Sayak Chakrabarty | Source | Northwestern University
Sayak Chakrabarty
PhD candidate in Computer Science at Northwestern University
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Applying AI Techniques in Cybersecurity, Counterterrorism, and International Security
In October, Northwestern Engineering and the Buffett Institute hosted the “Conference on AI and National Security” to mark the launch of the joint Northwestern Security and AI Lab.
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Strong Northwestern CS Presence at the 2023 NeurIPS Conference
Faculty, students, postdocs, and alumni participated in the annual forum for advances in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data science.
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AI Agents Revolutionizing Government Efficiency
Sayak highlights AI agents' role in automating tasks and enhancing public engagement. Successful implementations include Singapore's GovTech. Future uses may involve "always-on" services. Sayak warns, "Agents should not make high-stakes legal decisions." Caution is advised against predictive policing without ethical oversight.
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The vast majority of individuals exist as willing prisoners within the confines of their own rationalizations and complacency—passive architects of their own mediocrity. The uncomfortable reality is that happiness and success are not universal entitlements; they are privileges earned through audacity, discipline, and an unrelenting will to transcend limitation. The world does not conspire against you—you conspire against yourself. You either possess the fortitude to dismantle your delusions and embrace the relentless pursuit of excellence, or you do not.
Modern society's fixation on “self-love” and “balance” is nothing more than a palatable deception designed to validate inertia and celebrate the ordinary. True balance is a refuge for those unwilling to endure the crucible of sacrifice. Greatness demands suffering, unwavering commitment, and, at times, the complete destruction of the self in service of something greater. If you recoil at the thought of pushing beyond comfort, of bleeding for your ambition, then perhaps you were never meant to achieve anything remarkable at all.
