Blog by Sreedhar P Iyer

Everyday front page of almost all newspapers have a news of a rape event. But there are bad effects to the way the news papers publish them. It creates a flutter during the initial days and becomes a routine later. What can be done by media to reduce this menace? Firstly the front page of a newspaper must not contain the news of rape, but instead must give the news of those convicted in rape. A rape convict must be interviewed and his view on about his wrongdoings and the punishment he faces, must be published. Even if he is not feeling the guilt, the news must be published indicating the problems he is facing in the prison. A reporter may carry out his analysis by m eeting a jail warden and enquire about rape convicts who feel guilty and remorse about the event which put them in jail and, this news must appear on the front page. The news may be something like below:  Rapist A languishing in X jail feels sorry for what he did " I must not have done it. I feel ashamed...

Even though there is a growing concern that Artificial Intelligent Robots will take over the earth and destroy humanity, the situation is not yet alarming. AI has not reached the potential of human beings, yet the AI can do activities that we humans cannot. For example the recent revelation about Cambridge Analytica indicated that they used AI to compile large volumes of data belonging to Facebook users, apply mathematical studies to identify the political orientation of the people and possibly rig-up the election mandate of the US. AI Robots like Sophia are sophisticated enough to think and answer questions posed by people. But does this make the AI technology superior to human beings? Will use of AI result in major layoffs? Even though there is no answer to the first question, we can be rest assured that emergence of new technologies has only brought about new avenues and simplifying our jobs. Around two decades back, when computers and software emerged, similar apprehensions of ...