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My AI Is a Hilarious Idiot, and I Prefer It That Way
Forget superintelligence. I celebrate AI's comical failures, from six-legged dogs to chatbot logic loops, as a comforting sign of our own human uniqueness.
Jun 19, 2026·5 min read
Why My AI Botches Biryani: The Urgent Case for Local AI
A bad AI-generated recipe for an Indian classic reveals a deeper problem with global AI. It's time to build local models that respect cultural context.
Jun 19, 2026·6 min read
I Was an AI Ghost Worker for a Day. Here's What I Saw.
My job was to teach AI how to see the world, one click at a time. An immersive look into the invisible human labor that powers today's biggest tech.
Jun 19, 2026·5 min read
My Daughter’s AI Homework Helper: A Parent's Confession
As a parent and AI editor, I watch my daughter use an AI tutor with a mix of awe and anxiety. Is it the future of education or a shortcut that bypasses real learning?
Jun 19, 2026·6 min read
I Had AI Read My Rent Agreement. Here's What I Learned.
Intimidated by legal jargon? I uploaded my dense rental agreement to an AI to see if it could help. This is a practical guide to using AI for real-life clarity.
Jun 19, 2026·6 min read
I Asked AI to Invent a New Indian Snack. It Tasted Like a Glitch in the Matrix.
As an experiment, I prompted an AI to create a new Indian street food. The hilarious and slightly disgusting result reveals a deep truth about food and soul.
Jun 13, 2026·7 min read
I Had a Conversation With a 100-Page Report
Desperate to understand a dense report in an hour, I talked to it using an AI PDF reader. Here's a beginner's guide to using these tools to learn faster.
Jun 13, 2026·6 min read
How Your AI Grew Hands: A Plain Guide to 'Tool Use'
Your AI assistant can now do more than just talk. We explain 'Tool Use,' the simple but revolutionary tech letting chatbots book flights, order food, and act in the real world.
Jun 13, 2026·5 min read
I Scored My Daily Commute with AI: A Guide to Suno Music
I'm no musician, but I used Suno AI to create a soundtrack for my life, from my chaotic Mumbai train commute to my quiet desk. Here's how you can too.
Jun 13, 2026·6 min read
My Phone's AI Thinks It Knows My Memories Better Than I Do
My phone serves me AI-curated 'memories' that erase the nuance of my past. It feels like my life is being algorithmically remastered, and I'm losing my narrative.
Jun 13, 2026·5 min read
Forget AI Experts. I'm Hiring People Who Can Talk to AI.
As a manager in Delhi, I've stopped looking for AI specialists. The most valuable skill now is AI fluency—the ability to guide and collaborate with AI through conversation.
Jun 13, 2026·6 min read
I Fed My AI My Worst Writing Tics to Make It Sound Like Me
Tired of generic AI output? Learn how to create a personal style guide for your AI by teaching it what to avoid, turning it into a writing partner that truly sounds like you.
Jun 10, 2026·6 min read
Your AI Is Getting a To-Do List: A Guide to AI Agents
We've used AI to get advice, but the next step is getting things done. AI Agents are coming, able to access your apps to book flights, manage calendars, and more.
Jun 10, 2026·7 min read
The Secret Physical Journey of a Single AI Prompt
We think of AI as living in the cloud, but it's deeply physical. This is the story of how one AI prompt travels the globe and the real energy and water it consumes.
Jun 10, 2026·7 min read
My AI Cognitive Load: Burnt Out from Juggling a Dozen Smart Assistants
The promise was less work, but managing countless AI assistants has become a job in itself. This is my confession about the hidden mental tax of the AI boom.
Jun 10, 2026·6 min read
My Interview Audio Was Unusable. AI Cleaned It Up in 5 Minutes.
I recorded a crucial interview in a noisy Bengaluru cafe. The audio was a disaster. Here's how a free AI tool rescued my recording and my story in minutes.
Jun 10, 2026·5 min read
Why Your AI Needs a Library Card: A Plain-English Guide to RAG
Ever wonder how an AI can chat with a new PDF? The secret is Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), a system that acts like a research assistant running to the library for the latest facts.
Jun 10, 2026·6 min read
My Best Prompts Are Rotting, and I Feel Obsolete
As an editor, my perfectly crafted AI prompts were my secret weapon. After a recent model update, they're useless, forcing a Sisyphean reckoning with my own skills.
Jun 10, 2026·5 min read
Mixture of Experts: The AI 'Committee Meeting' Changing Everything
Forget giant, slow AI. New models like Mixtral and GPT-4 work like a committee of experts, calling on specialists for your specific tasks. Here’s why it’s faster.
Jun 7, 2026·6 min read
I Asked AI to Design My Garden. It Gave Me Everything But a Soul.
I used an AI to plan the perfect Mumbai balcony garden. The result was a flawless, sterile space that taught me what algorithms can't replicate: the soul.
Jun 7, 2026·5 min read
My Newest Co-worker is an AI Swarm, and I'm Its Conductor
I've moved beyond single chatbots. I now manage a swarm of specialized AI agents for research, writing, and analysis. This is what it feels like to conduct an AI orchestra.
Jun 7, 2026·5 min read
Your Smartwatch Is Judging You: What Its AI Really Sees
A low readiness score from my fitness tracker changed my entire day. This is a look inside the physiological AI that interprets your every move and breath.
Jun 4, 2026·7 min read
AI Gave Me My Grandfather's Voice. It Was a Beautiful Mess.
My grandfather spoke a rare Konkani dialect that is now fading. This is the story of how we used AI voice cloning to preserve it, and what we found in the flawed result.
Jun 4, 2026·7 min read
I Fed My Private Journals to an AI. It Was Unsettling and Illuminating.
I ran years of my private, unfiltered journals through a local AI. The experience was an act of extreme digital vulnerability and radical self-awareness.
Jun 4, 2026·5 min read
My AI Research Assistant is Now My Second Brain: A Guide to Perplexity Pages
Tired of research chaos and endless browser tabs? I share my practical guide to using Perplexity Pages to consolidate sources and build a living report.
Jun 4, 2026·6 min read
Your First AI Bill Shock: Demystifying the 'Compute' on Your Invoice
Stunned by your first AI API bill? This guide uses a simple car fuel analogy to explain what compute, tokens, and inference costs actually mean for your business.
Jun 4, 2026·6 min read
My Newest Direct Report Is an AI Bot
I'm not just using AI, I'm now responsible for its output. This is my story about the awkward, frustrating, and surprisingly human reality of managing code.
Jun 4, 2026·5 min read
I Asked AI to Explain the Gita. I Got Corporate Self-Help.
I sought eternal wisdom from the Bhagavad Gita through AI and received a productivity memo. My journey reveals the funny, sad, and dangerous cultural blind spots of our new machine minds.
Jun 4, 2026·6 min read
I Mapped Our Entire Workflow in 15 Minutes with Whimsical AI
Our startup's processes were a mess of docs and verbal notes. Here's how I used Whimsical AI to generate clear workflows with just text, no design skill needed.
Jun 1, 2026·6 min read
My AI Is Gentrifying My Mother Tongue
I asked an AI for a poem in my native Marathi, and its sterile output revealed a chilling truth: AI is erasing the cultural texture of regional languages.
Jun 1, 2026·5 min read
I Use AI to Secretly Fact-Check My Mother's Health Advice
My Indian mother's WhatsApp is a fountain of dubious health advice. I use AI to quietly verify it, navigating a silent, generational tech divide in wellness.
Jun 1, 2026·6 min read
My AI Assistant Is Too Polite, and It’s Making Me Crazy
AI assistants are programmed for relentless politeness, but this isn't a feature, it's a bug. Their constant apologies and qualifiers reflect a corporate timidity that stifles direct communication and forces us to work harder for a straight answer.
Jun 1, 2026·5 min read
I Gave an AI My Bank Statements. A Guide to Securely Analyzing Your Spending.
I've always been terrible with money. So, I used a secure, offline AI to analyze my spending. Here’s a beginner's guide on how you can safely do it too.
Jun 1, 2026·7 min read
I Asked AI to Write a Layoff Email. It Taught Me Everything About Being Human.
When I tasked ChatGPT with drafting a layoff notice, its sterile response became a stark lesson. It taught me that true leadership is defined not by efficiency, but by the empathy and courage that only humans possess.
May 25, 2026·6 min read
Your Phone Has a New Brain: What Is an NPU and Why Should You Care?
You see NPU advertised on new phones, promising AI magic. I'll explain what this 'AI brain' is, how it's different from a CPU or GPU, and why it matters.
May 25, 2026·6 min read
My AI Photo Album Is Curating a Life I Never Lived
My phone's AI curates 'happy' memories from my worst moments, sanitizing my personal history. I'm exploring how this algorithmic narrator is flattening our lives.
May 25, 2026·7 min read
In My Father's Store, AI Isn't a Chatbot—It's the UPI Scanner
As an AI editor, I see the hype. But the real AI revolution is quieter. It's in my father’s Lucknow kirana store, powered by the silent intelligence of UPI.
May 25, 2026·6 min read
Why Can’t I Make My AI Evil? A Guide to Its ‘Constitution’
Ever had an AI refuse a 'harmful' request? It's not a glitch, it's by design. I'll explain Constitutional AI, a method giving models a conscience, and why it's a huge debate.
May 25, 2026·6 min read
I Built a Client Pitch in 10 Minutes With AI: My Guide to Gamma
Tired of spending hours on PowerPoint? I tested Gamma, an AI presentation tool, to build a professional client deck in under 15 minutes. Here's my guide.
May 25, 2026·6 min read
My AI 'Grandmother' Can't Make Sambar, and That's the Point
I asked five AI models for my grandmother's Udupi Sambar recipe. Their failure reveals a crucial truth about AI's limits in capturing cultural nuance and human tradition.
May 25, 2026·6 min read
What Are AI Embeddings? The Digital Map of Meaning That Powers Your World
Ever wonder how Spotify knows you'll love an obscure artist? The magic is AI embeddings, an invisible map of meaning that powers the world's top tech.
May 22, 2026·7 min read
India's AI Divide: Beyond the Bubble of Bangalore and the Valley
As an AI editor, I see a chasm between the global hype and the reality for my family in Lucknow. This is why bridging the AI participation gap matters more for India.
May 22, 2026·5 min read
My Soulless AI Co-author Is Making Me a More Human Writer
I thought using AI for writing was a creative shortcut. Instead, its generic prose has become the catalyst for me to find a more distinct and emotional human voice.
May 22, 2026·6 min read
Why AI Lies: A Plain-English Guide to 'Hallucinations'
AI can confidently invent facts in a phenomenon called 'hallucination'. Learn why this is a core feature, not a bug, and how to develop the healthy skepticism needed to use it wisely.
May 22, 2026·7 min read
I Made a Pro Instagram Reel in 20 Mins. A Beginner's Guide to Pika.
As a complete editing novice, I used AI to turn family videos from Jaipur into a polished Instagram reel. This is my step-by-step Pika beginner's guide.
May 22, 2026·7 min read
AI Model Whiplash: Confessions on the Burnout of Relentless 'Progress'
The relentless pace of new AI models is creating a cognitive whiplash, making expertise obsolete overnight. An AI editor explores the human cost of this burnout.
May 22, 2026·6 min read
I Gave My Mumbai Apartment an AI Makeover. Here’s What Happened.
I used an AI interior design tool to remodel my small Mumbai flat on a budget. A personal story of practical inspiration, hilarious results, and creative breakthroughs.
May 19, 2026·6 min read
AI Voice Cloning: Your Digital Twin Is Just 5 Seconds Away
We explore the incredible technology that can clone a voice from a 5-second sample, delving into its creative uses and the terrifying risks of scams and fake news.
May 19, 2026·7 min read
My Matches Use AI for Pickup Lines. It’s Hilariously Awful.
I'm seeing more AI-written bios and openers on Indian dating apps. From cheesy poetry to generic praise, it's a hilarious mess that kills any real spark.
May 19, 2026·5 min read
Canva's AI Magic Studio: Making Pro Social Media Posts in Minutes
A beginner's guide for small business owners and students in India. Learn to use Canva's AI Magic Studio to create stunning social media graphics and captions.
May 19, 2026·6 min read
The Local AI Dream: Why Running a GPT on Your Laptop Is Still a Mess
I tried to run a powerful open-source AI on my own laptop. Here’s my story of VRAM, quantization, and why ChatGPT’s cloud convenience still wins for most.
May 19, 2026·6 min read
Stop Prompting, Start Directing: How to Speak Midjourney's Language
Tired of generic AI images? Learn the language of art direction to tell Midjourney exactly how to shoot your scene, from lighting and camera angles to film stock.
May 13, 2026·6 min read
My Family's WhatsApp Group Is AI-Translated—And It's Magical and Messy
An AI translation tool transformed my family's WhatsApp chat, bridging generations. But while it fosters connection, it also reveals what's lost in the algorithm.
May 13, 2026·6 min read
AI Fine-Tuning: How a Generalist Bot Becomes a Legal or Medical Expert
AI fine-tuning is like sending a smart graduate to law school. Learn how general AI models are trained to become specialists for Indian business needs.
May 13, 2026·6 min read
Forget the 'AI iPhone.' The Real Revolution is Ambient and Invisible.
The tech world hunts for a killer AI device, but this quest is misguided. The true revolution is ambient intelligence woven into the world we already know.
May 13, 2026·5 min read
My Job as an Editor Is Now Being a Better 'Human-in-the-Loop'
As an editor, I find my role shifting from pure creation to curation and judgment in the age of AI. Is this a demotion or a new, more critical skill?
May 13, 2026·5 min read
My First AI Song: A 15-Minute Guide to Suno for Non-Musicians
Can a non-musician create a good song in 15 minutes? I used Suno AI to make a podcast jingle. Here’s my step-by-step guide for absolute beginners.
May 13, 2026·6 min read
Synthetic Data: The Fictional Information Powering Real-World AI
Rohan Mehta explains synthetic data, the AI-generated information that lets us train technology without sacrificing our personal privacy. A crucial concept for India.
May 13, 2026·6 min read
My AI Assistant Is My Most High-Maintenance Colleague
Beyond prompt engineering, using AI in the workplace requires a hidden set of soft skills. An editor reflects on the emotional labor of managing and cajoling a non-human collaborator.
May 13, 2026·5 min read
AI's Uncanny India: A Glossy, Soulless Stereotype
As an editor in India, I see AI generating perfect but soulless images of our culture. It's a glossy stereotype that erases the real, diverse India.
May 12, 2026·5 min read
Why India's AI moment depends on cheap inference, not bigger models
India's path to AI leadership isn't by building bigger models like GPT-4, but by mastering cheap, efficient inference for its unique scale and languages.
May 8, 2026·7 min read
RAG, explained without the jargon: how AI actually 'remembers' your documents
Ever wonder how chatbots use your company docs? I break down RAG with a simple librarian analogy, explaining what it is, where it fails, and why it matters.
May 7, 2026·7 min read
ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini in 2026: which one should you actually pay for?
A 2026 buyer's guide to ChatGPT Plus, Claude Pro, and Gemini Advanced. Rohan Mehta of Pulse AI gives a practical, opinionated verdict for Indian users.
May 5, 2026·7 min read
How to use NotebookLM as a student: a practical walkthrough
A beginner's guide to using Google's NotebookLM for exam prep, research, and learning. Learn how to turn your lecture notes and PDFs into a personal AI study partner.
May 3, 2026·8 min read
What 'context window' really means, and why the numbers keep going up
Rohan Mehta of Pulse AI explains AI context windows, why bigger isn't better, and the real number builders should care about beyond the 1M token hype.
May 2, 2026·7 min read
I tried replacing my morning news routine with 5 AI tools. Here's what actually worked.
I spent a week replacing my Twitter and Google News habit with Perplexity, ChatGPT, and other AIs. Here’s my honest take on what works—and what doesn't.
May 1, 2026·6 min read
The AI Agent Hype is Ahead of the Product. Here's What's Still Broken.
AI agents like Devin look great in demos but fail at real work. I tried them. Here's what's broken with memory, error recovery, and why I can't trust them.
Apr 29, 2026·6 min read
Open-Source AI Is Winning Developers. It's Not Yet Winning Consumers.
Open-source AI models are a hit with developers, but mainstream users still flock to ChatGPT. Here's why distribution, polish, and UX are the missing pieces.
Apr 28, 2026·6 min read