Aditya Rachakonda

@MinivetAI Practitioner and researcher in machine learning; semantics; information retrieval.

[Aditya Rachakonda @arrac]

I feel the entire AI interface on the mobile is broken because it is inverted.

Imagine every app can access a default intelligence—just like a default email client or default translate app or default keyboard. Now I pay for that intelligence and my app can communicate with that intelligence. So I pay for one intelligence and all my apps gain that. For example, Instead of Whoop’s dumb AI I’ll have ChatGPT powering it.

Currently, we need to write an app for ChatGPT and that can’t be installed via App Store. Or every app with AI becomes its own subscription and that creates phenomenal friction.

Thoughts?

[Aditya Rachakonda @arrac]

I get it. But as a culture (we) Telugus identify him as an Asura. He might not trace any lineage to Diti, maybe the term Asura has looser modern connotations (Venkayya ~1500AD).

So arguing on minor points is futile when as a culture we have so many differences but so much more holds us together.

[Aditya Rachakonda @arrac]

@sids There is this new found theory doing rounds that Ravana is not an asura but a rakshasa.

[Aditya Rachakonda @arrac]

Regarding the recent Ravana being an asura controversy:

In Telugu, the word for Ravana was always Ravanasurudu and never Ravana. It means Ravana-asura and I’m surprised that this is even a discussion.

And the older generation when they want to call somebody a horrible guy they would curse as Ravanasurudu. So it is even a curse word.

[Aditya Rachakonda @arrac]

In Telugu, the word for Ravana was always Ravanasurudu and never Ravana. It means Ravana-asura and I’m surprised that this is even a discussion.

And the older generation when they want to call somebody a horrible guy they would curse as Ravanasurudu. So it is even a curse word.

[Ram Gopal Varma @RGVzoomin]

Watched #Ramayana for the 2nd time and incidentally I am an atheist and so this analysis is from a film watcher and not as a ram bhakt
While other reviews grudgingly note its scale and then hedge with “but the soul is missing” or “music could be better ,” etc , what they are missing is that the soul is in the scale and the emotion is in the humongous ambition of all the wonderfully talented people behind the making of this film

@NiteshTiwari22 and @NamitMalhotra have achieved what no one in Indian cinema never even dreamt of.. They have taken the devotional Juice from a well known epic and placed it on a canvas that made me as a viewer feel , the greatest Hollywood films as stage plays.

The opening cosmic battle, Ravana’s ten heads materialising not as a gimmick but as a living expression of knowledge and internal conflicts, the forests that feel more creature like themselves than the creatures they host , and standing high above all the breath stopping climactic Jatayu sequence … these are not mere Vfx effects. They are actually galactic events of the future brightness of Indian cinematic cosmos

This is Namit Malhotra’s slap on the faces and a kick in the crotches of Bollywoodians to wake them up from their lazy slumberness to show them what all is possible it there’s a will
@TheNameisYash ‘s Ravana is not a performance of the year, but it is of many decades .. I say that because I simply can’t remember anything I ever saw with his kind of a electrifying effect ever since I started watching cinema
He does not play a villain. He plays a man who has earned his power through penance, intelligence, and a refusal to bow .. The backstory the trauma, the devotion to Shiva, the ambition that becomes a prison , brilliantly written by #SridharRaghavan has been enacted with a combination of both a crystal clear clarity along with a monstrous force of reaching far beyond an objective destination so colourfully displayed with magnetic precision when he intrinsically ponders with his ten heads before taking the decision of kidnapping Sita ..

Every review that calls him the show stealer is correct, but what they missed is the larger picture that his portrayal made Ravana look like the gravitational centre of Rama
In short there’s no Rama without Ravana

Ranbir Kapoor’s Ram is the necessary counterweight against the worldly evils which anyway was the whole point of his godly status
Critics who wanted constant emoting from Ranbir saying he’s got same expression throughout are flmissing the point that Ram is defined by what he withholds and not by what he expresses
His quiet acceptance of the exile, his controlled violence in the forest sequences, his stillness that so wonderfully contained an absolute certainty is the hardest thing to play for an actor because when he finally acts , it’s not his arrows alone which find their mark , but more than that its his principles which pierce
What I loved about @HansZimmer and @arrahman is that they did not compete with the imagery but they rather flowed with it. The score does not try to reinvent devotion. It just amplifies the existing mass of the specific emotion and more importantly pin points the choices of its characters .. Songs that feel “functional” to some critics are doing the correct job because they do not interrupt the momentum of a three hour epic that is slowly building towards a confrontation
The Tandav energy and the aerial combat cues strike hard with a never before seen or experienced force.
In a film this large, restraint in the music is not a lay back , but It is a volatile high energy concoction of discipline and strategy
In my not so humble opinion what the negative reviews state as problems are actually the film’s real strengths.
The so called length is very necessary because one cannot establish Ravana’s scale and then compress Ram’s exile into just a highlight reel without losing the predicament of an impending inevitability .
I love Tiwari because he refuses to cheapen the moral stakes and turn the story into a masala action drama and the result of that conviction of his is a film that can be watched by families , youngsters , Gen Z etc etc and still hit the front benchers of the small and tiny towns .

This is the first ever Indian film that can stand above each and every large scale international production with its head held high and with an immense pride .
That’s because it does not borrow the language of the Lord of the Rings or Avatar . Instead it takes inspirations to dig into its own rich Indian backyard with the greatest ever stories which have been waiting to be excavated
Reviews might have given 2,3,5 whatever starts but I feel It’s an insult to india and it’s cinema to review this film
The negative reviewers are looking at a mountain and complaining that the path is steep and uneven but that’s because they are too small in comparison to the garangutan architects who built this mountainous Taj Mahal of cinema

Ramayana: Part 1 is the opening statement of a new standard for Indian cinema and whatever film will be made after November 5 th will now be measured against it , and the only thing which will destroy Ramayana part 1 will be Ramayana part 2 🙏🙏🙏

[Aditya Rachakonda @arrac]

@jiangniujian Eagerly awaiting Godzilla -0.0 release in India on Nov 20. It hasn’t released yet

[Aditya Rachakonda @arrac]

@teasri Totally agree. A really really good take on Ramayan.

[Nooraine Fazal @noorainee]

Incredibly happy to read this! Thank you to the Karnataka Cabinet. For children, teachers, families and citizens spending hours on #SH35, timely completion would mean so much more - more time to learn & grow, play, rest, connect with each other & contribute towards a better tomorrow.
Looking forward to seeing work accelerate! #OurMobilityOurVoice
#BetterBengaluru
A big thank you to the CM, Minister for Blr and the other cabinet members and everyone who has contributed towards this decision
@CMofKarnataka
@krishnabgowda @PriyankKharge @GBAChiefComm @GBA_office @BPACofficial @WFRising @sarjapuraps @SarjapuraRWA @rk_misra @MansoorKhanINC @CPBlr @TVMohandasPai
@ChristinMP_ @dpkBopanna @SruthySUllasTOI @RevathyAshok

[Aditya Rachakonda @arrac]

I like 1 and 4. Everything else seems off.

Lots of interesting things happen on Twitter or individual blogs and not just Arxiv.

AI could have attempted 1M problems and solved 10 but how is that relevant or important

It is naive to think that an AI model is solving everything based on a prompt. The actual agentic system is IP and nobody would share it.

[Aditya Rachakonda @arrac]

@nileshtrivedi Computer Science got privatised 2 decades ago. Every single researcher I’ve met swears by the pace of change/experiment inside Googles, Yahoos and Microsofts compared to academia.

[Aditya Rachakonda @arrac]

@nileshtrivedi Trigger warnings online are more like spoiler alerts IMO. Just a civil gesture. For example, if I get eeked out by lizards then telling me that someday is going to crush a lizard if I watch/read ahead would be a very civil gesture.

[Deepak Shenoy @deepakshenoy]

Always build infra, the usage will come. The initial reluctance will change when speeds are faster and more shipments can happen in the same time. This oh-how-dare-this-poor-country-build-highways because look at this usage metric - is a really short sighted piece of analysis.

[Aditya Rachakonda @arrac]

Compare this to how southern states treat Solar. They treat it as a liability and the only benefits come from the Center.

BTW they are actual challenges of roof top solar, it floods the Discom with excess power when the power is cheapest (noon) and drains the Discom(net metering) when the power is most expensive (night). These problems need to be solved but not by reducing roof top solar.

[Gems @gemsofbabus_]

🚨Gujarat govt announces ₹1,000 Cr subsidy for rooftop solar installations.

To install a solar system in Gujarat:
>SC/ST: Pay 5% of the cost.
>General category: 10% of the cost.

[Ramesh Srivats @rameshsrivats]

The EDF (Export Declaration Form) rules are now in effect, and it seems like RBI and banks have conspired to create a new hell. Or actually 5 hells.

I consult for an American company. Raised October invoice. Received the Inward remittance. And bang! Mail from @HDFC_Bank detailing everything needed before the payment can be processed.

Let me tell you what the 5 hells are:

1. The hell of confusion – RBI clarified last month that the EDF rules do not apply to individuals. But looks like they haven’t told the banks. And CAs also don’t seem to know. There’s no official communication on who is exempt. Last I checked, I was an individual. No company, no LLP. But HDFC still wants me to file the EDF to credit my payment.

2. The hell of complexity – See the attached pic of the form the bank has sent in excel. It has 5 sheets. To be filled and submitted. Some abstruse acronyms like “AD” - no clue what it means. Some fields are mandatory. Some fields are to be filled by the bank. No idea which is what. And it needs a physical signature. Which leads to...

3. The hell of paperwork - They also sent a pdf with a bunch of request letters. I’m supposed to choose the right letter, print, sign, scan and submit. Creating more paper today is incredibly silly. And, I suppose, someone in the bank will have to upload all this somewhere. Reminds me of those hand-filled immigration forms. Pointless.

4. The hell of repetition – At least for me, most of the details are constant. One client, one payment. If it’s a one-time exercise, fine. I’ll grit my teeth and get it done. But no. These details have to be given month after month. Else… no payment will be credited.

5. The hell of unpreparedness – It would have been simple enough for RBI or HDFC to create an online portal for this. With dropdowns, saved formats, contextual help, etc. to at least make this easy. But that would be too convenient, no? So, they’ve chosen to dump the entire burden on the taxpayer.

I have no opinion or understanding of why this is needed. Maybe it is critical information. Okay! But why make the process so confusing and painful?

And poor communication has meant that the banks have just passed on the pain to the exporter, and even CAs can’t help.

Basically RBI & HDFC feel I should consult less, and comply more. Maybe my client will also agree :)

[Ravi Handa @ravihanda]

Came across interesting data that Flipkart group has created nearly $2B in Esop wealth for employees in the last ten years. Kalyan Krishnamurthy, who is completing 10 years as CEO, doesn't often get enough credit for looking out for employees.

[Aditya Rachakonda @arrac]

@trishankkarthik There are no ‘organic’ protests in India.

[Daniel Vassallo @dvassallo]

“In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little, yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face is that, in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so.” — Anton Ego in Ratatouille

[Aditya Rachakonda @arrac]

@kartik73 @greatbong I’ve been following @greatbong from the days of the old Internet of RSS feeds and blogs.

[Craig Tindale @ctindale]

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