Grounded Podcast By Thejesh GN: Recent Episodes
Thejesh GN
A container for all my views with excerpts from technology, travel, films, books, kannada, friends and other interests. I am Thejesh GN, friends call me Thej.
I generated this podcast a week back using Google's NotebookLM based on my Twenty Years of Engineering Practice blog post. Before I published it here, I wanted to check what my friends and colleagues thought about it. Most thought it was an actual podcast discussing my article, but they also thought it had a standard flow.
Once, I told them it was generated by a model. Some were surprised, and others found patterns that match most conversation-based (and not original content) on existing content-type podcasts.
I thought the quality was okay; you could identify the patterns once you know a model generated it, but it is very tough to figure out if you don't. It can be helpful if you don't have the option to listen to the original article. It kind of works like a summary in the form of a conversation where AI hosts are faking certain things to make it enjoyable.
In India, how it will get used on WhatsApp is left to your imagination. We already have videos with commentary with foreign accents to make them look authentic or newsworthy. We will have to see how this tech will get used in that context. The next elections in India will be filled with fake videos and audio, not just messages. Imagine the kind of myth-busting tools we need.
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Yesterday I spoke to students of NPTEL. The topic was "How to be a Good Software Developer". It's more like my advice to my younger self. The talk went on quite well except for few internet glitches. It was also special we because I was part of NPTEL's engineering team at Google. I...
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ಮೊಬೈಲ್ನ ಎಲ್ಲ ರೀತಿಯ ಸಂವಹನದ ಸಾಧನವಾಗಿದೆ. ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕಿಂಗ್, ಶಾಪಿಂಗ್ ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ವಿವಿಧ ವ್ಯವಹಾರಗಳಿಗೂ ಬಳಕೆಯಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಹಾಗಾಗಿ ಹ್ಯಾಕಿಂಗ್, ಫಿಶಿಂಗ್ಗೆ ದಾಳಿಗೆ ತುತ್ತಾಗುವ ಸಾಧ್ಯತೆಯೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು. ಈ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮೊಬೈಲ್ನಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಮಾಹಿತಿಯನ್ನು ಸುರಕ್ಷಿತವಾಗಿರಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದು ಮೊದಲ ಆದ್ಯತೆ. ಅದಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಎಂಟು ಮಾರ್ಗಗಳನ್ನು ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಸೂಚಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಈ ಪಾಡ್ಕ್ಯಾಸ್ಟ್ ಮೊದಲು ಟೆಕ್-ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಣಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿತು. ನಂತರ ಅದನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಪೋಸ್ಟ್ ಮಾಡಲಾಯಿತು.
The post Techಮಾತು -1 | ನಿಮ್ಮ ಮೊಬೈಲ್ ಸುರಕ್ಷಿತವಾಗಿರಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿವೆ 8 ಮಾರ್ಗಗಳು first appeared on Thejesh GN.
I did some recordings of Panchavadyam (Temple Orchestra) at Sri Sankarankulangara Temple festival (chuttu valakku) in Thrissur. Panchavadyam (Malayalam: പഞ്ചവാദ്യം), literally meaning an orchestra of five instruments, is basically a temple art form that has evolved in Kerala. Of the five instruments, four — timila, maddalam, ilathalam and idakka — belong to the...
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I love listening to sound of nature or white noise while working. I have tried to record some before. They were of average quality. Mostly because they were recorded on a smart phone. Recently I acquired a Zoom H1n. I have been trying to record on it. I am yet to get a...
The post Rains first appeared on Thejesh GN.
ನೆನ್ನೆ ಮಾನ್ಯ ಸುಪ್ರೀಂ ಕೋರ್ಟ್ನ ಒಂಬತ್ತು ನ್ಯಾಯಮೂರ್ತಿಗಳ ಸಂವಿಧಾನ ಪೀಠವು ಖಾಸಗಿತನ ಮೂಲಭೂತ ಹಕ್ಕು ಎಂದು ಸರ್ವಾನುಮತದಿಂದ ತೀರ್ಮಾನಿಸಿತು. ಸರಳವಾಗಿ ಹೇಳಬೇಕೆಂದರೆ ಖಾಸಗಿತನ ತನ್ನ ಪಾಡಿಗೆ ತಾನು ಬದುಕುವ ಹಕ್ಕು. ಇದನ್ನು ಎತ್ತಿಡಿಯುವುದರ ಮೂಲಕ ಪ್ರತಿ ಭಾರತೀಯನ ಮೇಲೆ ಪರಿಣಾಮ ಬೀರುವಂತಹ ಚಾರಿತ್ರಿಕ ತೀರ್ಪುನ್ನು ಪೀಠವು ನೀಡಿದೆ. ನೆನಪಿನಲ್ಲಿಡಬೇಕಾದ ಅಂಶವೆಂದರೆ ಖಾಸಗಿತನವು ಮೂಲಭೂತ ಹಕ್ಕು ಅಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಪ್ರತಿಪಾದಿಸಿತ್ತು. ಇವೆಲ್ಲದರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನನ್ನೆರಡು ಮಾತುಗಳು. ಓದಲಿಕ್ಕೆ: ಸುಪ್ರೀಂ ಕೋರ್ಟ್ನ ತೀರ್ಪಿನ ಪ್ರತಿ...
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Srinivasan Ramani is Deputy National Editor who works with data at The Hindu. He has been a long time member of DataMeet community. This week I caught up with him to talk about Demonetisation move by Government of India. Show Notes Government Press Release -PDF PM Modi Announces Notes Ban In Anti-Corruption Move,...
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(14 Apr 12:30 PM) I am trying to write something, because I need to talk to someone now. I should have asked A to join me, the thought came to my mind but I thought it's not going to be a big deal. Its going to be just another hospital visit. News came...
The post Amma first appeared on Thejesh GN.
Lawrence Liang legal researcher, lawyer and co founder of the Alternative Law Forum based in Bangalore. He is known for his legal campaigns on issues of public concern. Picture of Lawrence is by Joi Ito is distributed under CC BY 2.0. He recently lectured at JNU Alternative Classroom. It was a brilliant lecture...
The post Lawrence Liang’s Speech at JNU Alternative Classroom – Annotated first appeared on Thejesh GN.
ನನ್ನ ಮೊದಲನೆ ಕನ್ನಡದ ಪೊಡ್ ಕಾಸ್ಟ್. ನಿಮ್ಮ ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ ತಿಳಿಸಿ. ರವಿ ಬೆಳೆಗೆರೆ Marquez touched Kannada sensibility ಮಾಂಡೋವಿ
This is just a test podcast post. Don’t listen if you dont like test messages :) But if you try then let me know if it plays well with out any issues.