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Cancer physician, researcher. The Emperor of All Maladies: winner of Pulitzer Prize 2011. The GENE. Columbia Asst Professor. Stem cell biologist. New Yorker !
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Like ma, can a machine ever truly say, ‘I am also yours’?

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By Siddhartha Mukherjee
| The Times of India Verified
It is nearly midnight in New York when my mother Zooms me from India. She is in her kitchen in the home where I grew up, washing rice. I am in my office in Lower Manhattan, sitting cross-legged, programming code. The laptop, bent at its hinge, and my body, bent at the neck, make an imperfect square. My mother scans the screen and notes the topsy-turvy assemblage of computer paraphernalia behind me. Blank, faceless monitors. Wires writhing around each other.
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Like ma, can a machine ever truly say, ‘I am also yours’?

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By Siddhartha Mukherjee
| The Times of India Verified
News Like ma, can a machine ever truly say, ‘I am also yours’? Like ma, can a machine ever truly say, ‘I am also yours’? It is nearly midnight in New York when my mother Zooms me from India. She is in her kitchen in the home where I grew up, washing rice. I am in my office in Lower Manhattan, sitting cross-legged, programming code. The laptop, bent at its hinge, and my body, bent at the neck, make an imperfect square.
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Can We Make A.I. Belong?

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By Siddhartha Mukherjee
| The New York Times Verified
This personal reflection is part of a series called The Big Ideas, in which writers respond to a single question: What drives us? You can read more by visiting The Big Ideas series page. It is nearly midnight in New York when my mother Zooms me from India. She is in her kitchen in the home where I grew up, washing rice. I am in my office in Lower Manhattan, sitting cross-legged, programming code. The laptop, bent at its hinge, and my body, bent at the neck, make an imperfect square.
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