the meaning of life (or lack thereof) — Often times, we find ourselves mindlessly following a system, the groundwork of which society has neatly laid out for us. It is easy to get sucked in the cycle; birth → school → university → job → 🪦. This is a well-trodden path, easy to follow but lacking in surprises…

From a (former) personality type obsessor — Myers-Briggs, Enneagram, Big Five: All names given to tests with the same objective of assessing human personality and fitting people into simple categorization schemes neatly. While some swear by its results, feeling seen and understood, others call it ‘astrology for nerds’ and compare it to horoscopes. …

Part 3/3: Building a neural network for the MNIST dataset to develop intuitive understanding — In the last article, we learnt how a neural network works and the essential mathematical operations that go into spitting out an accurate outcome. Now, its time to get some of that action and build one yourself! Our Dataset for Today: MNIST Dataset You might have noticed me throwing around the handwritten digits example in the…

Part 2/3: Introduction to AI, ML and now, Deep Learning — In the previous article, I had briefly touched upon the many wonders of the way our brain works, including how effortlessly our brain can read handwritten digits:

An Introduction To Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning — Part I — What did you do this morning? You might say you decided what to eat for breakfast, brushed your teeth, texted your friend and so on. What I want you to do is to think over all of these activities and how beautifully complex they can be had we not been…

How Modern Meadow is creating lab-grown leather to clothe the world, sustainably. — Heads up: This article contains some technical details, written in boxes like this one. If you're not looking for such a heavy read, feel free to ignore them and you'll be good! You can also read this article on the Snipette website to toggle the technical parts on and off. …

A Guide To Brain-Computer Interfaces — ✨Recommended Article: https://sayyidaraniahashim.medium.com/meet-your-brain-1e749cd0860 Have you ever come across the popular myth, “you only use 10% of your brain”? I have. Being the type of person obsessed with “potential”, I remember sitting up straight, giving my undivided attention to what followed this quote. …

First part of “Lighting Up Your World” article (about optogenetics for mental health disorders) — Laughter. Joy. Cheers. That’s right, you are in a stand-up comedy show. The thing is you aren’t feeling any of this; no happy emotion is evoked in such cases for you. On the contrary, you are self-loathing. You feel different and weird among the rest, so you throw in a…

The Dark Truth Behind Milk… and a potential TECH SOLUTION! — Recommended Read (if you don’t know the basics of protein production): https://sayyidaraniahashim.medium.com/from-dna-to-protein-the-basics-of-protein-synthesis-ede3d8fc3c0b Complete Food. Well-balanced Food. Wholesome Food. Yeah, you get it. I’m referring to the heavenly white liquid we call cow milk. But has anyone also told you these names: