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src/content/blog/2025-09-23-ten-years-iitgn/index.md

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 title: Ten years at IITGN
-description: A milestone worth reflecting on
+description: A feel-good milestone!
 date: 2025-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
 tags:
   - iitgn

src/content/blog/2025-11-17-iisc-time-tracking/index.md

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 Research is not a 9-to-5 job. The nature of intellectual work means that breakthroughs don't follow a punch clock. Some of my best ideas come during walks, in the shower, or at 2 AM.
 
 ![](./G567YZgXoAAwHPU.jpg)
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 *Originally posted on [Twitter](https://x.com/neeldhara/status/1990234115510010029)*

src/content/blog/2026-02-20-value-of-things-comment/index.md

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-title: On AI, Meaning, and Interactive Narratives
-description: A comment on Bob Nystrom's "The Value of Things" - reflecting on utility vs meaning in AI usage
+title: Does efficiency reduce value?
+description: Bob Nystrom's "The Value of Things"
 date: 2026-02-20T00:00:00.000Z
 tags:
   - ai
   - creativity
   - meaning
-  - interactive-fiction
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-Beautiful read (as always)! Lyria 3's drop reminded me to read this again :)
+Bob Nystrom's blog on [The Value of Things](https://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2026/01/24/the-value-of-things/) resonated a lot. Reminded me, among other things, of this popular quip:
 
-Ioana Pioaru, an artist whose work I enjoy very much on Instagram, said of [the abusive use of] AI that "...the one thing that it will never steal from you (unless you allow it): your love for your own art and the process of art making."
+![](./GPi6FwTXEAAPLjz.png)
 
-source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOiqrt9iB-2/
+Ioana Pioaru, an artist whose work I enjoy very much on Instagram, [said](https://www.instagram.com/p/DOiqrt9iB-2/) of (the abusive use of) AI that "...the one thing that it will never steal from you (unless you allow it): your love for your own art and the process of art making."
 
-LLMs have sparked joy for me on one front: the making of interactive narratives (a la Nicky Case) --- something I always wanted to do and had ideas for, but found the technical side daunting/tedious (read: lazy me). Now it feels empowering to be able to try... it's probably mostly utility from a certain PoV but for me it also has some degree of meaning because of my own long-time frustration at not being able to do this sort of thing, and now suddenly being somewhat able to :D
+LLMs have sparked joy for me on one front: the making of interactive narratives (a la [Nicky Case](https://ncase.me)) --- something I always wanted to do and had ideas for, but found the technical side daunting/tedious (read: lazy me). Now it feels empowering to be able to try... from a certain PoV, one could argue that this is a utility creation thing... but for me it also has some degree of meaning because of my own long-time frustration at not being able to do this sort of thing, and now suddenly being somewhat able to!
 
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+PS. While I don't particularly look forward to doing my laundry and dishes, there is something to be said of the mundane. I am not sure what it looks like when all of it goes away. [Timothy Gowers](https://x.com/wtgowers) [asked](https://x.com/wtgowers/status/1644727938678497280?s=46) on X:
 
-*Originally a [comment](https://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2026/01/24/the-value-of-things/) on Bob Nystrom's excellent essay "[The Value of Things](https://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2026/01/24/the-value-of-things/)"*
+> A thought experiment. Suppose that society reorganized itself so that the AI profits were shared out, rather than making just a few people very rich, so that one could have a comfortable life without working. What would people do? What would give life its meaning?
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+A lot hanging on the "suppose", nonetheless an interesting thought experiment!