#OPINION | "Last month, China’s principal science funder selected 44 young researchers (all under 35) and committed to funding them for up to 15 years with no short-term performance reviews. India should adopt a version of this, taking the sensible bits and leaving out the rest" "China’s process does have some checks. The funding comes in five-year chunks, and only a proportion of the researchers carry on at the end of the five- and ten-year marks. The amounts increase with each funding block; so, most of the funding comes in at the end" Tap to read more 👉 hindustantimes.com/opinion/g… (✍️@AriGos)

Arindam Goswami (@AriGos) writes for @timesofindia on what might bust the AI bubble. He argues that a credit squeeze is the likeliest trigger for a bust, combined with weak revenue, capability diffusion, and slowing progress in the models, and that it would be a financial event first, since the technology itself would remain and get cheaper. For India, he urges spending public money on inference capacity after prices fall, and funding the adaptation of open-weight models to Indian languages and sectors. Read more: tinyurl.com/mtbmcd6k

Arindam Goswami (@AriGos) writes for @htTweets on why India should grant researchers funds and be patient with results. He argues India should adopt a version of China’s long-term fellowship for young scientists, taking the sensible bits and leaving out the rest. His proposal is a seven-year renewable fellowship with a plan for exit, funded under the ANRF Act and overseen by an independent board of working scientists. Read more: tinyurl.com/3zhh649x

On 8th October, the US Labour Secretary, with Vice President JD Vance beside him, suspended eight companies from PERM. This is the first step towards an employer-sponsored green card. Four of the eight are India's largest IT firms. Microsoft and Adobe are on the list too. The same day, a US admiral ended a six-day visit to Delhi after major joint military exercises. Join Arindam Goswami (@AriGos) and Brigadier Anil Raman (Retd.) (@8Gorkhascholar) in this episode of All Things Policy as they argue why it is time India stopped playing nice and why India should use its leverage in defence cooperation and other areas. In today’s episode, we will look at the geopolitical underpinnings and impact of these sorts of decisions. We will also test the main argument of the op-ed written by Anil on this issue. We will examine how the US midterms on 3rd November and China have probably had a bearing on this. And we will ask what the economic evidence says about the effect of such curbs on American innovation and wages. Spotify: tinyurl.com/348m3nwv Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/3u6pp3mf YouTube: tinyurl.com/5em4u2h4

Arindam Goswami (@AriGos) writes for @IndiasWorld_mag on what Huawei’s patent deal with Qualcomm says about tech restrictions. The piece argues the deal doesn’t prove restrictions pushed China to build its own technology. China’s licensing earnings jumped in 2017, before the main US curbs, and it still earns only about three cents per research dollar. For India, it suggests pooling public-sector patents behind a single licensing window. Read more: tinyurl.com/262t6zub

That bus part. I've lived thru the opposite in NYC, known for its subways. MTA boosted bus fleet over 20% in my 20 years here. Long accordion buses, bus lanes, nicer buses with charging station. Bus ridership doubled since late 90s. I often prefer buses to smelly subways!