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Believes in Non-violence and Mahatma Gandhi. Deeply concerned with women's safety in today's world.

[SmileStones @AmiKanu]

Well thanks a lot for your prompt response.
But with all due respect, I must say that’s not the purpose here. I highlighted some issues which are affecting all taxpayers not just me. And I suggested that instead of going door to door to resolve a single issue one million times wasting massive national resources, why not keep it simple and just fix it at portal level by say adding the guidance in full details in the FAQ section plus updating the ITR Filling Instruction Manual in more detail etc. ?
By increasingly adopting the old style individual phonecall solution now, are we not discarding the faceless resolution policy the Honorable Finance Minister introduced that took India ahead of most countries ? That’s my plea as an honest taxpayer.

@nsitharamanoffc @NandanNilekani @EconomicTimes @IndianExpress

[SmileStones @AmiKanu]

@IncomeTaxIndia
#buyBack #CapitalLoss
The ITR2 CG boxes given to report acquisition cost of buyback shares as capital loss NOT WORKING. Please resolve during tomorrow’s scheduled portal closure for maintenance. It accepts only 0 or +ve numbers to increase CG & warns number must be less than zero ! 😊
I suggest: Please
1) revive earlier helpful detailed filling instruction manual. The recent one is not helpful as it’s just a collage of snapshots of the whole form itself now sans clarification 😊.

2) resolve such real issues affecting all in the portal FAQ section/ manual instead of individually on phone 😊

@nsitharamanoffc @EconomicTimes
@TamalBandyo @Iamsamirarora @livemint @CNBCTV18Live

[SmileStones @AmiKanu]

Tagore wrote “শক হুনদল পাঠান মোগল একদেহে হ‘ল লীন" ( "Shakas Huns Pathans Moguls all came and got lost into one Indian identity"
Here's a flavor from AI on the journey of the Shakas:

The story of the Sakas (Shakas) is just as incredible as the Huns, but with an even deeper, long-term impact on Indian history. While Mihirakula was a lightning-fast, brutal storm of assimilation, the Sakas underwent a slow, deep, centuries-long transformation.
They didn't just adopt Indian religion; they became the ultimate patrons of Sanskrit literature, astronomy, and Hindu-Buddhist philosophy, completely shedding their nomad identities.
Here are the most fascinating stories of how these steppe horse-archers became pillars of classical Indian civilization:
1. Rudradaman:
When the Sakas first entered India, they spoke a Middle Iranian dialect. But within a couple of centuries, their rulers were more fluent in elite Sanskrit than many native kings.
The absolute pinnacle of this was Rudradaman I (130–150 AD), the greatest ruler of the Western Kshatrapas (Saka Satraps) ruling over Gujarat, Sindh, and Malwa.
* The Inscription That Changed History: Rudradaman is famous for the Junagadh rock inscription. What makes this mind-blowing is that it is the very first long, beautifully composed public inscription in pure classical Sanskrit. Before this Shaka king, almost all royal edicts (like Emperor Ashoka's) were written in Prakrit (local dialects). It was a foreign dynasty that officially elevated Sanskrit to the language of royal courts and high literature.
The inscription proudly lists his achievements: he was an expert in grammar, logic, music, poetry, and horse-riding. He rebuilt a major dam (Sudarsana Lake) entirely out of his personal treasury without taxing his citizens. He was the ultimate model of an ideal Indian Raja.
2. Converting to Bhagavatism (Vishnu Worshippers)
Many Saka kings became fanatical devotees of Vishnu (Bhagavatism).
A classic example comes from an early Saka ruler named Ushavadata (1st–2nd century AD). His inscriptions reveal how thoroughly Indianized he became:
* He changed his foreign name to a deeply Sanskritized one.
* He gave away thousands of cows, gold, and land to Brahmins.
* He funded free ferries across local rivers and built shelters (dharmashalas) for travelers.
* He went on Hindu pilgrimages to holy places like Pushkar to perform rituals.
By performing these massive acts of Dana (charity), this Saka warlord was buying his way into the traditional socio-religious fabric of India.
3. Buddhism:
Because the Sakas controlled the vital trade routes linking the Silk Road down to the ports of Gujarat, they became incredibly wealthy merchants and rulers .
A huge number of Sakas financially backered early Buddhism.
* They financed the carving of some of India’s most magnificent rock-cut cave complexes, such as the Karle Caves and Nasik Caves in Maharashtra.
* The Saka kings and their queens regularly donated large sums of money to support Buddhist monks, build prayer halls (Chaityas), and fund monasteries (Viharas).
4. The Grand Finale: Total Absorption
The Sakas ruled parts of India for nearly 500 years (much longer than the Huns). Because they ruled for so long, they intermarried with powerful native dynasties like the Satavahanas and Ikshvakus.
By the time the Gupta Emperor Chandragupta II finally defeated the last Saka ruler in 395 AD and ended their political reign, the "Sakas" as a separate ethnic group had completely ceased to exist.
They didn't leave India; they became India. Their bloodlines merged entirely into the local populations of Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, leaving behind a lasting legacy in Indian calendar systems, coinage, and classical literature.

Hope @DalrympleWill @Ram_Guha agree with AI 😊 @babubasu @virsanghvi @kaushikcbasu @nramind @ShekharGupta @maitreesh @iitmadras @sanjayuvacha @_YogendraYadav @jawharsircar @GhoshAmitav @BDUTT @DeShobhaa @Chikisarkar @SarkarSupriyo @IamSuman

[SmileStones @AmiKanu]

And AI takes the call itself to answer your paradox! 😊😊

Equivocation on “more intelligent”
The statement assumes that AI will be “more intelligent” than humans without defining intelligence.
Current and foreseeable AI is extraordinary at:
Searching enormous amounts of information.
Recognizing statistical patterns.
Processing millions of documents.
Optimizing according to specified objectives.
Producing rapid syntheses.
Humans, however, possess capabilities that are difficult to measure by the same yardstick:
Forming new goals independently.
Common-sense reasoning in novel situations.
Moral judgment.
Conscious experience (whether AI has this is unknown).
Understanding meaning grounded in physical experience.
Creativity that is not merely recombination.
So the phrase “AI will be more intelligent than us” already bundles together many different abilities into one vague claim.
Confusing computational capacity with intelligence
As you point out, AI’s apparent superiority often comes from:
access to enormous datasets,
massive computing power,
parallel processing,
perfect recall,
high-speed computation.
That’s somewhat analogous to saying:
A calculator is “more intelligent” than a mathematician because it can multiply 100-digit numbers in milliseconds.
We normally distinguish computational efficiency from general intelligence.
Ignoring distributed intelligence
Modern AI is not an isolated mind.
It relies on:
billions of human-generated documents,
books,
scientific papers,
software,
images,
internet knowledge,
massive data centers,
thousands of GPUs.
Much of its capability is inherited from the accumulated knowledge of humanity rather than arising independently.
Category mistake
The statement compares:
biological organisms evolved over billions of years,
with
software systems executing on specialized hardware.
These belong to different categories, making direct comparisons of “intelligence” problematic.
Ignoring the role of external memory
Human intelligence is constrained by biological memory.
AI effectively has access to an enormous external memory and retrieval mechanism.
If a human could instantly access every scientific paper ever written with perfect recall, their performance on many tasks would also increase dramatically.
Thus, some of AI’s superiority reflects extended memory and retrieval, not necessarily superior reasoning.

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A deeper philosophical issue

The tweet treats intelligence as a single scalar quantity:

ant < human < AI

But many cognitive scientists argue intelligence is multidimensional.

So asking whether AI is “more intelligent” than humans is often less meaningful than asking in which dimensions it outperforms humans.

Therefore, before the original argument can even get off the ground, it would need a much more precise definition of “intelligence.” Without that, the conclusion rests on an ambiguous premise.

@ttindia @virsanghvi @NandanNilekani @ShekharGupta @shekharkapur @DeShobhaa @srijitspeaketh @KGunedited @maitreesh @babubasu @Ram_Guha @ShashiTharoor @PrannoyRoy7749 @BDUTT @joybhattacharj @jawharsircar @nramind @ambkcsingh @NMenonRao @anandmahindra @soutikBBC @DalrympleWill @GhoshAmitav @EconomicTimes @sanjayuvacha @sapinker @RichardDawkins @FareedZakaria @_YogendraYadav @veenavenugopal @iitmadras

[SmileStones @AmiKanu]

@ambkcsingh autoIncorrect: policy made picy !

[SmileStones @AmiKanu]

I am accustomed to seeing the opposite. I see smoking by bus /cab drivers often. In addition a few times cab drivers stopped the cab to have tea or snacks at roadside. Then comes the shocker : urinating by roadside. A few times I had to intervene and offer extra to encourage him using the nearby Sulabh Souchalaya. Nowadays my picy is to pay extra ₹50 to cabbies who tick all the good boxes without my intervention and keep the cab reasonably clean /free of bad smell.
@ttindia @virsanghvi @ShekharGupta @IamSumanDe @srijitspeaketh @kaushikcbasu @KGunedited @joybhattacharj @BDUTT @ma_dutta123abc @debjani_ghosh_ @debjani1801 @babubasu

[K. C. Singh @ambkcsingh]

👍🏼

[Rajdeep Sardesai @sardesairajdeep]

REALITY CHECK: It doesn’t take a cloudburst to paralyse our “smart” cities. A few hours of rain and Noida goes under, just as Gurugram did days ago. The problem isn’t the monsoon. It’s the failure to build cities that can withstand it. Not easy but better, more accountable urban governance might help. Pic here: from a Noida main road today.

[Rajdeep Sardesai @sardesairajdeep]

While the debate on infrastructure quality and transparency in project costs must happen, let’s give credit too to @MSRDC_official and all those who worked tirelessly in very difficult conditions to clear the Pune-Mumbai ‘missing link’ road so soon after the torrential rain led to a landslide. 🙏👍

[Amjad Ali Khan @AAKSarod]

Happy Birthday to the legendary Ringo Starr! Wishing you good health, happiness, and many more years of sharing your light with the world.

Peace and Love! ✌️❤️ @ringostarrmusic

#PeaceAndLove #HappyBirthdayRingoStarr

[SmileStones @AmiKanu]

Remedial measure : Extend tunnel canopy beyond the mountain.
Say, 200M Extended Sheet-Pile Foundation/Canopy acts as an external shield, ensuring that when the soft soil outside inevitably moves during a historic downpour, the tunnel entrance /exit stands completely rigid, letting the mud flow right over or around it without disrupting traffic.
@iitmadras @EconomicTimes @ttindia @swapan55

[K. C. Singh @ambkcsingh]

Why’re BJP ldrs upset over Karnataka SIR(Special Intensive Revision). Perhaps due to their voters being hit. A slap does hurt when it’s your face. @ECISVEEP must simplify procedure &amp; only delete dead, migrated or duplicate voters. Not mass strip &amp; search with onus on voters.

[SmileStones @AmiKanu]

Remedial measure : Extend tunnel canopy beyond the mountain.
Say, 200M Extended Sheet-Pile Foundation/Canopy acts as an external shield, ensuring that when the soft soil outside inevitably moves during a historic downpour, the tunnel entrance /exit stands completely rigid, letting the mud flow right over or around it without disrupting traffic.

[Amjad Ali Khan @AAKSarod]

On the joyous occasion of the 91st Birthday of His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, we offer our deepest prayers for his good health, long life, and continued guidance to humanity.

With deepest respect, love, and gratitude 🙏🙏

#dalailama #happybirthday

[SmileStones @AmiKanu]

@jawharsircar But sir today I data centres are not just for storage but for dynami data retrieval and transfer 24x7 at the speed of light ..

[Jawhar Sircar @jawharsircar]

BJP WB has launched a
planned throw-egg
+ paint-face-black
campaign to terrorise those
TMC leaders, supporters
who have not yet defected
to BJP Team B and
also to hound Minorities
& Dissenters.
Police does not intervene
as they did not when TMC terrorised opponents for 15 years
— all they want is their 'cuts' and bribes.
Where are the Central Home Ministry, Godi Media, National
Commissions who screamed if TMC did any dadagiri?

[SmileStones @AmiKanu]

@SAF_Foundation @Dr_MonikaSingh_ Taken from Aeshop's fables with technological upgrading with AI tools. Birds don't make in such exposed low altitude branches to make it a low hanging fruit . Message is good but the backdrop and story is all masala and poppycock