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Seeing Silicon: Can a self-driving car become a weapon?

India, June 9 -- Around the block from my home, I bumped into someone from Kodiak Robotics, a company that builds autonomous driving systems for trucks. Their 18-wheeler trucks come loaded with LiDAR,... Read More


Seeing Silicon: 'Robots are fragile, we've to take care of them'

India, May 25 -- From a bright sunny day on the Stanford campus, I head down into the basement of its Electrical Engineering building. It's not dark or dingy, rather, the newly opened Stanford Robotic... Read More


Seeing Silicon | Fraud it, till you make it: Silicon Valley's attraction to cons

India, May 11 -- It was at a CRISPR community event in Cupertino, that I overheard two scientists talking about the ethics of creating gene-edited embryos. As I expected, Dr He Jiankui was mentioned. ... Read More


Seeing Silicon: Bots over beer

India, April 29 -- On a sun-kissed spring evening I drive to a robotics co-working space in Mountain View. The parking's full. Perhaps because of free beer. Or maybe it's because it's a get together t... Read More


Seeing Silicon: Dating in the time of AI agents

India, April 13 -- In a hipster cafe in Palo Alto, I overhear a passionate argument about dating in the times of AI (artificial intelligence). A guy dating a girl in real life (IRL), has become really... Read More


Seeing Silicon: Archaeologists have a cool, magic wand

India, March 26 -- Finding ruins of ancient civilisations is painful and hard. You have to head to a location and trudge the earth - explore dense rainforests, deserts, high altitude mountains and eve... Read More


All new macho, MMA-trained Zuckerberg is nerd kryptonite

India, March 13 -- A month ago, in a podcast with Joe Rogan, Meta CEO and majority shareholder, Mark Zuckerberg, said American companies needed more "masculine energy". "We've swung to a spectrum wher... Read More


Seeing Silicon: New macho, MMA-trained Zuckerberg signals the death of the nerd

India, March 13 -- A month ago, in a podcast with Joe Rogan, Meta CEO and majority shareholder, Mark Zuckerberg, said American companies needed more "masculine energy". "We've swung to a spectrum wher... Read More


Seeing Silicon: All new macho, MMA-trained Zuckerberg is nerd kryptonite

India, March 13 -- A month ago, in a podcast with Joe Rogan, Meta CEO and majority shareholder, Mark Zuckerberg, said American companies needed more "masculine energy". "We've swung to a spectrum wher... Read More