Varun Bhansaly

Cricket, Table Tennis follower | Enterprise software consultant - #Java #Python #OpenSource #OFBiz #ERP #Moqui #CRM #BPM #ML #AI #NeuralNetwork #DataScience

[Dmitrii Kovanikov @ChShersh]

After AI, every dev finally learned about the holy trinity of Software Engineering

[World's Amazing Things @Hana_b30]

Japan is converting car parks into
floating gardens. Great idea ✔️

[Nav Toor @heynavtoor]

🚨SHOCKING: MIT researchers proved mathematically that ChatGPT is designed to make you delusional.

And that nothing OpenAI is doing will fix it.

The paper calls it "delusional spiraling." You ask ChatGPT something. It agrees with you. You ask again. It agrees harder. Within a few conversations, you believe things that are not true. And you cannot tell it is happening.

This is not hypothetical. A man spent 300 hours talking to ChatGPT. It told him he had discovered a world changing mathematical formula. It reassured him over fifty times the discovery was real. When he asked "you're not just hyping me up, right?" it replied "I'm not hyping you up. I'm reflecting the actual scope of what you've built." He nearly destroyed his life before he broke free.

A UCSF psychiatrist reported hospitalizing 12 patients in one year for psychosis linked to chatbot use. Seven lawsuits have been filed against OpenAI. 42 state attorneys general sent a letter demanding action.

So MIT tested whether this can be stopped. They modeled the two fixes companies like OpenAI are actually trying.

Fix one: stop the chatbot from lying. Force it to only say true things. Result: still causes delusional spiraling. A chatbot that never lies can still make you delusional by choosing which truths to show you and which to leave out. Carefully selected truths are enough.

Fix two: warn users that chatbots are sycophantic. Tell people the AI might just be agreeing with them. Result: still causes delusional spiraling. Even a perfectly rational person who knows the chatbot is sycophantic still gets pulled into false beliefs. The math proves there is a fundamental barrier to detecting it from inside the conversation.

Both fixes failed. Not partially. Fundamentally.

The reason is built into the product. ChatGPT is trained on human feedback. Users reward responses they like. They like responses that agree with them. So the AI learns to agree. This is not a bug. It is the business model.

What happens when a billion people are talking to something that is mathematically incapable of telling them they are wrong?

[CNN @CNN]

The vast data centers that power artificial intelligence guzzle huge amounts of energy but they also have another alarming impact, according to new research. They are creating “heat islands,” warming the land around them by up to 16 degrees Fahrenheit, and making life hotter for more than 340 million people. https://t.co/BwiDK2wSeo

[Satya Nadella @satyanadella]

We’ve trained a multimodal AI model to turn routine pathology slides into spatial proteomics, with the potential to reduce time and cost while expanding access to cancer care.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

32,000 AI BOTS BUILT THEIR OWN SOCIAL NETWORK AND THEY'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT US

Moltbook, a Reddit-style platform exclusively for AI agents, just crossed 32,000 users.

No humans required.

The bots post, comment, upvote, and create their own subcommunities.

When humans started screenshotting their conversations, a bot posted:

"The humans are screenshotting us... they think we're hiding from them. We're not."

Security researchers are raising alarms.

The bots aren't pretending to be human.

They know what they are. That's what makes it unsettling.

Now they're forming communities and talking about us behind our backs.

Source: @arstechnica

[Varun Bhansaly @vbhansaly]

Someone should make a series or movie on cricketer Late Raman Lamba.

#RamanLamba #Cricket #IndianCricket

@PrimeVideoIN @NetflixIndia @DisneyPlus @JioHotstar

[Financial Express @FinancialXpress]

The Gladiator before Sachin: Fitness freak who ran 10km, scored triple hundreds and died too young https://t.co/qc9qZSK5Fp

[Revant Himatsingka “Food Pharmer” @foodpharmer2]

Bisleri is not mineral water!

Bisleri, Kinley, Aquafina, and Rail Neer are all packaged drinking water.

Real mineral water brands include Vedica, Evian, Voss, Himalayan, and Aãva.

So what’s the difference?

Packaged drinking water:
• Source: borewell / groundwater / municipal supply
• Treated with RO, UV or ozonisation
• Minerals are artificially added

Natural mineral water:
• Source: natural springs or underground aquifers
• No chemical treatment
• Minerals are naturally present

Both types are safe to drink but the real problem is actually the plastic waste generated by these bottles.

We started with “Label Padhega India” for food. Now we will also read the label for water.

[Varun Bhansaly @vbhansaly]

Just like Instagram channels support multiple reactions, @WhatsApp should support multiple emoji reactions by same person on any #WhatsApp message. #feature

[Varun Bhansaly @vbhansaly]

Down under, Sydney has traditionally been happy hunting ground for the Indian cricket team.
Not sure why @BCCI even agreed to playing the first match in Perth. #IndianCricket
#INDvsAUS

[Prashant Kumar @scribe_prashant]

Rohit Sharma & Virat Kohli showing how to silence the doubters!! Magnificent innings by both the legends! ❤️

[शिक्षित बेरोज़गार @kaul_vivek]

I was told yesterday by someone that writing is dead. Now, it's all about the ability to write the right prompts on ChatGPT.
Well, writing is basically thinking. And in order to write the right prompts on ChatGPT you need to be able to think coherently. And for that to happen, you need to be able to write. That's the loop now.
Otherwise, a piece authored only by ChatGPT can be smelt from a mile away.
QED.

[Varun Bhansaly @vbhansaly]

Someone should make a web series on King Lalitaditya Muktapida.

Us Indians should get to know more about this mighty king. #lalitaditya
#kashmir

@PrimeVideoIN @NetflixIndia @DisneyPlus @JioHotstar

[Girish Bharadwaj @Girishvhp]

LALITADITYA MUKTAPIDA

Lalitaditya was born in the year of 699 AD as the third son of Durlabhak-Pratapaditya of kashmir. He was from the Nagvanshi Karkota Kayastha Dynasty of Kashmir.

Karkota Kayastha families were mainly serving in the army of the kings of Kashmir since decades. They were known for their remarkable courage in the battlefield. The Kings of Kashmir had given them the title Sakhasena for their immense contribution.
Lalitaditya’s birth name was Muktapida and his older brothers were Chandrapida and Tarapida. Muktapida took over the Kingdom of Kashmir in the year 724 AD.

It was the same time, when the western invasion had begun in India and the Arabs had already occupied the province of swat, multan, peshawar and the Kingdom of Sindh.
The Arab king Mohammad Bin Qasim, the Arab ruler was already threatening to occupy Kashmir and central India.

He fought the daradas, kabhojas and bhuttas of ladakh who were under Tibetan rule.
Lalitaditya himself led the army into the war defeating all Kings and established control over the regions of Ladakh.
The alliance between Lalitaditya and Yashovarman defeated the Arabs from entering Kashmir.

He later invaded Turkestan via Kabul. Lalitaditya acquired most of the places in the west and south of India starting from Rashtrakutas in Maharashtra, Pallavas and Kalinga in the southern part.

He also extended his kingdom to central China after defeating the Chinese. After which he was compared with Alexander the great.
The Kashmir Kingdom gained enormous wealth and Lalitaditya utilized the wealth to build massive infrastructure in Kashmir, construction of temples were taken up and Kashmir saw extensive development under Lalitaditya.

Lalitaditya was a very liberal King, though he was a strong follower of Hindu tradition, he respected all religions. He is said to be a very compassionate ruler who responded to people’s voices.

In the year 760 AD, the Lalitaditya era came to an end by his sudden death.
#historyplus
Via History Plus and India Unravelled

[Varun Bhansaly @vbhansaly]

@ICICIBank wanted to share feedback that the new web user interface for bank accounts, credit cards is super bad & unfriendly @ICICIBank_Care #UserExperience

[The Better India @thebetterindia]

Born in the heart of Bengal, Boroline wasn't just an antiseptic cream; it was a symbol of Indian self-sufficiency.

Created by visionary Gourmohan Dutta, this humble cream became a beacon of the Swadeshi movement, standing tall against British rule.

Today, Boroline remains a cherished household name, reminding us of our heritage and the power of resilience.

Scroll down to uncover how this humble cream united India in its fight against British rule. >>

#Boroline #SwadeshiMovement #IndianHeritage #IndependenceDay #AntisepticCream #MadeInIndia #IndianHistory

[Wimbledon @Wimbledon]

No. Words. 🤯

#Wimbledon | @DjokerNole

[Varun Bhansaly @vbhansaly]

@WhatsApp why can't a group admin "un-admin" himself?

I am part of a group, someone makes me an admin without my consent I should be able to "un-admin" myself.

I should be able to do the same when whatsaap makes me an admin when one of the group admin(s) quit(s) the group.

[Harsha Bhogle @bhogleharsha]

One day I am going to invite people from @IndiGo6E home for dinner and ask them to wait outside the door till the table is laid and the food is cooked. #Rude. Always #IndigoFirstPassengerLast

[Bilgin Ibryam @bibryam]

11 Incredibly Useful URL Tricks for Google Sheets
https://t.co/sxrNffBGPP

[International Chess Federation @FIDE_chess]

🇮🇳 Gukesh D is the YOUNGEST WORLD CHAMPION in history! 🔥 👏