Smit DesaiWhy to get a PhD? Insights Beyond ChatGPT’s IntelligenceOn June 19th, 2024, Mira Murati, Chief Technology Officer at OpenAI, claimed that the next generation of ChatGPT would possess “PhD-level…Jul 171Jul 171
Smit DesaiThe Unexpected Gift of Failing IIT-JEEAt 30, I defended my PhD and signed an offer to become an Assistant Professor at an R1 University. But I was labeled a failure at 18.Jul 9Jul 9
Smit DesaiExploring Realistic Use and Metaphors for Understanding ChatGPTIf you work with AI, you are probably inundated with ChatGPT news and takes. ChatGPT’s release has seen it generate a lot of hype…Mar 29, 2023Mar 29, 2023
Smit DesaiVoice Interfaces and the AbsurdI have grappled with the ‘absurd’ since I first got to the US and had to fill a form listing my race. Before that, I had never thought of…Aug 19, 2021Aug 19, 2021
Smit DesaiFrankenstein’s AIVictor Frankenstein created a monster so appalling that he sought to destroy it. However, in typical storytelling justice, the monster…Mar 15, 2021Mar 15, 2021
Smit DesaiHow to assess “good usability”?Arthur C. Clark, a British science fiction writer, famously said that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from…Oct 27, 2020Oct 27, 2020
Smit DesaiEmbracing ZeroThe discovery of zero is often cited as one of the most important achievements in the history of mankind akin to the invention of…Oct 8, 2020Oct 8, 2020