AGI is Hundreds of Years Away

A take on why AGI is centuries away, not decades. LLMs are impressive engineering but can’t produce new knowledge, and real intelligence requires reasoning from the physical world, which we’re nowhere near solving.

Hidden Charms of Bosnia

Four days in Bosnia, a country most travelers skip. Sarajevo has Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian history in the same few blocks, and the marks from the 1990s are still easy to see. Covers the Stari Most bridge in Mostar, the wartime tunnel museum, and what it felt like to visit as a Nepali.

Exploring India’s Spiritual Treasures

A solo trip across the Nepal border through Bodh Gaya, Varanasi, and Sarnath. Covers the 1am border crossing, being under the Bodhi Tree, cremation ghats at dawn, and what it meant to see these places as someone who grew up loosely Buddhist but had never really engaged with it.

The US Experience

Six weeks in New York doing AI research at NYU, with trips through the American South. Covers how New York compares to Kathmandu, what it feels like to arrive in a country that feels central to everything, and why the South ended up being the part I liked most.

My Journey in Debating

Four years in competitive debate, from losing badly at a first tournament to representing Nepal nationally. Covers sneaking out of the school hostel to download debate videos on a slow connection, the Nepali debate scene, what the activity taught about arguing and commitment, and why I decided to stop.