Abhijit Naskar

"What is technology all about!'Tis all about people and their welfare. All notions to the contrary cause only despair."

"Tech is supposed to lift you up. If you're crippled by it,that's your own screw-up"

"Technology can be aid to life, but not the reason for living."

"No technology, difficult tomorrow. No accountability, no tomorrow."

"Forget about what glass house gargoyles do with tech, How will you the human use tech to eliminate sorrow?"

"Extraordinary technology brings extraordinary recklessness, Because the human mind hasn't matured like technology has."

"Technology is a stupidly predictable phenomenon, What one person can imagine another can rig together."

"Technology is a stupidly predictable phenomenon,What one person can imagine another can rig together. All it takes is an infinite supply of persistence,Voila - fiction of today turns reality centuries later!"

"As per need humans may own the tech, But no tech must own the humans."

"You don't need to renounce technology to live a healthy and happy life, you just need to reorganize its purpose in your life."

"There's more to technologythan startups 'n entrepreneurship. Power without responsibilitycauses disparity not uplift."

"Machines are becoming more and more comfort centric, rather than solution centric. It's not artificial intelligence, it's artificial paralysis."

"Det är okej att äga en teknik, det som inte är okej är att ägas av tekniken."

"Algoritm utan mänsklighet är digitalt barbari."

"The next world war is not gonna be a cold war, it's gonna be a code war."

"Statement on Generative AIJust like Artificial Intelligence as a whole, on the matter of Generative AI, the world is divided into two camps - one side is the ardent advocate, the other is the outspoken opposition. As for me, I am neither. I don't have a problem with AI generated content, I have a problem when it's rooted in fraud and deception. In fact, AI generated content could open up new horizons of human creativity - but only if practiced with conscience. For example, we could set up a whole new genre of AI generated material in every field of human endeavor. We could have AI generated movies, alongside human movies - we could have AI generated music, alongside human music - we could have AI generated poetry and literature, alongside human poetry and literature - and so on. The possibilities are endless - and all above board. This way we make AI a positive part of human existence, rather than facilitating the obliteration of everything human about human life. This of course brings up a rather existential question - how do we distinguish between AI generated content and human created material? Well, you can't - any more than you can tell the photoshop alterations on billboard models or good CGI effects in sci-fi movies. Therefore, that responsibility must be carried by experts, just like medical problems are handled by healthcare practitioners. Here I have two particular expertise in mind - one precautionary, the other counteractive. Let's talk about the counteractive measure first - this duty falls upon the shoulders of journalists. Every viral content must be source-checked by responsible journalists, and declared publicly as fake, i.e. AI generated, unless recognized otherwise. Littlest of fake content can do great damage to society - therefore - journalists, stand guard!Now comes the precautionary part. Precaution against AI generated content must be borne by the makers of AI, i.e. the developers. No AI model must produce any material without some form of digital signature embedded in them, that effectively makes the distinction between AI generated content and human material mainstream. If developers fail to stand accountable out of their own free will, they must be held accountable legally. On this point, to the nations of the world I say, you can't expect backward governments like our United States to take the first step - where guns get priority over children - therefore, my brave and civilized nations of the world - you gotta set the precedent on holding tech giants accountable - without depending on morally bankrupt democratic imperialists. And remember, the idea is not to ban innovation, but to adapt it with human welfare. All said and done, the final responsibility falls upon just one person, and one person alone - the everyday ordinary consumer. Your mind has no reason to not believe the things you find on the internet, unless you make it a habit to actively question everything - or at least, not accept anything at face value. Remember this. Just because it's viral, doesn't make it true. Just because it's popular, doesn't make it right."

"The idea is not to ban innovation, but to adapt it with human welfare."

"How does the bird come and go(Sufi Scientist Sonnet, 1300)How does the bird come and go,In and out of this bodily cage!So long as you nourish it with love,Who cares about some mythical fate!Cages are born of dust,In dust cages will wither. Yet you sob in love of cage,Oblivious to the endangered flier!With all knowledge of cosmic building blocks,How come you still cannot put an end to war!With all your high and mighty technocracy,How come children still starve and suffer!I say, put your intellect aside for a change,First unfold a human heart outside the cage. Otherwise, your posterboys of superficiality,Will turn this world into a wreck of cages."

"To replace the sky god with a computer god isn't advancement. Real advancement is when nobody suffers from scarcity of sustenance."

"If it takes $300bn to end world hunger,and 7 trillion to fund the next AI wonder,how many people have to starve to death,to feed the appetite of the cyberworld?"