We are indeed living and witnessing a great AI revolution . Development in generative AI has produced realistic and convincing content across domains like texts, sound, image and video. Generative models of AI is out to transform the way we live our lives and interact with each other and the world. Alongside these great promises, these developments raise pressing...
From Large Language Models (LLMs) to Large Action Models (LAMs) : AI in Exciting Times
We are familiar with AI working with Large Language Models (LLMs). Chat-GPT and the infamous Deep-Seek are LLMs based AIs. These are generative AI which produces texts, images and codes. But generative AI can do more. We are moving towards generative AI working with Large Action Models (LAMs) . Generative AI based on Large Action Models can act on...
Society of Algorithms and Human-focussed Future
AI is definitely going to impact human future. The intelligent use of AI requires us to develop techno-IQ that will enable us to direct AI towards a human focussed future. The techno-IQ will enable us humans who have become digitotd to navigate our transformative era in a responsible and sustainable manner. We have to embrace the disruptive technology with...
Techno-IQ , the Digitods and Teaching-Learning Experiences
Being a disruptive technologies the Internet of Things , AI, and 3D printing will impact several aspects of our teaching-learning experiences. It triggers both hope and fear. It will disrupt instructional strategies , administration of schools, monitoring and prediction of students learning status through automation. Technology influences human thinking, information processing , and relations with other humans and the...
AI in the classroom
The advent of AI in the classroom promises to transform our teaching learning experience. This requires AI literacy and critical thinking. The integration of AI tools like Chat-GPT in the classroom offers deeper possibilities of personalization in education than never before. Open AI’s Chat-GPT and Dall-E3 , Google’s Baard, Anthropic AI Claude -2 and AI chat-bots with their sophisticated...
Heart for a Headless World of Education
In his book, Thumbelina, Michel Serres makes an obvious demand that states that before undertaking teaching , a teacher has to know his or her students. This is fundamental to the success of the classroom. Hence, maybe we have to ask: Has our classroom changed? With the changing society have our students metamorphized? Serres’ book is an attempt to...
Internet of Things and its Promises and Perils
The internet of things connects humans and things. It might be also viewed as physical things talking to each other which is then translated to provide services to humans. The internet of things is growing around us. It has posed the question of agency of the non-human actors. Computers enabled by AI do several operations, access and process data...
AI and Human Arrow of Meaning
What will happen to hermeneutics with the rise of AI? Life depends of interpretation. As we put the chatbots into our life, will life be same to us humans? They will assist us to deal with our daily existential concerns. Hence, they will cross our emotional, social and spiritual senses of meaningfulness. We may at time over estimate the...
Digital Witness: Search for a Spirituality for Homodigitalis
We are immersed in a world of the internet. It has changed our way of thinking and living. It also has a great influence on the way we practice our faith. Internet is a great opportunity for evangelization and many have already put their hand to this plough. May be it is time to understand what it does to...
Facing a Rising Attention Economy
We are part of the attention economy of a Post-industrial world. We are all glued to the screens of our phones waiting impatiently to receive someone’s attention. We can notice this craze more among the young. The global pandemic has made this condition acute. While in some way we have found the digital escape to cope with the lockdown...
