Friday, February 20, 2026

A humble request.

 Delhi proposes "the rollout of an AI-powered Integrated Traffic Management System (ITMS) that will use automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras, smart traffic signals and automated challans." ET. A 'challan' is a traffic citation with a hefty fine (wikipedia) to collect as much ransom from long-suffering drivers as possible. Ironically, "While global tech titans and world leaders have gathered for India AI Impact  Summit 2026 at Bharat Mandapam in Delhi to discuss the future of artificial intelligence and seamless connectivity," several people, including delegates, "were forced to walk for kilometers after the event to find a cab as the entry of vehicles on the roads outside Bharat Mandapam was barred for VVIP movement and entry to the nearest metro station was closed." DH. While people outside were badly treated, "I was sort of confused and didn't know what I was supposed to do," Open AI CEO Sam Altman said, hours after his 'no handshake' moment with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. Amodei founded Open AI with Altman but left to found its competitor Anthropic. "Modi grabbed my hand and put it up, and I wasn't sure what we were doing," he said. Don't worry, Sir, the whole thing was just a photo-op to showcase the Great Man at great cost, part of which may be financed by challans on people whose daily lives were being completely upset. A VVIP, or a Very, Very Important Person, (wikpedia) is a very, very special subgroup of homo sapiens whose habitat is only in India, and is higher than the more common VIP, or Very Important Person, and who can do anything with total impunity, guarded by the police and special forces, ready to shoot if any citizen should dare to protest. While a VIP can shut a stadium to walk his dog, or demand superiority over our Gods, a VVIP can, and does, halt ambulances carrying critical patients to hospital, resulting in their deaths. News18. So why is Delhi Traffic Police unable to manage traffic? Because, "Against a sanctioned strength of 6,102  personnel. only 4,901 are currently in position." Of these, "on any given day, nearly 500 personnel are on leave, another 500 are diverted for special duties and VIP deployment," and the rest are gainfully employed catching anyone without a Pollution Under Control Certificate (PUC) which every vehicle must carry,to be renewed every year for new vehicles to every three months for older ones, upon payment of a fee to augment Delhi government's coffers. ddnews.gov.in. "The India AI Impact Summit 2026 has attracted investment commitments  of over $250 billion related to infrastructure, Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said. Humble request to Messrs Pichai, Altman and Amodei: Please stay away from India. AI will only be used to increase the powers of the VVIP coterie and enslave us, the unlucky citizens of India. We will be most grateful. Thank you. 

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