Sambit Dash, PhD

AI Parks, AI Commons, AI University… what does that even mean, VR?? This country’s industry and political leaders are just absolutely shameless in insulting their citizens’ intelligence

Pablo Picasso literally revealed the foundational key to all success:

Generational wealth.

Before AI, I can only have about 5 unfinished papers and 1 polished paper. AI boosted my productivity so much that I now have 136 unfinished papers and 1 polished paper.

When they finally sentenced Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev to death in the Lahore conspiracy case, they were to be hanged on 24 March 1931. The fear of a public outcry or a last minute rescue attempt made the British authorities bring forward the execution by 11 hours, at 7:30 pm on March 23rd. No magistrate was willing to supervise Singh's hanging as was required by law, and it was done by an honourary judge appointed at the last minute. The bodies were stuffed into sacks and cremated in Hussainiwala while it was still dark. Thirty years later, India exchanged 12 villages of the Fazilka district with Pakistan in exchange for Hussainiwala and bordering areas and the site of their last rites once again became a part of India. In 1965, when Bhagat Singh's partner in the Central Legislative Assembly bombing Batukeshwar Dutt passed away, he was cremated there as well in accordance with his last wish to be reunited with his comrades. And in 1975, Bhagat Singh's mother Vidyawati Kaur was cremated there, joining her son and his fellow freedom fighters. The National Martyrs Memorial stands there today, a testament to India's bravest and best...

C. S. Lewis’s advice to a young schoolgirl on how to become a better writer:

"Usne Tum Logon Ko Ch****a Banaya. Jaante Ho Kyun? Kyunki Tum Ch****e Ho. Dharam Ke Naam Par Ch****e Ban Gaye Tum Log. Aur Bante Rahoge. Tum Bante Rahoge. Tumhe Maarne Waala Har Woh Hindu Bante Rahega. Har Woh Aadmi Jiske Paas Kuch Nahi Karne Ko, Dharam Ke Naam Par Ch****a Bante Rahega."

Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives.

The curse of intelligence is restlessness, the curse of lacking intelligence is envy. The curse of courage is isolation, the curse of lacking courage is regret.

I tested something I'd written myself: my first academic article, published 45 years ago. It came in at 77% AI-generated.

Sloppers.

The biochemist in me can't just take #GoutGout with a straight face. 😁

@ddubeyg Indeed. For LOTR fans it's a great opportunity

@sambit_dash Wow. This must be a undefined experience. Been longing for this since ages.

Did something that I couldn't do in 2002-3. #LordOfTheRings The Two Towers re released in the theaters here. Extended cut, with a run time of 3:35 hrs. Have watched the movie umpteen number of times but the theater experience was unique.

The 110th birth anniversary of the amazing Bismillah Khan. At one point, no Indian wedding would be complete without his magical shehnai playing in the background. When the Indian flag was was unfurled at Delhi's historic Red Fort on 15th August 1947, Bismillah Khan was performing!

1996 World Cup. IND vs KEN Sachin giving away 1 over maiden at 99 and later scoring 125 (which stayed his highest for a good amount of time).

At 5:30 AM, while most of us are asleep, Saji is already in the water. He is 61. He owns a small furniture shop. And he has taught over 10,000 people to swim for free. It started after 45 schoolchildren drowned in a boat tragedy near his home. Saji couldn't save them. But he decided he would save the next ones. So he went to the river. Every single day. For 16 years. He built floating lanes with tyre tubes. He created a "university" where beginners start in Pre-KG and graduates earn a PhD by crossing 750 metres of river. He taught a 70-year-old woman in a hijab. A boy with no hands. A double amputee. A child recovering from brain surgery. And here's the best part—every student has to volunteer for 6 days after they learn. Teach someone else. Keep the circle going. Over 10,000 people now know how to survive in water because of one man who refused to look away. Swipe left to meet this #ForceForGood hero. #forceforgoodheroes #adityabirlagroup In partnership with @AdityaBirlaGrp

FUN FACT—helium cools the superconducting magnets in more than 14,000 MRI machines used in hospitals worldwide. We lost the largest helium extraction plant in the world in Qatar. US reserves running low. Helium cannot be produced de novo. Any helium escape is permanent.

🚨🇫🇷 NEW: The location of the French aircraft carrier, FS Charles de Gaulle, has been given away by a sailor using Strava whilst jogging on the ship deck [@lemondefr]

Tech bros will never have taste because taste evolves from liking things purely for their own sake, and tech bros cannot conceive of value that is not tied to profit or clout