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Saptarshi Chakraborty

Abstract

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Saptarshi Chakraborty

Abstract

a wo4ld w/o t3chno9ogy

a wo4ld w/o t3chno9ogy

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imagine the sound from those

speakers not being there anymore

imagine all the gadget-screens

shattered and pulverised to dust

imagine not being able to send

a message over in a blink

imagine being bathed in darkness

struggling to see your hands

and like eliot, such times will show

you fear in a handful of dust.


imagine losing access to the

internet and AI forever

imagine a concrete jungle of

skyscrapers with millions

of defunct silicon chips and

lithium-ion batteries

surrendering to space-time.


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imagine having to sit in

public transport with a

book in your hand or

actually having a conversation

with another human being for

a change. imagine not being

laid off from your job because

of a large-language-model and

retrieval-augmented-generation.


imagine the world to be a kinder,

warmer place where children

would actually not slit their

wrists after writing suicide notes

on facebook and instagram.


but hey, don't we all love

just sitting back and let the

machines do our work, right?


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