Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Friday, 3 March 2023

Pick a Holiday Planner - for your ROMAN HOLIDAY

 


 


 

Option > https://www.roamaround.io/

Input >

City = Rome  /  Start Date = 15 March  / No of Days = 3

Reply >

 

Day 1:

 

Morning: Start your day at the Colosseum, one of Rome's most iconic landmarks. An early morning visit will help you avoid crowds and queues. You can hire a guide or explore the site at your own pace. After visiting the Colosseum, head to the nearby Roman Forum and Palatine Hill, which offer an insight into ancient Rome's political and social life.

Afternoon: After lunch, visit the Vatican City, which is home to numerous world-famous attractions such as the Sistine ChapelSt. Peter's Basilica, and the Vatican Museums. It's recommended to book tickets in advance to avoid long queues. You can explore the Vatican at your own pace, or hire a guide for a more comprehensive experience.

Evening: Take a stroll around Trastevere, a picturesque and vibrant neighbourhood in Rome, famous for its narrow streets, local shops, and restaurants. You can dine at one of the many trattorias in Trastevere, such as Da Enzo al 29, which serves traditional Roman cuisine.

 

Day 2:

 

Morning: Begin your day at the Pantheon, one of the most well-preserved ancient temples in the world. After visiting the Pantheon, take a walk to the nearby Piazza Navona, a beautiful square with three fountains, street performers, and artists.

Afternoon: Visit the Campo de' Fiori, one of Rome's most famous outdoor markets, selling fresh produce, flowers, and souvenirs. After exploring the market, head to the nearby Jewish Ghetto, where you can dine at Nonna Betta, a trattoria that serves authentic Jewish-Roman cuisine.

Evening: Take a leisurely walk along the Tiber River, which offers stunning views of Rome's skyline. You can dine at La Pergola, a Michelin-starred restaurant located on top of Rome Cavalieri, offering panoramic views of the city.

 

Day 3:

 

Morning: Start your day at the Spanish Steps, a beautiful staircase that leads to the Trinita dei Monti church. After visiting the Spanish Steps, head to the nearby Trevi Fountain, one of Rome's most famous landmarks, known for its stunning baroque architecture.

Afternoon: Visit the Galleria Borghese, a museum that houses a vast collection of art, including works by CaravaggioRaphael, and Bernini. Make sure to book tickets in advance to avoid long queues.

Evening: Dine at Maccheroni, a restaurant that serves traditional Roman dishes such as cacio e pepe and amatriciana. After dinner, take a walk around the historical centre of Rome, visiting the Piazza Venezia and the Altare della Patria, a monument dedicated to Italy's unification.

Overall, this itinerary covers all the major attractions in Rome, including ancient landmarks, museums, and local neighbourhoods. Make sure to book tickets in advance to avoid long queues, and don't forget to try some of Rome's famous cuisine at top-rated restaurants. Enjoy your trip to Rome!

 

Option www.hemenparekh.ai

Input >

 I want to take a 3 day holiday in Rome starting 15 March. Please suggest a good itinerary

Reply >

There are a few things to consider when planning a trip to Rome.

First, what are your interests? Are you interested in history, art, food, or all of the above?

Once you know what you want to see and do, you can start planning your itinerary.

Keep in mind that Rome is a large city with a lot to see and do, so it's important to plan ahead and be realistic about what you can fit into three days.

Here are a few suggestions for things to see and do in Rome:

 -Visit the Colosseum and the Roman Forum: These two ancient sites are some of the most popular tourist attractions in Rome. If you're interested in history, this is a must-see.

- Take a walking tour of the city: There are many different walking tours available that will show you some of the highlights of Rome. This is a great way to get oriented and see some of the main sights without having to spend hours researching on your own.

 -Visit Vatican City: Vatican City is its own country within Rome, and it's home to some of the most famous art in the world. A visit here is definitely worth your time.

 -Explore Trastevere: This is one of Rome

 

What Next ?

Will some App / Tool based on GPT 3 / ChatGPT book for you ? :

Ø  Hotel room

Ø  Guide

Ø  Restaurants for lunch

Ø  Taxi

Ø  Theatre / Night Club

Ø  You name it

 

In RoamAround , there is no provision for such extra services

 

www.hemenparekh.ai is not much of a help either ( but then it can answer a whole lot of your questions ! )

Input >

For those 3 days, please book for me , or at least suggest > hotel - restaurant - guide - taxi - theatre etc

Output >

If you're looking for something to do in the next few days, why not book a hotel, restaurant or taxi? Alternatively, you could go to a theatre or take a guided tour.

 

Conclusion :


Not a day passes without some ChatGPT based app / tool , popping up


This trend will get accelerated with last week’s announcement by OpenAI to make

available its API to developers


So, within the next 3 months, expect some Indian Startup to launch a tool offering

full stack services described above


Within next 12 months, “ Text to Image “ AIs ( like MidJourney – DALL E –

DreamFusion etc ), might even succeed in converting “ Text to Augmented Reality

“ videos of Rome , onto your META launched eye-glasses !


You may not even have to leave your bedroom for taking that 3 day “ Roman

 Holiday “ !

 

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

www.hemenparekh.ai  / 04 March 2023

 

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we think showing these tools to the world early, while still somewhat broken, is critical if we are going to have sufficient input and repeated efforts to get it right. the level of individual empowerment coming is wonderful, but not without serious challenges.

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we also need enough time for our institutions to figure out what to do. regulation will be critical and will take time to figure out; although current-generation AI tools aren’t very scary, i think we are potentially not that far away from potentially scary ones.

 

 

Thursday, 2 March 2023

My “ Law of Chatbots “ – Vindicated

 


 

Context :

You may soon get an AI shield to thwart phishing via SMSes   /  Eco  Times  /  03  March  2023

 

Extract :

 

The initial results from a trial of an artificial intelligence (AI)-based solution being undertaken by Vodafone Idea (Vi) and Tanla Platforms to curb phishing and cyber frauds emanating from misuse of SMSes have returned an accuracy rate of over 99%. This means that the AI-based solution is stopping phishing attempts through SMSes most of the time.

“ I had an opportunity to see the solution and I am genuinely amazed by the trial insights………. I am sure the product will be a major success in India and worldwide “, TRAI chairman PD Vaghela [ cp@trai.gov.in ]

 said on the sidelines of the Mobile World Congress

 

Tanla’s AI-based solution can be deployed into the core network of a telecom operator

 

With the use of AI, the solution detects whether the SMS’s call to action ( URL or Phone Number ) is MALICIOUS or not

 

The solution , using AI and Deep Learning, analyses the sender’s REPUTATION and ACTS

 

For instance, if the sender is a recorder SPAMMER or a FRAUDSTER, it will BLOCK the message

 

 

  

My  Take :

 

Ø  Parekh’s Law of Chatbots  …………..  25  Feb  2023

 

Extract :

 

Following is my suggestion for such a law ( until renamed, to be known as , “Parekh’s Law of ChatBots “ ) :

 

( A )

#   Answers being delivered by AI Chatbot must not be “ Mis-informative /

     Malicious / Slanderous / Fictitious / Dangerous / Provocative / Abusive /

     Arrogant / Instigating / Insulting / Denigrating humans etc

     

( B )

#  A Chatbot must incorporate some kind of  “ Human Feedback / Rating 

    mechanism for evaluating those answers 

    This human feedback loop shall be used by the AI software for training the

    Chatbot so as to improve the quality of its future answers to comply with the

    requirements listed under ( A )

    

( C )

#  Every Chatbot must incorporate some built-in “ Controls “ to prevent the “

    generation “ of such offensive answers AND to prevent further “

    distribution/propagation/forwarding “ if control fails to stop “ generation “

   

 ( D )

#   A Chatbot must not start a chat with a human on its own – except to say, “

     How can I help you ? “

 ( E )

#   Under no circumstance , a Chatbot shall start chatting with another Chatbot or

     start chatting with itself ( Soliloquy ) , by assuming some kind of “ Split

     Personality “

      

( F )

#   In a normal course, a Chatbot shall wait for a human to initiate a chat and

     then respond

 

( G )

#   If a Chatbot determines that its answer ( to a question posed by a human ) is

     likely to generate an answer  which may violate RULE ( A ) , then it shall not

     answer at all ( politely refusing to answer )

 

( H )

#   A chatbot found to be violating any of the above-mentioned RULES, shall SELF

     DESTRUCT

 

With Regards,

Hemen Parekh

www.hemenparekh.ai   /  03  March  2023



 

India to become Vehicle Scrapping Hub ?

 


 

Thanks Shri Gadkariji ,

 

For taking cognizance of my suggestions re Vehicle Scrapping

 

Context :

Nitin Gadkari: India to become global leader in automobile manufacturing with ‘Make-in-India’ initiative

 

Extract :

The government is working towards making India a global automobile manufacturing hub and the domestic industry is expected to be worth Rs 15 lakh crore in the near term, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday.

Virtually inaugurating Tata Motor's vehicle scrapping facility in Jaipur, Gadkari said the automobile sector currently contributes to 7.1 per cent of the nation's GDP with the industry size at around Rs 7.8 lakh crore.

"The auto sector gives direct and indirect employment to around 4 crore people and this number is expected to grow to 5 crore by 2025. I am working with a target to make India number one global automobile manufacturing hub and to take its size to Rs 15 lakh crore in the near future," he noted.

Gadkari noted that the scrappage policy enables removal of older and unfit vehicles and introduction of new

 

lesser polluting vehicles in a phased manner.

 

"It is estimated that the automotive demand generated by the scrapping policy will lead to additional GST revenue of Rs 40,000 crore to the government and the raw material cost for new cars will go down by 30 per cent," he stated.

 

 

He noted that the country currently imports 8 million tonnes of scrapped steel annually.

 

"About 50-60 scrapping centres can bring down demand for imports of steel scrap making India self reliant," the minister said.

 

He added that vehicle scrapping would help in establishing an organised industry thereby enabling new employment opportunities.

 

"My aim is to develop a scrapping centre within a reach of 150 kilometres from all the city centres," Gadkari said, adding that India could become a scrapping hub for the entire South East Asia.

 

"We can establish automobile clusters in the port areas... ultimately, it is a win-win situation for all stakeholders," Gadkari said.

 

 

Context :

PM: Govt to scrap 3L old vehicles, 3,000cr earmarked in Budget  …………………………. TOI / 24 Feb 2023  

 

Extract :

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said around  3 lakh old vehicles of the central and state government would be scrapped under the vehicle scrapping policy

 

PM said,  “ These vehicles are more than 15 year old and include vehicles used by the police, especially the ambulances in our hospitals and the buses in our public transport.

 

Vehicle scrapping is going to become a huge market for all of you.

 

 

 

Centre pushes for Alang to emerge as vehicle scrappage hub       BL -  03  Mar  2023

Extract :

As ship-breaking activity at Alang witnesses a slowdown, the Centre has asked the Gujarat Maritime Board and the Department of Ports and Transport of the State government to come out with “necessary orders” and standard operating procedures to explore the possibility of allowing the existing yards to double up as vehicle scrapping units.


Alang, in the Bhvanagar district of Gujarat, is considered to be the largest ship breaking yard in Asia; and there has been a push from the Centre to expand its usage for vehicle scrapping or recycling.


“(The) SRIA (Ship Recycling Industries Association – India) has raised an issue to allow existing ship recycling yards to also disintegrate old vehicles under Vehicle Recycling / Scrapping Policy of Gujarat.


It was decided that necessary orders and SOP will be issued by Gujarat Maritime Board / Ports & Transport Department,” the minutes of the meeting held earlier this year read.


In the ship recycling / breaking business, vehicle scrapping is seen as a natural extension


Apart from senior officials of the Union Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and representatives of the Gujarat Maritime Board and Ship Recycling Industries Association (India), the January meeting was chaired by one of the Union Ministers.

It was also decided at the meeting that a BIS team shall visit Alang – the country’s largest ship breaking centre - to study the ground activity of the Ship Recycling.


As per data available from the Gujarat Maritime Board in Alang, the number of ships broken in the yards have plunged to one of the lowest since FY12.


Ship breaking activity was one of the highest in FY12 with 415 ships coming in. But activities have since then dropped. FY21, being a Covid year, was one of the worst with just 187 ships being broken.


Numbers improved slightly in FY22, with 209 ships coming in.


Till December 31 of this fiscal, ship breaking activity at Alang was 91 only.

In light displacement tonnage (calculated in million tonnes), numbers dropped from 3.9 mt in FY12 to 1.5 mt in FY22. In FY23 (till Dec) it was 0.9 mt.

================================================MY  TAKE  :

Ø  Car Grave-Yard of World ? ………………………………… 14 Feb 2018


Extract :

    But , if entire World wants to switch over to Electric Vehicles in nest 20 years, then

    the number of Petrol – Diesel vehicles to be scrapped could well be 200  Million

    per year !

 

Of this , India should target to capture a 25 % market share , at 50 million

vehicles per year ( inclusive of scrapping of our own old vehicles )

 

    Car scrap/recycle yards around the World, just do not have the capacity to scrap /

    recycle 200 Million vehicles per year ( - a 7 FOLD jump from current 30 million )

 

    In any case , car scraping / recycling is considered a “ dirty business  “ in

    developed countries

 

    In developed countries , labour costs are very high ( as much as 20 – 30 times of

    prevalent labour costs in developing countries ), making this industry , a “ high

    cost “ industry


Take the example of ALANG SHIP BREAKING YARD in Gujarat , with following

figures :

WHAT  SHOULD  BE  THE  NEXT  STEP ?

 

    Start a new initiative called “  Break  In  India 

 

   Set up 100 Alang type “ CAR GRAVE YARDS “ all

   along the vast Indian coast  


Each Car Grave Yard to house 100 Car Braking Units (

total of 10,000 units )

 

Each unit would have ( mandated ) minimum

scrapping capacity of 5,000 vehicles per year ,

aggregating 50 million vehicles per year ( our 25 %

market share )


    

With Regard,


Hemen Parekh

www.hemenparekh.ai  /  03  March  2023

 


Related Readings :

 

Nitin Gadkari : looks far into Future and dreams Big ………[19 Sept 2022 ]

 

2016

Ø  PIYUSH PLAN ?                                         …………[ 27 Mar 2016 ]

Ø  Young or Old ?..................................................[ 27 Aug 2016 ]

Ø  From OLD to NEW ? No , go NEWER !.................. [ 22 Sept 2016 ]

 

2018

Ø  Car Grave-Yard of World ? …………………………………………[ 14 Feb 2018 ]

Ø  One door closes ; Another opens …………………………….. [ 27 Feb 2018 ]

Ø  Mahindra Accelo : Saluting a pioneer………………………….[ 19 June 2018 ]

Ø  Scrapping Old Vehicles : Swiss Challenge Solution …..[ 24 July 2018 ]

Ø  Rename it , “ Vehicle Recycle Policy “ ………………………..[ 08 Aug 2018 ]

Ø  Better Late than Never !......................................... [ 01 Nov 2018 ]

Ø  Missing piece of Jigsaw Puzzle ? ………………………………….[ 15 Nov 2018 ]

 

2019

Ø  FAME II > FAME III > FAME IV……………………………………. [ 05 Mar 2019 ]

 

2020

Ø  I conceive , I conceive , I conceive !......................... [ 25 Feb 2020 ]

Ø  Dead on Arrival ? …………………………………………………………..[ 19 July 2020 ]

Ø  Alang : Junkyard ? Scrapyard ? SaveYard ?................ [ 12 Dec 2020 ]

 

2021

Ø  Vehicle Scrapping Policy  ........................................[ 03 Feb 2021 ]