THE Sam Altman, when asked about the possible loss of jobs in the AI era, quipped answer finally, "But we are sure to find something to do." Indeed! Human beings are always creative in small to big, simple to subtle ways.
When it comes to protest, however, there seems to be a huge deficit of creativity. Look at Altman himself. He and Dario Amodei of Anthropic gave quite a demo which established that Altman may not be as open as the AI, while Amodei proved that human beings, unlike their inventions, can be misanthropic!
Well, the hand-raising that thus turned hair-raising is a typically Western way of showing camaraderie, right? A common feature it is even in indian classrooms, not to forget the winning moment of a football/baseball game, right? In brief, the fist raising on both sides proved that, unlike the modern technologies, their makers may still harbour primitive proclivities. Some competitive protest!
Yet the worst example of how not to protest was the shi(r)t-y protest at the Bharat Mandapam! Absolutely lacked imagination, forget integrity or inclination for the honour of the motherland! Why, with such futuristic n gorgeous stuff from all over the world on show, who at all would bother to look at such shi(r)t-y lack? Some imagination!
Anyways, since 2014, 'protest-itis' is a new dis-ease rampant in India, right? People often hate for the heck of hating! The favourites are the much quoted but least read Manusmriti, the much maligned Veer Savarkar, and, of course, the much misunderstood Modi, our Prime Minister!
Of course, some students of such 'school' have recently graduated in to protesting anti poor Bhagat Singh of all the people, not to forget Lala Lajpat Rai! How (not) to protest is a skill that needs no reservation, rather lots of talent, in brief!
Has the Tiananmen Square gone so bare in the name of the much hyped Gen Z 'profess-ions'? Here is my protest against such belittling of the un-civil liberti(ne)s in the public space!
Pratima@ Any responsible protest has to open up major important central issues. It cannot be a wink wink of the kiddish spit-n-scoot variety. Private gall cannot vitiate the public sphere!
Quote of the day: "I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept," asserts Angela Davis. B the change you wanna C, to use the Gen Z kinda slang!
Word of the day: Profess 'profess' means to claim that one has (a quality or feeling), especially when actually it is not so at all. The word can also mean to affirm one's faith in or allegiance to a set of beliefs. Without such sincerity, empty 'professions' are merely 'professional' protest!!!
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