Vishal P D

Masters | Structural Engineer

[Vishal P D @PDVishal]

"I don't have time for things that have no soul"

- Charles Bukowski

[Sanjeev Sharma @sanjeevs_iitr]

Level-5 autonomous driving requires autonomous vehicles to negotiate not just unpredictable, and unforeseeable situations on road, but also to negotiate extremely tight spaces. One of the hottest test beds for this scenario is Indian traffic, where one may be required to negotiate bumper to bumper traffic, often obstacles coming within a meter (or a few centimeters) of each other.

In this demo we showcase our #autonomousdriving technology enabling our Deep Xplorer autonomous vehicle negotiating tightly placed obstacles as one of the first tests in this direction. The vehicle was tasked with negotiating a narrow road with static obstacles placed in relative proximities. The vehicle was required to perform lane change maneuvers, obstacles negotiation, and braking all on its own -- one can notice that between 1:10 and 1:22 mark the vehicle didn't perform unnecessary lane-change maneuver -- an expected ideal behavior in this scenario.

One of the major points was that this was done without any human presence in our vehicle, on a very narrow road with public vehicles parked throughout the road segments. Our next test in this endeavor would be to allow negotiation dynamic obstacles moving in proximity to, and overtaking, our #autonomousvehicles. In around a month from now, we will be testing the same in generalized uncontrolled traffic.

#reinforcementlearning #deeplearning @swaayatt

[Vishal P D @PDVishal]

@grok @Shakhsiyat_251 Some time AI also pulls the act.

[Greater Bengaluru Authority @GBA_office]

ಶಿವಾಜಿನಗರದಲ್ಲಿ ಇತ್ತೀಚೆಗೆ ಬೀದಿಬದಿ ವ್ಯಾಪಾರಿಗಳ ಒತ್ತುವರಿ ತೆರವು ಕಾರ್ಯಾಚರಣೆ ವೇಳೆ ಕಿಡಿಗೇಡಿಗಳಿಂದ ಹಲ್ಲೆಗೊಳಗಾದರೂ ಕರ್ತವ್ಯನಿಷ್ಠೆಯಿಂದ ತಮ್ಮ ಜವಾಬ್ದಾರಿಯನ್ನು ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸಿದ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾನ್ಯ ಗ್ರೇಟರ್ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ ಸಚಿವರಾದ ಶ್ರೀ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಬೈರೇಗೌಡ ಅವರು ತಮ್ಮ ಕಚೇರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಆಹ್ವಾನಿಸಿ ಸನ್ಮಾನಿಸಿದರು.

ಕರ್ತವ್ಯನಿಷ್ಠೆ, ಧೈರ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿ��� ಹಿತಾಸಕ್ತಿಗೆ ಬದ್ಧತೆಯಿಂದ ಸೇವೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳ ಕಾರ್ಯವನ್ನು ಸಚಿವರು ಶ್ಲಾಘಿಸಿ, ನಗರದ ಸುಗಮ ಸಂಚಾರ ಹಾಗೂ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಹಿತದೃಷ್ಟಿಯಿಂದ ಇಂತಹ ಕಾರ್ಯಾಚರಣೆಗಳು ಮುಂದುವರಿಯಲಿವೆ ಎಂದು ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು.

#GreaterBengaluruAuthority #Shivajinagar #EncroachmentRemoval #PublicService #Bengaluru #KrishnaByreGowda

[Vishal P D @PDVishal]

I completed the June challenge faster than 94.9% of all learners on Duolingo!

[Vishal P D @PDVishal]

Learn a language with me for free! Duolingo is fun, and proven to work. Here’s my invite link: https://t.co/9NqDNXhGhC

[Vishal P D @PDVishal]

I’m learning English on Duolingo! It’s free, fun, and effective.

[Vishal P D @PDVishal]

@Jennnyyyyyy 13 kg

[Vishal P D @PDVishal]

The result is as follows.

[Vishal P D @PDVishal]

I took this image from X (formally tweeter). Give it to #ChatGPT for organizing these cables.

[Vishal P D @PDVishal]

I completed the April challenge faster than 96.1% of all learners on Duolingo!

[Naresh @TopDriverIndia]

I post this periodically to illustrate how to merge right to a main road (Making a Right turn from minor road to major road).
The correct driver at the end is @Team_Road_Squad

Note: Stop & give way to pedestrians and cyclists at the junction- it's the rule.
#Roadsafety #defensivedriving

[Vishal P D @PDVishal]

#MSN #Weather #Etree

[Vishal P D @PDVishal]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[Moneycontrol @moneycontrolcom]

#WATCH | "India Can Now Compete with Bangladesh": Piyush Goyal

“India can boost textile exports to Europe from $7 billion to $30-40 billion quickly and compete with Bangladesh,” says Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal after the India-EU FTA.

#IndiaEUFTA #Textiles #Exports #PiyushGoyal #Trade #Manufacturing

[Restoring Your Faith in Humanity @HumanityChad]

She stood there, hair still wet, outside the house.
Why?
Because Daddy forgot her hug before work.
No tantrum. No words. Just waiting.
And then he came back... 😭❤️

[Wolf of X @WolfofX]

Shy kid in the corner was asked to pick a paper and if it was blank the class could go play, none knew every paper was blank, such a sweet way to make someone feel special

[Mehul Fanawala @MehulFanawala]

I don’t give my daughters pocket money to buy toys.

I hand them ₹500 and take them to a kirana store.

Started this in 2025. On purpose.

They pick items.
Ask prices.
Count change.
Sometimes mess up.
Sometimes surprise me.

And every time, the store staff smile.

We talk a lot about financial literacy.
Posts. Books. Apps.

But real learning looks simpler.

A child at a kirana counter.
Counting notes twice.
Owning a small responsibility.

Not about raising entrepreneurs.
About raising adults who are comfortable with money.

Most of us learned this late.
Some are still learning it.

Financial habits don’t start with spreadsheets.
They start with ₹500, a local store, and trust.

[Vishal P D @PDVishal]

#VandeBharat sleeper train

[Ashwini Vaishnaw @AshwiniVaishnaw]

Vande Bharat Sleeper tested today by Commissioner Railway Safety. It ran at 180 kmph between Kota Nagda section. And our own water test demonstrated the technological features of this new generation train.

[Vishal P D @PDVishal]

@gothburz Yes, that's true even if that is not as per the predicted outcome

[Vishal P D @PDVishal]

The AI is not up to the mark yet but it is climbing steps to be one.

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

Last quarter I rolled out Microsoft Copilot to 4,000 employees.

$30 per seat per month.

$1.4 million annually.

I called it "digital transformation."

The board loved that phrase.

They approved it in eleven minutes.

No one asked what it would actually do.

Including me.

I told everyone it would "10x productivity."

That's not a real number.

But it sounds like one.

HR asked how we'd measure the 10x.

I said we'd "leverage analytics dashboards."

They stopped asking.

Three months later I checked the usage reports.

47 people had opened it.

12 had used it more than once.

One of them was me.

I used it to summarize an email I could have read in 30 seconds.

It took 45 seconds.

Plus the time it took to fix the hallucinations.

But I called it a "pilot success."

Success means the pilot didn't visibly fail.

The CFO asked about ROI.

I showed him a graph.

The graph went up and to the right.

It measured "AI enablement."

I made that metric up.

He nodded approvingly.

We're "AI-enabled" now.

I don't know what that means.

But it's in our investor deck.

A senior developer asked why we didn't use Claude or ChatGPT.

I said we needed "enterprise-grade security."

He asked what that meant.

I said "compliance."

He asked which compliance.

I said "all of them."

He looked skeptical.

I scheduled him for a "career development conversation."

He stopped asking questions.

Microsoft sent a case study team.

They wanted to feature us as a success story.

I told them we "saved 40,000 hours."

I calculated that number by multiplying employees by a number I made up.

They didn't verify it.

They never do.

Now we're on Microsoft's website.

"Global enterprise achieves 40,000 hours of productivity gains with Copilot."

The CEO shared it on LinkedIn.

He got 3,000 likes.

He's never used Copilot.

None of the executives have.

We have an exemption.

"Strategic focus requires minimal digital distraction."

I wrote that policy.

The licenses renew next month.

I'm requesting an expansion.

5,000 more seats.

We haven't used the first 4,000.

But this time we'll "drive adoption."

Adoption means mandatory training.

Training means a 45-minute webinar no one watches.

But completion will be tracked.

Completion is a metric.

Metrics go in dashboards.

Dashboards go in board presentations.

Board presentations get me promoted.

I'll be SVP by Q3.

I still don't know what Copilot does.

But I know what it's for.

It's for showing we're "investing in AI."

Investment means spending.

Spending means commitment.

Commitment means we're serious about the future.

The future is whatever I say it is.

As long as the graph goes up and to the right.