Sometimes, you need multiple approaches for different parts of a problem. Increasingly, agents are making this easier. For example, at MSCI, we’re using Google Translate to translate PDFs. Sometimes it does a great job. For example, here’s Hyundai’s E&C Sustainability Report, 2026, in Korean. It was translated perfectly by Google Translate. At other times, it does a terrible job. For example, here’s Pakistan’s Power Cement Annual Report 2026 in Urdu: ...
I was watching Vaa Vaathiyar which has a short clip of MGR speaking. It’s either AI-generated or mimic-ed and it wasn’t bad. I used ffmpeg to record the audio from the film, transcribed it via Gemini 3 Pro on AI Studio with the prompt: Transcribe this into Tamil … which gave me: ராமு… என்ன செய்திருக்கிறாய் நீ… வாத்தியார் கேட்கிறேன் சொல் நிமிர்ந்து பார்க்க கூட தைரியம் இல்லையா… ஓடாதே… நில்… Translation: Ramu… What have you done… Vaathiyar (MGR) is asking, tell me Don’t you have the courage to stand up and look at me… Don’t run… stop… ...
I’ve been reading books using AI. Today, I used Gemini while watching a TV show. (Not to watch TV - just while watching TV.) There’s this scene in Iru Dhuruvam Season 2 with a sheet of paper with Tamil text on it. The script was small and I couldn’t read it clearly. (I’m pretty slow at reading Tamil anyway.) So I took a screenshot (Linux is great that way - you can record screenshots from any video player) and asked Gemini: ...
I was watching Vasu while Codex-ing and came across this dialogue: Here’s the dialogue, recorded via ffmpeg, transcribed via AI Studio: మీ నాన్న మిమ్మల్ని పోలీస్ ఆఫీసర్ అవ్వమని అడిగితే అయ్యారా? మీకు ఇష్టం కాబట్టి అయ్యారు. సచిన్ టెండూల్కర్ ని ఇంజనీర్ ని చేయాలని వాళ్ళ నాన్న అనుకుని ఉంటే, ఇండియా ఒక గొప్ప క్రికెటర్ ని మిస్ అయ్యేది. విశ్వనాథ్ ఆనంద్ ని డాక్టర్ ని చేయాలని వాళ్ళ అమ్మ కోరుకుని ఉంటే, ఇండియాకి ఓ గ్రాండ్ మాస్టర్ ఉండేవాడు కాదు. ...
Thanks Pratap Vardhan – this was my best birthday gift this year! LinkedIn
I accidentally pressed the emergency button in the toilet. I was smarter this time, unlike earlier. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sanand0_chatgpt-llm-activity-7246836804249628672-5QXy/ I asked #ChatGPT which (unhelpfully) told me that “Typically, these buttons cannot be turned off”. I called the reception who couldn’t understand a word of what I said. “Do you want water?” they asked when I told them “I pressed the emergency button in the bathroom. So, I went to ChatGPT’s advanced voice mode (I’m so grateful it was enabled last week) and said, “Translate everything I say into Korean. ...
An animated description of how DNA gets converted to proteins.
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The American declaration of independence in American.
Bhagavad Gita online. Has audio, translations in several languages, etc. Very well organised. The final quote was very fitting for Mr. Krishnan’s IIMPressions, incidentally.