancement of AI isn’t just about the amount of data you put in, but how well you can prompt it! This reminds of a talk when asked where an Indian startup with limited…
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The Singularity is Near, When Humans Transcend Biology by Ray Kurzweil talks about some exciting times ahead where our intelligence could evolve and go beyond almost everything. We might even transcend the current biological limitations and unlock our imagination in ways that feel unfathomable today. We might live in a world where the line between reality and VR will begin to blur, over all, we’d redefine the way we experience existence today. The book was first published in 2005.
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Recently, I read one research paper titled, “AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking” by Prof. Dr. Michael Gerlich. It is one of those research pieces, which I find extremely interesting and want to get into the depth and collect more insights. So, I tried to touch base with the research scientist and asked for his time for an email interview fortunately, he agreed. Research scientists, like Dr. Gerlich are my intellectual heroes who, despite their towering intellect and busy schedule, remain grounded…
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The healthcare industry is leveraging conversational artificial intelligence to improve patient engagement. These conversational AIs are based on large language models (LLMs), which provides a window to level up patients’ interactions with the health care systems as these framework offers customized and efficient support.
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The trajectory of cloud-based messaging platforms is on an upward trend. As industries globally adopt advanced technologies, the demand for sophisticated applications is also increasing. As per Market Research Future, the Cloud Communication Platform market industry is projected to grow from USD 19.38 Billion in 2024 to USD 82.21 Billion by 2032, exhibiting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.80% during the forecast period (2024 – 2032). While Mordor Intelligence estimates it to reach USD 40.13 billion by 2029, growing at a CAGR of 18.44% during the forecast period…
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The Emperor’s New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds and The Laws of Physics was written by Sir Roger Penrose. It was first published in 1989. I decided to pick this book because I thought it would give me the physicist’s perspective on what consciousness is. However, this book is much more than that. It’s about Turing machines, lambda calculus, the Mandelbrot set, Gödel’s theorem, cosmology, space-time singularities, quantum mechanics, neurology, AI, and, of course, consciousness. So, it’s a comprehensive package covering nearly “everything”.
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The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the 21st Century’s Greatest Dilemma is written by Mustafa Suleyman along with the researcher Michael Bhaskar in 2023. Before reviewing the book, I’d like to mention Suleyman views that I came across in one of his interviews with The Guardian. The following lines cover almost everything that is mentioned in the book – The Coming Wave.
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Imagine a world where AI computations are not bound by the limitations of traditional power sources, that is, electricity but by the power of light waves. This is precisely the vision that researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have brought to life with their innovative chip design. This innovation will not only enable the chip to fast-track the processing speed of computers but it will also lessen their energy consumption.
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Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have created a ground-breaking superconducting diode, which is a crucial element in electronic devices. This innovation has the potential to not only enhance the development of quantum computers for industrial applications but it will also boost the performance of artificial intelligence systems.
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