Earlier this week #MuchCurious dropped in with a suggestion - Alchemy. Over the millennia the word itself is full to the brim with mysticism, mystery, magic, and disproportionate rewards. The last one is something every human secretly strives for. To be sure, The Alchemist made Paulo Coelho the legend in pop culture, with quotes from that book such as - “when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it” . Yes, it is that which gave Shah Rukh Khan one of the defining dialogues of his carrier (if you are a bollywood buff, you got the translation already; if you are not, it doesn’t matter really.) Now, this Alchemy is by Rory Sutherland. The legend from Ogilvy who has dissected human behavior and decision making in making the global brands what they are. The snippet read - "Imagine a world where a $100,000 watch is sold not because of its intricate mechanics, but because of the story of its craftsmanship. Where a bottle of perfume is prized not for i
"Who is the greatest Bollywood singer of all times?" I typed into chat.krutrim.com It listed seven, but missed Mohammad Rafi. Horrified, I followed up, "Why is Mohammad Rafi not in this list?" And it missed the context, replying, "Mohammad Rafi is not in the list because the list you are referring to is not provided." With a deep sigh, it reminded me of Altman's India visit June last year. Someone asked him if India should invest in building a Foundational model (assuming funding and talent is not as issue). And he replied , "it would be hopeless to compete with us on training foundation models.. you shouldn’t try”. Try they will, and they should. The world's fourth(?) largest economy has pockets of deep pockets that can sustain the demands of developing a resource hungry technology such at Foundational LLMs. But distribution, diffusion and monetisation remains challenging, when chatGPT, Copilot and Gemini in Indic languages are just an App