myths

We might think that the conception of robots, AI, and automated machines is a modern phenomenon, but, in fact, the idea had already appeared in Western literature nearly 3,000 years ago. Long before Isaac Asimov conceived the Laws of Robotics (1942) and John McCarthy coined the term “Artificial Intelligence” (1995), Ancient Greeks myths were full of stories about intelligent humanoids. The fact that these mythical humanoids meet the criteria of modern definitions on robotics and AI is…

People can never land on a word to explain what is happening to women and minorities within venture. Are such founders overlooked or undersought? Underestimated and underrepresented? Marginalized? Discriminated against? Or just ignored? The excuses used to justify these sobriquets are equally scattered. Women received just 1.9% of all venture capital funds last year because they are only building beauty and wellness companies; there is a lack of a proven track record; it’s too early, they are too risky, and there is…

Programming is not as simple as it used to be. Python is interpreted and slow, and C++ is compiled and fast. A language is not a compiler or an interpreter, it is what it is – a language: a set of rules how we should tell a computer what we should do.Read All Programming is not as simple as it used to be. Python is interpreted and slow, and C++ is compiled and fast. A language is not a compiler or an interpreter, it is what it is – a language: a set of rules how we should tell a computer what we should do.Read All…

Hi, I’m Jaclyn Cosgrove, mental health editor at the L.A. Times, filling in for our regular newsletter writer, Laura Newberry, who is recovering from a hand injury and will be back to answer your questions (send more, please!) next week.This week, I wanted to take time to explore some myths around suicide and depression. My hope is that by thoughtfully unpacking a topic fraught with stigma and misunderstanding, we can all better support our friends and family who experience depression.This is a topic that’s deeply…

Machine learning is a subset of artificial intelligence that involves the use of algorithms and statistical models to enable computers to improve their performance on a specific task through experience. The experience matters here. It is an increasingly important field with a wide range of applications, from image and speech recognition to natural language processing and decision-making. So, nowadays we can do anything using machine learning as long as we have data available for the job at hand.One of the key advantages…

Jawaharlal Nehru and Narendra Modi are the two most ideological Prime Ministers of modern India. While Nehru made concerted efforts to turn the country towards the Left, Prime Minister Modi has been consistently pushing it towards the Right. In my view, scholarly comparisons between Nehru and Modi are more apt than those between Modi and Indira Gandhi, which have been the staple for many commentators ever since PM Modi took up the reins of power in New Delhi in 2014.India is in the midst of ideological warfare, which is…

There might have never been a year more significant than 2022 in terms of electric vehicle adoption in India and also the entire globe. The number of EVs launched and sold in 2022 has been astronomical when compared to years prior to this. We have seen the launches of numerous electric two-wheelers and four-wheelers from multiple brands in the country in 2022 although one of the most talked about happens to be Ola Electric. The sister brand of the ride-hailing firm Ola Cabs led by Bhavish Aggarwal despite some initial…

Thinking about career change into data? Check common prejudices about getting job as a junior.One of my first data analysis project was fun. Photo: Czechitas (https://www.czechitas.cz/en), published with permission of Czechitas z.ú.Are you thinking about a new career in a promising data science field? If a former coal miner or opera singer can do it, you can probably do it too.I have been there, not in the mines though, nor torturing an audience with my high pitched voice. I jumped from writing articles about electric…

For many, cryptocurrencies might turn out to be a massive speculative bubble and investing in the same might not be that easy as it might sound. Though there are countless investors making good returns out of their investment from the cryptocurrency market, the world of cryptocurrencies is relatively new and is widely misunderstood. This has resulted in many myths pertaining to cryptos. Taking this into account, have a look at the top 10 myths about cryptocurrencies to debunk in 2023. Cryptos are only for seasoned…

Melvin Burgess, 68, was born in Twickenham and lives in Todmorden, west Yorkshire. The author of more than 20 novels for teenagers and children, he won the Carnegie medal in 1996 for Junk, in which two 14-year-old runaways fall into heroin addiction; Malorie Blackman, introducing the book’s 20th anniversary edition, said it “opened my eyes to the possibilities when writing for young adults”. When Anne Fine reviewed Burgess’s 2003 novel Doing It for the Guardian – it’s about the sex lives of three secondary school boys –…