Shireen's Reflections
Ancient wisdom for the age of algorithms and AI.
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What Came Through the AI Door
We set out to build a better autocomplete. The rest was an accident.
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The Throne He Refused (Ramayana, 20)
Bharata Came Home to Find Everything Gone. What He Did Next Nobody Had Asked Him to Do.
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The King Who Called a Name (Ramayana, 19)
Dasharatha Did Not Die From Illness. He Died From What He Had Done.
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Does AI Understand?
The oldest question hiding inside the newest technology. What AI forces us to ask about mind, matter, and the soul.
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The Queen Nobody Talks About (Ramayana, 18)
Sumitra Did Not Break. That Is Why Nobody Noticed Her.
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The Yes That Changed Everything (Ramayana, 17)
Three People Were Asked to Give Up Everything. Each of Them Said Yes Differently.
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What Happened When I Sat Still Long Enough for the Poison to Rise
The Poison That Comes Up First
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The Woman Who Loved Rama (Ramayana, 16)
Kaikeyi Did Not Begin as a Villain. She Was Made Into One Over the Course of a Single Night.
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Before the Storm (Ramayana, 15)
Sita Had Been in Ayodhya for Four Years. She Knew Exactly What She Had.
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Spiritual Pornography
On what gets consumed instead of practiced
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The Bow and the Girl (Ramayana, 14)
Sita Had Been Watching All Day. Nobody Who Had Walked Up to That Bow Had Been Him.
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The Child in the Furrow (Ramayana, 13)
Janaka Had Learned to Hold Everything as a Trustee. Then He Found Something He Could Not Hold That Way.
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