Oorjit Sethi's Blog

  When I enrolled for the Maker’s Asylum program, I thought it was going to be a run-of-the-mill course where I learn skills one on one and that’s that. Something technical and structured to be crossed out in my resume-to-be list. But the room I walked into wasn’t a generic bedroom. It was a chaotic one, with beauty in every corner. More than that, it was a community. A place where curiosity wasn’t just encouraged or developed, it was water’s placeholder. The first few months were online. Tutorials, o ne-on-one mentorship, skill tracks. It was all exciting, sure. I was learning to solder without burning myself, building IoT prototypes I had seen in Spider-Man movies, and getting a feel of trying to model houses in CAD. But even in those early Google meets, there was this quiet energy. The mentors didn’t just want to complete the modules. They wanted to explore   and learn with me. And that attitude was contagious. Then came the residency in Goa. That’s when this thought cross...

Let’s talk about identity. Not in the abstract or theoretical way but in the real, everyday kind of way. The who are you when you’re half-asleep while doomscrolling. kind of way. You probably think you know who you are. You’ve got a name, an about on social media, a music playlist that describes you better than words ever could. But pause for a second. If you were to take away every visible signal, like the likes, the comments, the tags, the profile pictures, what would be left? And would that version of you still feel like you? The thing is, we are all actors. I don’t mean fake, but more like filtered. You act differently in front of your parents than you do with your friends. You use a different kind of speech in a job interview compared to on Snapchat. And on texts you’re probably a curated, refined version of yourself. So the question isn’t “Are you being fake?” It’s “Which version of you are you being today?” This isn't a digital crisis caused by the rise of social media like ...

So you aced a test. Well done! But let’s take a step back. Was it really you who aced it, or was it everything that has ever shaped you into becoming who you are today, from parents, teachers, friends, to even the rock you kick while on the way to school. This is the modern spin on the Ship of Theseus question. If every part of a newborn is slowly swapped out and shaped by their environment over time, do they still count as themselves? Or are they more like a google doc of a person, constantly edited by everything around them? Everybody loves giving credit to a specific person. Self-made success stories, personal growth arcs, character over circumstance. But that’s only half the truth. The environment is more than just noise. It is responsible for, well, you . The way your brain has wired itself and continues to do so has been shaped by your parents’ tone of voice, the way your school runs, everything. You don’t exist in a vacuum. You can’t exist in a vacuum. Everybody loves blaming a...

  So you're at some family function, and a relative begins complaining about how "kids these days need to go touch grass" or how “world hunger could be eliminated with the end of social media." You just smile and nod, because what else can you do? But inside you know better. The world is evolving, whether you like it or not. However, adapting is not about disrespecting tradition. It's about understanding that if we don’t accept what’s coming, we’ll be left behind. Just like how farming was reinvented after the industrial revolution, or how the printing press transformed the way information was delivered, we're in the midst of another change. Take MrBeast. At a glance, he's a YouTuber giving out money in theatrics on videos. Turn that glance into a gaze though, and he's digging wells in Africa, planting millions of trees, and doing what international aid organizations speak about but cannot achieve. He's not an anomaly. He's among a new crop of...

In my latest video, I explored Napkin.ai and how it can quickly generate impressive data visualizations for presentations straight from plain text. It shines when dealing with concrete information, making charts and graphics with ease. However, it struggles with more abstract concepts—like visualizing emotions or intangible ideas. I wrapped up by questioning whether niche AI tools like this can stay relevant as all-in-one platforms like ChatGPT continue to grow in capability.  

I started by breaking down how Humanize AI claims to make AI-generated text sound more human and bypass detection tools. At first, it actually managed to fool GPTZero with a short essay, which was impressive. But once I tested it on longer pieces, it completely fell apart. In the end, I found it pretty unreliable and couldn’t ignore the ethical red flags around using tools like this in the first place.