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I tried building an AI-safe space for art, and I failed
If you’ve been following my blog this past year, you must know about an AI-free platform I was trying to build for artists. The idea was to create a space where we can be sure that the art we’re consuming does not come from AI. But unfortunately, a lot of obstacles fell on my way,… Continue reading
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Chokehold
There’s a knot in my stomach And it wrings my breath It tells me, oh, I am so small It tells me, oh, I am so frail. There’s a knot in my stomach That brings the light away from me It tells me, oh, I am so dim It tells me, oh, I am bleak.… Continue reading
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The Return of Spring
When the dawn arrives next look it in the eye ask it about its whereabouts know it was birthed out of your darkness. When the Sun rises again make friends with the heat let your skin burn some embrace the phoenix. When the winter breaks ‘morrow & you can’t phathom the warmth don’t ridicule it… Continue reading
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The Rain
When an early July rainhits the porchwith its first few weak drops,you know new stories are knocking on your doorbut you fear it to be the storm. Why?Why does man not know hopelike it knows anticipation of tragedyof heartbreaksof deaths. Why?Why does man not know joylike it knows griefof lost yearsof lost friendsof left hands.… Continue reading
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I need your ideas
I am still deep into my struggle with Anorexia and getting my life back on track but that doesn’t take away from how important it is to safeguard art from AI. While I do not have the bandwidth to resume the app development (and I do not want to AI it for obvious reasons, although… Continue reading
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Anorexia has me stuck: Truth about the Art App
If you have been following this blog through the last year, you may recall that I spoke of developing an anti-AI art app to protect traditional arts from being devoured by AI. And then, for a while, there was silence. And it wasn’t because I abandoned my vision or didn’t want to invest efforts into… Continue reading
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Continuum
It takes a whole lot of heart and a wee bit of courage to stare in the face of a never-ending loop and choose not to scramble for the first exit. -Gauri Walecha Continue reading
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What happened to the app???
I am pretty sure a bunch of you are going to roll your eyes when I say that it’s coming, and rightly so. But I have a fair reason behind the delay. Last few months, I fell into such extreme of a burnout at work that I started having one breakdown a day. I have… Continue reading
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31 Books of October: Book Review of Gone Girl [Book-2]
It took me longer than I anticipated to re-read the book, partly because I wanted to ensure my opinions were not biased by personal experience, and also because we were celebrating Diwali in India over the last 1 week and the festivities were just too vibrant to miss. Now that I am back to work,… Continue reading
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31 Books of October: Book Review of How to Kill a Mockingbird [Book-1]
In the last post [Bringing a Writer Back From The Dead. Part-1], I mentioned how I am working to come back to writing. That process won’t be complete without becoming a reader again. In the spirit of that, I am starting a short month-long series called ’31 Books of October’ where I will be sharing 31… Continue reading