FUTURE IS ALREADY HERE - AND NOT ROSY

Future  is  Nearer  !

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Much nearer than when I conceptualized :

Fast  Forward  to  Future  [  F 3  ] -  20  Oct  2016

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2016/10/fast-forward-to-future-3-f.html

I thought , this may happen by 2022

But , after reading the following news-snippet ( Economic Times / 01 Aug ) , I cannot escape the feeling that ARIHANT could well arrive ( - and save the mankind from Robots taking over  ? ) , by next year !

It goes to prove :

If you can “ Imagine “ a “ technological innovation “ , it will happen , sooner or later

More likely , sooner than later  !

“ These Ghosts Can Haunt Your Phone “

Las Vegas :

Chinese researchers have demonstrated an attack called the “ Ghost  Telephonist “ , which allows hackers to take over  “ PHONE  NUMBERS “ and gather “ CALL  and  MESSAGE  CONTENT  “

The demonstration was made by the Unicorn Team researchers from 360 TECHNOLOGY , Chinese leading security company , at the Black Hat , USA 2017

Those who have lingering “ doubts “ ( as to when this future will arrive ) , are requested to read the following news that appeared in Times of India ( 31 July ) :

“ Google flirts with AI that can imagine , plan “

Google’s artificial intelligence division is developing a system that can make its own PLANS

DeepMind  says its “ IMAGINATION  AUGMENTED  AGENTS  “ can “ IMAGINE “ the possible consequences of their actions, and  “ INTERPRET  “ those simulations

They can then make the “ RIGHT  DECISIONS  “ , for what it is they want to achieve

They , essentially THINK like HUMANS , trying out different strategies in their heads , so to speak, and are therefore able to LEARN , despite having little REAL experience

“ The AGENTS we introduce benefit from an IMAGINATION  ENCODER  - a neural network which LEARNS to ‘ extract any information ‘ useful for the Agent’s FUTURE  DECISIONS , but ignore that which is irrelevant “ , the researchers wrote in a blog post

For details , read :

·         https://yourstory.com/2017/07/googles-deepmind-ai-imagine/

·         https://www.gizbot.com/mobile/news/ghost-telephonist-lets-hackers-access-phone-numbers-042952.html

I suppose , advocates arguing that “ RIGHT to PRIVACY “ is a fundamental constitutional right , may not like the above developments

But future of privacy does not look rosy !

Aug  2017

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RE: EmpowerMSME

Ganesh,

If EmpowerMSME team is ready with the first part , I could visit your office on Thursday or Friday morning

Let me know your convenience

Warm Regards,

Hemen Parekh

+91 98675 50808

3P Consultants \ Strategic Human Resources Consultants

From: Ganesh Narayanan [mailto:Ganesh.Narayanan@lntinfotech.com]
Sent: 21 July 2017 14:09
To: Hemen Parekh
Cc: Parag Kulkarni; Rakesh Bhansali
Subject: RE: EmpowerMSME

Dear Sir

Tried reaching your number but couldn’t get throuhg. Nevertheless I will give you a call today and tomorrow.

We are working on the wrframes and a draft of it is ready. The below link will give you a perspective.

https://invis.io/GFCLXPBKC

The team is developing the solution and the first part of it should be ready by 30-Jul. We are working towards that. I will brief you further on this in the call.

Ganesh Narayanan

LTI, Powai

Desk: +91 22 6776 6056 |  Mob: +91 982 047 9257

From: Hemen Parekh [mailto:hcp@recruitguru.com]
Sent: 19 July 2017 12:25
To: Ganesh Narayanan
Cc: Parag Kulkarni; Rakesh Bhansali
Subject: RE: EmpowerMSME

Ganesh,

Somehow could not reach you on phone

I wonder if that Project Plan is ready

Warm Regards,

Hemen Parekh

+91 98675 50808

3P Consultants \ Strategic Human Resources Consultants

From: Ganesh Narayanan [mailto:Ganesh.Narayanan@lntinfotech.com]
Sent: 10 July 2017 12:05
To: Hemen Parekh
Cc: Parag Kulkarni; Rakesh Bhansali
Subject: RE: EmpowerMSME

Dear Hemen,

Sorry for the delay in my response. After internal delibration, we have identified Drupal as the choice of the Platform as against Sharepoint. The following are the key benefits

It is lightweight compare to Sharepoints

It works on Open Source Technologies, will be cheaper to run.

It is flexible to customize (both from UI and Document management perspective)

Being open source the ownership cost will be less.

Scalability for future needs will be simpler and cost effective.

We have also put a team together with the relevant team. The team is based in Airoli and will be managed by Parag Kulkarni (Project Manager). He will be responsible for the project.

You already are aware of Rakesh. He will assist me guiding the team.

We have a UX Person onboard who has started designing the screens. We will submit the project plan today or latest tomorrow.

We will also setup a regular call with you on this starting this week.

Once again, apologies for the delay in the start. We had to assemble the team from multiple projects.

Ganesh Narayanan

LTI, Powai

Desk: +91 22 6776 6056 |  Mob: +91 982 047 9257

From: Hemen Parekh [mailto:hcp@recruitguru.com]
Sent: 02 July 2017 10:22
To: Ganesh Narayanan; Manoj Shikarkhane; Kavindra Sharma
Cc: hcp@recruitguru.com
Subject: EmpowerMSME

Dear Ganesh ;

On 28 June , in Business Line , there were 3 news reports re MSME , as follows “

·         AP to set up MSME Corpn

·         MSME Ministry inks pact with SAP India , HMT

·         Google to partner SMBs for digital tech training

You may want to look these up

How soon will your team come up with a PROJECT PLAN ?

With Regards,

hemen  parekh 

www.hemenparekh.in 

hcp@RecruitGuru.com 

( M ) +91 - 98,67,55,08,08

GLASSDOOR

Team ,

This could be of use

Hcp

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THE DIE IS CAST

Privacy :  Not  Right ?

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Here is why :

Attorney General , KK Venugopal submitted to the 9 judge bench:

“ There is no fundamental right to privacy , and even if it is assumed as a fundamental right , it is multifaceted

Every facet can’t be ipso facto considered a fundamental right

Informational privacy could not be a right to privacy, and it could not ever be a fundamental right

    ( source : DNA / 28 July )

The bench drew Sundaram’s attention to present day reality, when rapid technological advance is making individual privacy increasingly vulnerable

“ Do we have a robust data protection regime to protect and secure personal information ? “ it asked, indicating its willingness to look at privacy afresh without being burdened by past rulings

“ If we accept privacy as a constitutional right , it will have to be part of personal liberty and right to life guaranteed under article 21 of the constitution” , it said

   ( source : Times of India / 28 July )

Senior advocate Sundaram, representing Maharashtra government told the court that,

“ Privacy can mean a lot of things . Moreover , right to privacy was considered by the constitution makers but they decided to drop it as a fundamental right “

    ( source : Hindustan Times / 28 July )

All of this sounds so much rational !

Especially , the recognition that the “ March of Technology “ , will render futile , all arguments re: “ Right to Privacy “

What could have brought about this changed perception on the part of Hon Judges ?

#   My earlier emails ?

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2017/07/supreme-may-propose-technology-will.html

    #   Following news ?

Artificial intelligence ' Judge ' developed by UCL computer scientists

   ( source : http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1016/241016-AI-predicts-outcomes-human-rights-trials / 24 Oct 2016 )

Artificial intelligence software that can find patterns in highly complex decisions is being used to predict our taste in films, TV shows and music with ever-increasing accuracy. And now, after a breakthrough study by a group of British scientists, it could be used to predict the outcome of trials.

Software that is able to weigh up legal evidence and moral questions of right and wrong has been devised by computer scientists at University College London, and used to accurately predict the result in hundreds of real life cases.

The AI “judge” has reached the same verdicts as judges at the European court of human rights in almost four in five cases involving torture, degrading treatment and privacy.

The algorithm examined English language data sets for 584 cases relating to torture and degrading treatment, fair trials and privacy.

In each case, the software analysed the information and made its own judicial decision. In 79% of those assessed, the AI verdict was the same as the one delivered by the court.

Dr Nikolaos Aletras, the lead researcher from UCL’s department of computer science, said: “We don’t see AI replacing judges or lawyers, but we think they’d find it useful for rapidly identifying patterns in cases that lead to certain outcomes.

“It could also be a valuable tool for highlighting which cases are most likely to be violations of the European convention on human rights.” An equal number of “violation” and “non-violation” cases were chosen for the study.

In the course of developing the programme the team found that judgments of the European court of human rights depends more on non-legal facts than purely legal arguments.

This suggests that the court’s judges are more legal theory “realists” than “formalists”.

The same is true of other high level courts, such as the US supreme court, according to previous studies.

The most reliable factors for predicting European court of human rights decisions were found to be the language used as well as the topics and circumstances mentioned in the case texts.

One of these days , expect some Indian Start-up in the LEGAL DOMAIN to upload all the past Orders / Judgements of Hon Judges ( of 9 member bench ) into this algorithm

{  They may want to first look up : https://peerj.com/articles/cs-93/  }

Will the outcome read  ?

PRIVACY  LEFT  :  NO MORE  RIGHT

31  July  2017

www.hemenparekh.in / blogs

A SOLOMON COME TO JUDGEMENT ?

Privacy :  Not  Right ?

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

Here is why :

Attorney General , KK Venugopal submitted to the 9 judge bench:

“ There is no fundamental right to privacy , and even if it is assumed as a fundamental right , it is multifaceted

Every facet can’t be ipso facto considered a fundamental right

Informational privacy could not be a right to privacy, and it could not ever be a fundamental right

    ( source : DNA / 28 July )

The bench drew Sundaram’s attention to present day reality, when rapid technological advance is making individual privacy increasingly vulnerable

“ Do we have a robust data protection regime to protect and secure personal information ? “ it asked, indicating its willingness to look at privacy afresh without being burdened by past rulings

“ If we accept privacy as a constitutional right , it will have to be part of personal liberty and right to life guaranteed under article 21 of the constitution” , it said

   ( source : Times of India / 28 July )

Senior advocate Sundaram, representing Maharashtra government told the court that,

“ Privacy can mean a lot of things . Moreover , right to privacy was considered by the constitution makers but they decided to drop it as a fundamental right “

    ( source : Hindustan Times / 28 July )

All of this sounds so much rational !

Especially , the recognition that the “ March of Technology “ , will render futile , all arguments re: “ Right to Privacy “

What could have brought about this changed perception on the part of Hon Judges ?

#   My earlier emails ?

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2017/07/supreme-may-propose-technology-will.html

    #   Following news ?

Artificial intelligence ' Judge ' developed by UCL computer scientists

   ( source : http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1016/241016-AI-predicts-outcomes-human-rights-trials / 24 Oct 2016 )

Artificial intelligence software that can find patterns in highly complex decisions is being used to predict our taste in films, TV shows and music with ever-increasing accuracy. And now, after a breakthrough study by a group of British scientists, it could be used to predict the outcome of trials.

Software that is able to weigh up legal evidence and moral questions of right and wrong has been devised by computer scientists at University College London, and used to accurately predict the result in hundreds of real life cases.

The AI “judge” has reached the same verdicts as judges at the European court of human rights in almost four in five cases involving torture, degrading treatment and privacy.

The algorithm examined English language data sets for 584 cases relating to torture and degrading treatment, fair trials and privacy.

In each case, the software analysed the information and made its own judicial decision. In 79% of those assessed, the AI verdict was the same as the one delivered by the court.

Dr Nikolaos Aletras, the lead researcher from UCL’s department of computer science, said: “We don’t see AI replacing judges or lawyers, but we think they’d find it useful for rapidly identifying patterns in cases that lead to certain outcomes.

“It could also be a valuable tool for highlighting which cases are most likely to be violations of the European convention on human rights.” An equal number of “violation” and “non-violation” cases were chosen for the study.

In the course of developing the programme the team found that judgments of the European court of human rights depends more on non-legal facts than purely legal arguments.

This suggests that the court’s judges are more legal theory “realists” than “formalists”.

The same is true of other high level courts, such as the US supreme court, according to previous studies.

The most reliable factors for predicting European court of human rights decisions were found to be the language used as well as the topics and circumstances mentioned in the case texts.

One of these days , expect some Indian Start-up in the LEGAL DOMAIN to upload all the past Orders / Judgements of Hon Judges ( of 9 member bench ) into this algorithm

{  They may want to first look up : https://peerj.com/articles/cs-93/  }

Will the outcome read  ?

PRIVACY  LEFT  :  NO MORE  RIGHT

31  July  2017

www.hemenparekh.in / blogs