Its better to have tried

‘Tis better to have tried in vain,
Sincerely striving for a goal,
Than to have lived upon the plain
An idle and a timid soul.

‘Tis better to have fought and spent
Your courage missing all applause,
Than to have lived in smug content
And never ventured for a cause.

For he who tries and fails may be
The founder of a better day;
Though never his the victory,
From him shall others learn the way.

– By  Edgar A. Guest

I once read this quote in my grandfather’s handbook. I find it impressive and worth a share…

The enigmatic state of mind

Sometimes i marvel at the thought of ‘Doomsday’. So, does it even arrive or is it the paralysis of analysis that has caught me wondering a lot more about it?

Then suddenly i prefer not to waste my time thinking about this, now because of 2 specific reasons that just popped up in my mind – First, if it were to happen, i.e, “The day of the Last Judgment” as they say, then i should be doing some real productive work or something that makes me feel happy, given the prognostication that we’re all gonna die. Secondly, now if the prophecy were spurious, I and every other person on this planet, would have to live our daily lives anyways. so why not work according to a plan. So these were my thoughts yesterday. today i saw and experienced things that again changed my viewpoints. so again am thinking. I wish i could have a perfect control over my mind and work according to a plan, indifferent to public opinions and happenings that mostly get me confused.

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Artificial Intelligence: My latest obsession
I’d Like to see my very own Bot’s name in here, someday !
 

I have developed a sudden interest in Artificial Intelligence these days. From a long time, i was hoping to find a particular stream of my interest, in the field of computer science. Well,now it seems that I am close to finding one ! Good for me, because I am likely one of those few people, who develop interest in whatever new they find out (obviously the subject of interest has to be a good one), and then after going through a lot of such ‘subjects’, they find themselves in a situation where they have a lot (of choices) but actually HAVE NONE (perfection).
I hope you get it ! I don’t want to become a Jack-of-all-trades-but-perfect-in-none. Rather, it would look nice if one has knowledge about everything, while mastery in something….
Moreover, since AI is also related to ‘Perception’ (of a machine), which includes topics such as facial/hand/body gesture recognition and object tracking technology, which again interests me a lot. Hence, No doubt it is my newly found love !
Hope I continue my journey in this area.

May the source be with you !