The Meaning of Human Existence, by Sankar Chatterjee

Simi Smith, an artificial intelligence expert was burning her midnight oil, tweaking her latest creation, a chatbot capable of converting prompts to visual images. She posed the query “Princess Kate shopping at Harrods”; an image of beaming princess shopping jewelry appeared. But to the prompt “Prince Harry promoting Spare”, the program revolted, demanding more cerebral input.

Simi quoted Greek philosopher Heraclitus: “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” The program obliged with a mystic image, reflecting the wisdom “Everything must change continuously for our universe’s operation.”

(Image credit: Neera Chatterjee)