Sramana Mitra: Now, let’s shift to medical imaging, which is another area where AI is having lots of impact. There are lots of companies working in this field, and lots of entrepreneurial efforts going on in this field. The question that I’m of thinking about is that, are these going to be unicorn style opportunities?
>>>Sramana Mitra: Google’s AlphaFold is a good example of a model. A lot of scientists have been given access to it at an affordable price point. The impact it is having on scientific discovery and research is humongous. Somewhere in this continuum, I see that there’s a missing area where there is no Platform as a Service (PaaS) like AlphaFold that scientists can tap into to do drug discovery work using AI.
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Sramana Mitra: We just discussed very thoroughly the K through 12, but in higher education, where we are dealing with much more complex topics and material, having the framework of a college or a university framework of teachers and professors, having a grading system or a degree system etc. and being part of that construct is actually helpful.
>>>I’m publishing this series on LinkedIn called Colors to explore a topic that I care deeply about: the Renaissance Mind. I am just as passionate about entrepreneurship, technology, and business, as I am about art and culture. In this series, I will typically publish a piece of art – one of my paintings – and I request you to spend a minute or two deeply meditating on it. I urge you to watch your feelings, thoughts, reactions to the piece, and write what comes to you, what thoughts it triggers, in the dialog area. Let us see what stimulation this interaction yields. For today – Heavy Sky II
Heavy Sky II | Sramana Mitra, 2022 | Watercolor, Ink | 9 x 12, On Paper