A new year starts for the three investing stalwarts. And what a month this past one has been. There were moments when the markets seemed ready to break previous highs, and then came the pullback. The sharp drop at the beginning of the chart below reflects the impact of India’s budget. The next day…
Over the past few months, I had been hinting that Shekhar’s portfolio may need a relook. However, we had agreed at the outset that no changes would be made before completing one full year. That year is now over. As Shekhar looked at his portfolio returns over the past year, along with a comparison…
– Reflections on Artificial Intelligence – A Guide for Thinking Humans This is the sixth and final reflection in a series inspired by Melanie Mitchell’s Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans. For an introduction to the series, head over to the first post here. When I first began using these systems, it was out…
– Reflections on Artificial Intelligence – A Guide for Thinking Humans This is the fifth reflection in a series inspired by Melanie Mitchell’s book Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans. For an introduction to the series, head over to the first post here. When I was reading Mitchell’s section on machine comprehension, particularly her…
– Reflections on Artificial Intelligence – A Guide for Thinking Humans This is the fourth reflection in a series inspired by Melanie Mitchell’s Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans. For an introduction to the series, head over to the first post here. When I was reading the chapters on how AI systems were trained,…
The first year ends. The second begins. And we are here. It’s Republic Day 2026. Today marks the one year of the No Goal Investing experiment which I had started on the previous Republic Day. I had set this up with an initial contribution on INR 1 Lac each for the three fictional personas…
– Reflections on Artificial Intelligence – A Guide for Thinking Humans This is the third reflection in a series inspired by Melanie Mitchell’s Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans. For an introduction to the series, head over to the first post here. Mitchell’s book is rich with the history of AI. It traces…
– Reflections on Artificial Intelligence – A Guide for Thinking Humans This is the second reflection inspired by Melanie Mitchell’s Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans. While reading her chapters on natural language processing, I found myself returning to a moment with my daughter. My daughter is six. And she talks. With her…
– Reflections on Artificial Intelligence – A Guide for Thinking Humans Recently I read Melanie Mitchell’s brilliant book Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans. It is a comprehensive introduction to the world of AI for anyone who wants to know when, how and how far we have come. The book was published a…
I wonder if the Child brothers read my review on the previous Reacher book. Because this time, it’s all corrected. Reacher number 30, Exit Strategy, is Reacher restored. Not the broken man of Book 29, not the one shackled to a table with a question mark dangling above his purpose. In Exit Strategy, he…