21 FEB

Gibbon Dash

There was a man—Jiwan Das—full of life.
One day he ordered a shirt on Amazon, and somehow his name got changed to Jivan Das in the cloud.

India is full of languages and dialects. An Amazon employee in India changed the name to Jiban Dash. A few days later, another employee dictated the same name to an overseas client:

“Ji-bon Dash.”
“What?”
“Ji for ji… bon… Dash.”

So it was transcribed as G-bon Dash.
But AI, being extra helpful, quickly corrected it to Gibbon Dash.

Pandit ji, who lives next door to me and has recently been to an AI conference in Delhi, strongly believes that AI needs more “localisation”. Otherwise, such “involution” will continue to happen—and men will keep turning into gibbons. 😄

Post Author: Sachin

What is Self Help?

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Since there is no medical cure and available therapy almost always ends in relapse and self-blame, it makes sense to develop problem solving skills on our own: you would surely learn to fix running repairs if you are going on a world tour, instead of carrying your mechanic with you. It is all the more useful since it is practiced in a group. You develop social and communication skills, instead of chasing fluency alone. TISA promotes four core techniques: Bouncing, Prolongation, Pausing and Voluntary stammering. In addition, we share and practice many more skills/ approaches: listening, Body language, team skills, leadership, self-assertion, peer counseling- above all being a member of a vibrant community, through fair give and take.