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Artificial Intelligence:The Need for Human Control

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  Media Swaraj | मीडिया स्वराज Artificial Intelligence Model Dangers of Artificial Intelligence: The Need for Human control Why human control on AI is needed Media Swaraj July 17, 2024  There is the need for responsible Artificial Intelligence AI development with appropriate human control , ensuring that AI complements human capabilities, augments well-being, and prioritises human values like empathy, creativity, and dignity keeping ethics at its centre.  Dr. Siby K. Joseph Siby K Joseph is an eminent Gandhian scholar Prof. K. Sachidanandan, well known poet and critic was right when he said we do not know what someone like Mahatma Gandhi would have said about the discovery of Artificial Intelligence. K. Sachidanandan further asserted that Gandhi was not against technology as some people seem to think. But he was worried about the ethical implications of technology. In the case of AI he is not likely to have taken a different position.  The following are the words utt...

National Convention

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 Bharat Jodo  Abhiyan: National Convention,Sevagram  July 8-9,2024 गुजरातमध्ये वातावरण बदलतेय….केवळ संघ आणि भाजपचा पराभव हाच आमचा….. देशावरील संकट संपले नसून यापुढे कठीण लढाई लढायची आहे, असे प्रतिपादन भारत जोडो अभियानचे राष्ट्रीय संयोजक योगेंद्र यादव यांनी केले. Written by लोकसत्ता टीम वर्धा July 8, 2024 19:37 IST Follow Us कॉमेंट लिहा yogendra yadav गुजरातमध्ये वातावरण बदलतेय....केवळ संघ आणि भाजपचा पराभव हाच आमचा....  (छायाचित्र - लोकसत्ता टीम) वर्धा : देशावरील संकट संपले नसून यापुढे कठीण लढाई लढायची आहे, असे प्रतिपादन भारत जोडो अभियानचे राष्ट्रीय संयोजक योगेंद्र यादव यांनी केले. भारत जोडो अभियानची दोन दिवसीय राष्ट्रीय बैठक आज सेवाग्राम येथे सुरू झाली. देशभरातून अडीशेवर प्रमुख कार्यकर्ते यात सहभागी झाले आहेत. बैठकीच्या उद्घाटनप्रसंगी योगेंद्र यादव यांनी अभियानाची भूमिका मांडली. ते म्हणाले की, या लोकसभा निवडणुकीत देशाची लोकशाही व्यवस्था वाचविण्यात भारत जोडो अभियान यशस्वी ठरले आहे. पंतप्रधान नरेंद्र मोदी यांचा नैतिक पराभव झाला आहे. इंडिया आघाडीला बहूमत मिळाले नसले तरी...

Plantation Drive

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  Efforts to make Sevagram Road Green  On July 1, 2024 Nisarg Seva Samiti , Wardha took the initiative to plant   saplings of Neem trees in the road side just opposite to the ashram. The plantation drive started from the premises of the Library , research centre and museum premises. It will continue up to Sevagram chowk. This was done  with the support of individuals who had donated tree guards in the loving memory of their  family members.  The programme of tree plantation and its maintenance  was organized with support of Nai Talim Samiti. Teachers and students of Anand Niketan school, Sevagram  joined hands with   Nisarg Seva Samiti , Wardha in this mission. Shri Muralidhar Belkhode, President of the Samiti coordinated the programme. Shri. Vijay Tambe, Secretary of Sevagram Ashram also joined hands with a number of public personalities related to various organizations in the plantation drive. Prior to  the plantation drive  ...

Ashadevi Aryanayakam

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Asha Devi Aryanayakam : A Dedicated  Educationist                                                         Siby K. Joseph   “The Secretaries of the Hindustani Talimi Sangh are Aryanayakam and his wife. They too are votaries of truth and non-violence. I am busy otherwise and they have to run the scheme. They are the moving spirit behind Nayee Talim. It is not even Zakir Saheb. He is only the President. If Aryanayakum and Asha Devi abandoned it the scheme would collapse. It is not an organization which can run on its own.”  M. K. Gandhi , Speech at Prayer Meeting New Delhi, December 14, 1947 A sha Devi and her husband Aryanayakam were the moving spirit  behind Gandhi’s  revolutionary scheme of education. It was through them Gandhi spread his scheme of Basic Education or  Nai Talim which he placed before the coun...

Charkha Room in a Nagpur School Times of India Report

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When a Nagpur School decided to start  a Charkha room not many were convinced the idea would tick. Nine months down the line, Bapu's good old charkha, like always, triumphed& guided children away from smartphone-induced vices like edginess and aggressive behaviour  Times City  Sunday Times of India , Nagpur, June 30, 2024 p .8  

Remembering Ashadevi and E.W.Aryanayakam

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Ma- Baba  Smriti Diwas    To pay tributes to Ashadevi  and E. W. Aryanayakam, Nai Talim Samiti Sevagram  organized  a prayer meeting at  Anandwan   Samadhi Sthal  on June 30, 2024. The teachers and staff members of the Samiti conducted the interreligious prayer.  Dr. Prabhakar Pusadkar, Secretary, Nai Talim Samiti, Sevagram addressed the gathering after the prayer meeting.  He gave a brief outline of the life and work of Ashadevi   and E. W. Aryanayakam,  and their contributions in furthering Gandhi’s vision of Nai Talim.  The Aryanayakam  couple had intimate  relations with the Nai talim community  and they were described as  Ma- Baba.   Dr. Siby K. Joseph , Director, Library and Research  Centre, Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan, Wardha also spoke on the occasion. As June 30 marks the death anniversary of  Ashadevi  Aryanayakam he spoke about her unique personal...

Sansthakul June 2024, Vol.54, N0.3

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