Re: [silk] The Need for Guaranteed Basic Income or why Kiran is worried sick
The anthropologist cringes. see here for a great article on this very issue: http://theappendix.net/issues/2014/4/the-history-of-mana-how-an-austronesian-concept-became-a-video-game-mechanic ck > On Apr 28, 2016, at 11:28 PM, Kiran K Karthikeyan > wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 12:33 PM Vinay Rao wrote: > >> >> >> The concept of a Universal Comfortable Life (as an inference from Universal >> Basic Income) is interesting. I'm reminded after long, of this - now old - >> initially dystopian, and then hopeful story from Marshall Brain. >> http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm > > > Any silklister in Infosys top management who can confirm if the article > shared by Vinay is the inspiration for the name Infosys picked? > > http://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/corporate/infosys-launches-artificial-intelligence-platform-mana/52036896 > > > Kiran > -- > Regards, > Kiran
Re: [silk] The Need for Guaranteed Basic Income or why Kiran is worried sick
On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 4:00 PM, Thaths wrote: > "Software services major Infosys has launched an artificial intelligence > platform 'Mana' that will help clients drive automation and innovation." > > WTF does that even mean?! Tovarisch, please report for reeducation.
Re: [silk] The Need for Guaranteed Basic Income or why Kiran is worried sick
> On 29-Apr-2016, at 16:00, Thaths wrote: > > "Software services major Infosys has launched an artificial intelligence > platform 'Mana' that will help clients drive automation and innovation." > > WTF does that even mean?! Don't you know? Everything a software services major does helps clients drive innovation somehow. When they add people, lay off people, launch platforms, rebrand themselves, build new campus, buy another firm And have you noticed: they don't start a new line of business, they launch platforms They don't help make changes, they drive innovation They don't lay off, they rightsize They don't start another building, they unveil a campus "They" in this case are every single big business in the English speaking world! Sorry for the rants! Regards, Mohit
Re: [silk] The Need for Guaranteed Basic Income or why Kiran is worried sick
On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 4:28 PM Kiran K Karthikeyan < kiran.karthike...@gmail.com> wrote: > Any silklister in Infosys top management who can confirm if the article > shared by Vinay is the inspiration for the name Infosys picked? > > > http://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/corporate/infosys-launches-artificial-intelligence-platform-mana/52036896 > > "Software services major Infosys has launched an artificial intelligence platform 'Mana' that will help clients drive automation and innovation." WTF does that even mean?! Thaths
