Deeksha chugh

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[Deeksha chugh @meditativebeing]

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[sandip sabharwal @sandipsabharwal]

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to resign on Monday

How this country operates is beyond me. Every few months the Prime Minister changes.
There is a huge immigration crisis with demographics being challenged in many places. No PM is around for any significant time to do anything meaningful.

[Rima Sarkar @_RimaSarkar]

■ The Doctor Who Created Life, Only to End His Own: India’s Tragic Scientific Story. On October 3, 1978, in a small nursing home in southern Calcutta, a baby girl named Kanupriya Agarwal affectionately called “Durga” was born. She was India’s first child conceived through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and the world’s second, arriving approximately 67–70 days after Louise Brown, the first IVF baby, in the UK on July 25, 1978.

■At the center of this achievement was Dr. Subhash Mukherjee, a physician and endocrinologist working at Kolkata’s Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College. He collaborated with cryobiologist Sunit Mukherji and gynecologist Dr. Saroj Kanti Bhattacharya. Using rudimentary laboratory facilities and limited resources, the team successfully performed IVF.

■His approach differed notably from the early British work by Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards, who initially relied on natural menstrual cycles for single-egg retrieval. He pioneered the use of gonadotropins (such as human menopausal gonadotropin) to stimulate the ovaries and produce multiple eggs, an innovation that later became the global standard in IVF protocols. Even more remarkably, his team cryopreserved an eight-cell embryo (frozen for about 53 days in this case) and transferred it, resulting in a live birth. This is widely recognized as the world’s first successful pregnancy and birth from a frozen embryo, a milestone replicated in the West several years later.

■Rather than celebration, his announcement faced intense skepticism and institutional hostility. The West Bengal government formed an inquiry committee dominated by specialists outside reproductive biology including a radio-astronomer/radiophysicist (chair), a nuclear physicist, a gynecologist, and a neurophysiologist. The committee subjected him to interrogations and ultimately dismissed his claims as unproven or bogus. He was barred from presenting his work at international conferences, denied permissions to publish formally in scientific journals and subjected to transfers, including one to the Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, far removed from his field of expertise.

■Isolated, professionally ostracized, and under immense psychological strain, he died by suicide in 1981, at his Kolkata residence at the age of 50.

■For years afterward, credit for India’s first IVF baby was attributed to the Mumbai team led by Dr. T.C. Anand Kumar and Dr. Indira Hinduja, whose baby Harsha was born in 1986 and was the first extensively documented case at the time.

■However, in 1997, Dr. Anand Kumar examined Mukherjee’s preserved handwritten notes, lab records, and spoke with the parents of Kanupriya Agarwal. Convinced of their authenticity, he publicly acknowledged Mukhopadhyay’s priority at a national conference and later published a paper titled “Architect of India’s First Test Tube Baby: Dr. Subhash Mukerjee” in Current Science. This act of scientific integrity corrected the historical record.

■By the early 2000s, ICMR and other bodies formally recognized Dr. Mukherjee’s contributions. His name was added to the Dictionary of Medical Biography, and a bust honoring him now stands at Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College in Kolkata. Kanupriya Agarwal (Durga) has herself spoken publicly about his pioneering role.

■Dr. Subhas Mukherjee's story remains a poignant chapter in the history of Indian science, one of remarkable ingenuity under constraints, followed by tragic institutional failure, and eventual posthumous vindication. His work helped lay the foundation for the millions of IVF births that have occurred worldwide since.

■Today marks the 45th anniversary of Dr. Mukherjee's passing. #OnThisDay 1981, India lost a visionary who achieved what the world’s leading centers had only just begun to explore yet was failed by the very system that should have celebrated him. His legacy endures in every IVF family, a reminder of the price sometimes paid by those ahead of their time.

[Deeksha chugh @meditativebeing]

@sandipsabharwal People are just tired of corruption in India

[The Jaipur Dialogues @JaipurDialogues]

Security of PM Modi is the topmost priority

We need him more than anyone else. While the Citizens will adhere to what Modi Ji demands and Requests, we don't want security of Modi Ji to be compromised

SPG should reconsider scaling up the Convoy! @HMOIndia @narendramodi

[Deeksha chugh @meditativebeing]

@sandeep_PT Why should govt tax super rich ?
Why not cut this freebie politics instead ? That could help with fiscal math

[Gita Gopinath @GitaGopinath]

If we are now looking at an average of $85 a barrel for oil for 2026 then that could shave off around 0.3-0.4pp from global growth. Headline inflation could rise by 60 bps. Before the Iran conflict global growth was projected at 3.3% for 2026 on the assumption oil would average $65 a barrel.

[Rohan Paul @rohanpaul_ai]

Yann LeCun's (@ylecun ) new paper along with other top researchers proposes a brilliant idea. 🎯

Says that chasing general AI is a mistake and we must build superhuman adaptable specialists instead.

The whole AI industry is obsessed with building machines that can do absolutely everything humans can do.

But this goal is fundamentally flawed because humans are actually highly specialized creatures optimized only for physical survival.

Instead of trying to force one giant model to master every possible task from folding laundry to predicting protein structures, they suggest building expert systems that learn generic knowledge through self-supervised methods.

By using internal world models to understand how things work, these specialized systems can quickly adapt to solve complex problems that human brains simply cannot handle.

This shift means we can stop wasting computing power on human traits and focus on building diverse tools that actually solve hard real-world problems.

So overall the researchers here propose a new target called Superhuman Adaptable Intelligence which focuses strictly on how fast a system learns new skills.

The paper explicitly argues that evolution shaped human intelligence strictly as a specialized tool for physical survival.

The researchers state that nature optimized our brains specifically for tasks necessary to stay alive in the physical world.

They explain that abilities like walking or seeing seem incredibly general to us only because they are absolutely critical for our existence.

The authors point out that humans are actually terrible at cognitive tasks outside this evolutionary comfort zone, like calculating massive mathematical probabilities.

The study highlights how a chess grandmaster only looks intelligent compared to other humans, while modern computers easily crush those human limits.

This proves their central point that humanity suffers from an illusion of generality simply because we cannot perceive our own biological blind spots.

They conclude that building machines to mimic this narrow human survival toolkit is a deeply flawed way to create advanced technology.

[Sandeep Manudhane @sandeep_PT]

Yuval is wrong in his assessment here. His assertion that - "AI is not just a tool because it can make its own decisions without human involvement" - is pure anthropomorphic nonsense.

A. AI does not choose goals! It never decides what to optimize or why to act. Only humans define its objectives, constraints, and success metrics.
B. All "decisions" come only from human-designed rules or training. What looks like autonomous choice is the output of algorithms, data, and reward functions created by real people.
C. AI lacks intent and moral agency. A knife has no intent, and neither does AI. AI outputs are not moral choices.
D. AI cannot act without human permission or deployment. AI systems only operate when humans build, deploy, power, and connect them to real-world systems.
E. Autonomy is delegated, not inherent. When AI acts "on its own", it is because humans explicitly allowed automated execution within predefined boundaries.
F. AI cannot redefine its purpose. AI cannot wake up and decide to switch tasks or pursue new goals outside its programmed scope.
G. The knife analogy by Yuval is flawed, but the conclusion is wrong. A better analogy I think would be an autopilot system: it can act independently, but only within rules written by humans. It is still a tool.
H. AI does not understand consequences. AI does not comprehend harm, ethics, or meaning. It optimizes patterns.
I. AI cannot be held accountable. Tools cannot be blamed; humans remain legally and ethically responsible for AI outcomes.
J. Calling AI "not a tool" conflates capability with agency. Being powerful or complex does not grant moral or independent agency. A powerful tool is still a tool.
Yuval is a great example of a top-notch thinker who hasn't ever learnt AI technically, or built anything AI. That instantly leads to anthropomorphic nonsense being spouted with full confidence. And it's dangerous!

#AIhasnoagency #Anthropomorphism

[Deeksha chugh @meditativebeing]

@AdityaRajKaul Try living in Bangalore, 10 kms is one hour drive atleast

[The Jaipur Dialogues @JaipurDialogues]

A third year general category girl studying at Shri Ram College of Commerce was proposed by a Dalit guy.

She rejected him, after which he filed a UGC complaint against her.

[sandip sabharwal @sandipsabharwal]

India must be the only major economy where
The Finance Minister is not seen for weeks and does not make statements on any significant global or domestic development
Amazing state of affairs

[Deeksha chugh @meditativebeing]

@RShivshankar Worst Infra in whole of India

[R. Ashoka @RAshokaBJP]

Misplaced priorities
Missed opportunities

Today, the German Federal Chancellor visited Karnataka - a moment of immense diplomatic, economic and strategic significance for our state.

Any other responsible Chief Minsiter would have personally ensured that such a visit was accorded the seriousness it deserved - as an opportunity for investment, industry, employment and long-term growth for Karnataka.

But look at the situation today.

While the German Chancellor landed in Bengaluru, Chief Minister @siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister @DKShivakumar chose to be in Mysuru to receive @RahulGandhi, who was merely transiting to Ooty.

Let that sink in.

❌ Welcoming the head of state from one of the world’s strongest economies was relegated to the back seat.”

✅Political loyalty and “high command pleasing” took priority over Karnataka’s global standing.

This is not just bad optics - it reflects a deep disregard for the state’s interests.

Karnataka deserves leadership that puts the state before the party, state's progress before power politics, and global opportunities before political appeasement.

Karnataka deserves better.

#CongressFailsKarnataka

[Deeksha chugh @meditativebeing]

@AkasaAir Hi ive undone the web checkin, kindly help add the wheel chair thank you

[Deeksha chugh @meditativebeing]

@AkasaAir I want to add wheel chair to my booking, flight is tomorrow. I don’t see any online process. The wait on call centre is endless. Pls help asap.

[Deeksha chugh @meditativebeing]

@dtchq_delhi My IDP application was approved on 1st Dec but still waiting for dispatch. Could you please look into it, it is urgent. Application #4870929725

[Deeksha chugh @meditativebeing]

@TransportDelhi My IDP application was approved on 1st Dec but still waiting for dispatch. Could you please look into it, it is urgent. Application #4870929725

[AWCS @AeroAwcs]

An open letter from @IndiGo6E pilots to people of India.

[Kanika @DalRotiForLife]

Caught in the IndiGo flight mess? We're taking legal action (PIL) regarding these systemic failures.

We need 250+ passengers to join before Dec 10. Let's raise our voices together for better rights.

Support the case here: https://t.co/r0M1jlDQfW

[Sumit Nagal @nagalsumit]

[URGENT]

Respected @China_Amb_India and @ChinaSpox_India

I am Sumit Nagal, India’s No.1 Tennis player

I am supposed to fly to China soon to represent India at the Australian Open Playoff. But my visa was rejected without reason

Your urgent help would be much appreciated 🙏🏽