Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Sunday, 8 October 2023

RE: Call

 Suman,

 

I had a very productive video-meet yesterday, with Kartavya and his 3 colleagues , when I briefed them about :

 

Ø Our Zoom meet in the morning

Ø The very enthusiastic response from you / Sahiti for assisting Atidan team for development / launch of my Digital Avatar page

 

One of Atidan team members will write to you today, seeking some clarifications

 

Once received, they will let me know by early next week, a time frame / cost estimate

 

For bare minimum Phase V 1.0, I have requested Atidan team to launch by 15 Dec

 

Regards,

 

hemen


Subject: RE: Call

 

Hello  Suman,

 

Many thanks for all of your explanations / clarifications in your mail and your unstinting support to enable me to launch >  www.DigitalAvatarOfHemenParekh.com

 

I have scheduled a video meeting with Kartavya and his colleague at 5 pm today, when I will share with him what we discussed

 

Regards,

 

hemen

 

 


Subject: Re: Call

 

Hi Hemen,

Great catching up with you today. 

 

Meeting Notes:

Three stages of training AI:

1. Personal QnA model - currently in the product.

2. Personal Generative model - currently in the product.

3. Personal Conversation model - Mar 2023. 

 

Roadmap: 

1. Custom Parekh avatar page - can be done today with any chat-like interface.

2. Lounges - members and metrics will be available in 6 weeks.

3. AI personal profile page with share links - will be available by Mar.

4. Voice clone and responses in voice - will be available by Mar (or earlier). 

 

Best practices:

1. To train, use your personal AI instead of lounge. 

2. Use the lounge as a commonplace for everyone to see their interactions.

3. Use direct message for private messaging. 

 

Let me know if you have any questions as you build your avatar page.

 

Thank you

Suman

 

 

 

On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 6:24 PM Hemen Parekh <hcp@recruitguru.com> wrote:

Suman,

 

For this morning Zoom meeting , you mentioned agenda as :

 

“ Can we hop on a call? I like to talk about your AI and activity in your lounge and provide some tips and best practices.”

[ 15 Nov ]

 

 

Apart from that, can we also reach some conclusion on the “ functionalities “ listed in my following email ?

 

Due to prior engagement, Kartavya is unable to join this morning meeting but I hope to catch up with him in the afternoon or tomorrow

 

Once I tell him which functionalities Personal.ai ( my page ) will be able to support , developing a U / I, should not take more than 2 / 3 days . It may take a little longer, if VISUALIZATION / ANIMATION ( as envisaged by me ), has to be incorporated

 

Regards,

 

Hemen

 


Subject: RE: Call

 

Sahiti,

 

 

Since Kartavya ( www.atidantech.com ) was tied up with some family  matters, I requested Kishan Kokal ( a computer science undergrad student ) to design the U / I

 

I am glad that you liked it – although a lot of improvements ( especially, animation of the visuals – part with black background ) remain. Kishan has no background in animation and he is searching for some suitable software

 

For our video-meet on 21st morning ( 10 am IST ), I am forwarding Suman’s “ invite link “ to both, Kartavya and Kishan

 

As far as U / I is concerned, we need following “ functionalities support “ from personal.ai page  :

 

=================================================================================

 

 

TOPMOST  PRIORITY :

 

Ø  Question Box

 

#  Visitor types out a question

 

Ø  Answer Box

 

#  Answer appears as text

 

Ø  Counters

 

#  Total No of Visitors so far  /  No of persons talking to my Digital Avatar at this very moment

 

Ø  Click here to create your own Digital Avatar ( takes visitor to REGISTRATION page of Personal.ai )

 

Ø  Click here to chat with Digital Avatars created by other Members of Personal.ai ( displays list of MEMBERS )

 

Ø  Share on Linkedin – Facebook – Twitter – Instagram / Forward Screenshot to a friend / Copy Link etc

 

 

 

MEDIUM PRIORITIES :

 

Ø  Question Box

 

#  Visitor Records / Speaks Out question ( Speech-to-Text conversion ) / Text appears in Question Box

 

 

Ø  Answer Box

 

#  Text appears in Answer box and simultaneously it gets “ spoken / read “ in my OWN voice

 

Ø  Box for listing “ Questions asked recently by other visitors “ ( can be clicked and transferred to Question Box )

 

 

LOW PRIORITY :

 

Ø  Box for “ Rate My Answer “ – along with counters for “ Total Responses “ / Ave Score

 

 

As far as “ Animation “ is concerned, following is my BRIEF to Kishan ( - incidentally, he has not found a way for API suggested by Suman – perhaps you can help ? ) :

 

 

 

BRIEF :

 

 

As far as My Digital Avatar U/I is concerned,  VISUALIZATION ( the bottom half of the page ) is THE KEY

 

I have envisaged this in the format of KBC ( Kaun Banega Crorepati ) which has got millions “ riveted “ to their TV screens for over 20 years !

 

Obviously, viewers just cannot resist watching an episode, once switched on . What is the magic ?

 

I believe its main features are as follows ( - although we cannot replicate all of which in our Bottom-Half U/I ) :

 

 

Ø  Big B himself with his delivery – humility – humour – facial expressions – approachability – friendliness – non judgemental attitude etc . Can we add some animation to my digital avatar face ? some expression ?

 

 

Ø  Glamorous Set with its sitting arrangement for participants / visitors : lighting : flashing videos on walls etc – some of which you might be able to add to the VISUAL bottom of the U / I

 

 

Ø  Centre with hot seat / Big B’s seat , facing each other but with revolving chairs for 360 * exposure . Could you get those 2 chairs to revolve 180 * ? from left to right – as if facing the page viewers

 

Ø  Computer Screens [ in our case equivalent to QUESTION BOX screen for visitor ] .

 

 

 

      In KBC  neither people sitting there, nor TV viewers, can SEE this screen. In our page, I want this SCREEN / QUESTION BOX to be fully

 

       visible to all who land on this page.

 

      In fact, they should be able to see the TEXT appearing in that box ( word by word ), as a visitor TYPES the question . This would require

 

      that  “ Screen box “ to “ not face “ the occupant of the seat but , be at 90 * angle to the seat

 

 

 

Ø  Same should hold good for the ANSWER BOX cum SCREEN of My Digital Avatar

 

 

Ø  In KBC, there is lot of loud music in the background. I do not want such background music which distracts

 

 

Ø  One major factor for the “ Gluing Quality “ of KBC is “ Audience Participation “ – especially during “ Audience Poll “ .

 

Unfortunately we cannot introduce anything equivalent – unless you have any brilliant ideas

 

 

 

With regards,

 

hemen

 


Subject: Re: Call

 

Mr.Parekh, 

Looking forward to our next call. I saw the DRAFT for U / I for your digital avatar page and it looks great! I'm glad you were able to bring your idea of the page to life, looking forward to seeing how we can help further. 

Best, 

Sahiti 

 

On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 10:47 AM Suman Kanuganti <s@personal.ai> wrote:

Sent invite.

 

On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 9:45 PM Hemen Parekh <hcp@recruitguru.com> wrote:

Suman,

 

 

Sure

 

We will stick to 21 st

 

And , in the meanwhile one Computer Science student I know, has prepared following DRAFT for U / I for my “ Digital Avatar “ page :

 

Click Here

 

Regards,

 

hemen

 

From: Suman Kanuganti [mailto:s@personal.ai]
Sent: 16 November 2022 11:08
To: Hemen Parekh
Cc: System Administrator; officeassistant@3pconsultants.co.in; Sahiti Bondelepati
Subject: Re: Call

 

may be we can record for Sandeep? because thanksgiving will kick in here

 

On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 8:57 PM Hemen Parekh <hcp@recruitguru.com> wrote:

Suman,

 

Sandeep is on leave on 21 – 22

 

Will 23rd or 24th suit you ?  If not, we will adhere to 21st

 

hemen  

 


Subject: Re: Call

 

Hi Hemen, next 3 days are fully occupied. How is 21st 10 am IST? which is 8.30 pm PST here. 

Let me know and I will send an invite.

 

On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 6:18 PM Hemen Parekh <hcp@recruitguru.com> wrote:

Suman,

 

Many thanks for your offer

 

Would tomorrow ( 17th ) morning 10 am Indian Standard Time suit you ?

 

Alternately , today ( 16th ) evening 5 or  6 PM ( IST ) ?

 

I would like my colleagues Sandeep / Sanjivani to join me

 

Regards.

 

hemen  

 

From: Suman Kanuganti [mailto:s@personal.ai]
Sent: 15 November 2022 22:02
To: Hemen Parekh; Sahiti B
Subject: Call

 

Hemen,

Can we hop on a call? I like to talk about your AI and activity in your lounge and provide some tips and best practices.

 

Thank you

--

Co-edited by my personal AI.

Suman Kanuganti

CEO & Co-founder, Personal.ai

Tw: @sumankanuganti

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