What people in Bengaluru Urban are saying

“What concerns me about growing AI use are the environmental costs such as water and energy consumption, pollution in the form of water and noise pollution. The lands that are being chosen to set up the data centers often belong to/next to communities that are already marginalized and in so it can exacerbate inequality that already exists. because What excites me is the fact that AI use and easy translation allows to democratize opportunities for people across different socio-economic strata and in some way gives them an equal footing.”

“In Bengaluru, we get almost all mango varieties, but Imam Pasand is my absolute favorite, though I sometimes buy Mallika. Currently, in the middle of the season, local availability is low. I just bought a batch from Chennai that is supposed to be very sweet, which I'll try tomorrow. Interestingly, the season is running late this year. We are well into the monsoons, yet the Paheri (Pairi) mangoes on the tree in my backyard are still growing. Compared to last year, which started early and brought an abundance of excellent varieties by mid-summer .This year has been slow and less bountiful. Even the taste has been inconsistent. The first batch of Imam Pasands I bought a month ago wasn't up to the mark compared to last year's. However, the ones I picked up last week were excellent, so the good fruit is likely just arriving later. This delay is probably due to the mango showers, which were late and lighter than last year, disrupting the usual flowering and fruiting cycle.”

“I think everyone's been affected by the LPG shortage.A lot of us have switched to electrical induction stoves, tea kettles, and other electronic gadgets to do most of our stuff and limit the amount of gas used around the house.I have been not so heavily affected by the fuel cost because I don't drive a car.I only use a bike and a cycle.So yes, fuel prices have increased.It could have been dealt with better.I think there are some states that have managed to keep the fuel prices lower and some states and cities that haven't been able to do that, and that's causing some amount of struggle.But otherwise things are just going normally.I think as Indians we have been able to adapt to survive and been able to manage a lot of these situations with different methods, and I think we're doing a pretty good job considering the circumstances.I have seen a lot of people switching to wood and coal and other fun methods for cooking.So I'm not too worried, but things haven't gotten so bad just yet.”

“By putting the construction materials used next to the drain, they fall inside, preventing the drain water from flowing properly and causing a bad smell. Also, by putting cement bags next to that drain, they fall inside, stopping the water from flowing and causing a very bad smell. In empty plots, by throwing household waste and other waste materials, it is causing a lot of trouble and a bad smell. The authorities should pay attention to that.”

“This summer has been unbearable, the heat I don't think I ever had a summer as hot as this one. Hot and humid. More recently, it's been very humid cause the rains are also coming, and it's been impossible to ride around the city with a helmet and in traffic. It's, it's been very difficult to manage the heat. I find it very difficult to stay still in traffic. It's really improved my bike riding skills to keep moving in this traffic and heat. It's made me wanna get to my destination a lot faster than I usually do. Dealing with the heat, is trying to keep the speed at least forty to fifty kilometers per hour, so there's enough wind to cool my self as I'm riding to wherever I'm going. And I try to go out for, um recreational activities only after the sun goes down or really early in the morning before the sun comes up. And any other traveling is just work and responsibilities.”

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“The area is very good. But they have put a lot of waste around the water tank. Along with the building construction waste materials, they haven't cleaned anything around the water tank. A lot of plants have grown, there is a lot of garbage.”

“India has been affected greatly by the rising fuel costs, and I think it's not been managed properly.We do have a large reserve of certain fuels that could have been subsidized and given at lower cost to Indians, but that hasn't been the case and I think the government is also using this as an excuse to inflate costs all around, which I think is unfair.LPG somehow we have been lucky and we have been getting the LPG at least on the last day We cannot book our LPG for a month after we've got the earlier delivery.So the second cylinder is actually literally nullified, so we're working with just one cylinder and moving from cylinder to cylinder.It's quite a precarious situation.But we also have a backup of a wood stove in the backyard and some of the food we cook using the wooden stove.Food for the dogs are cooked on a wooden stove where we burn some firewood and get some of the cooking done.Helpers in our house also cook their food on firewood.”

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“In Panopura, car parking and signaling systems need to be fixed.”

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“All the laborers working on the construction side for highways and everything, most of them are working without any safety gear and helmets. Government should provide basic safety cover.”

“What concerns me about AI is the fact that there are a growing amount of data centres being setup with high energy and water costs and also causing water and noise pollution. The lands on which this is being done is likely to further effect those already facing the worst of such environmental issues and requires thoughtful consideration. It excites me that AI helps democratize opportunities for people via its translation and language assistance.”

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“Summer is associated with mangoes in India. What are the popular mango varieties in your region? How is the quality of mangoes this season? Really good. Uh, slightly better than last times.”

“This year the summer has been really bad in Bangalore and in Bangalore anything upward of thirty degrees is something that we Bangaloreans cannot bear and I personally felt it was really hot and almost had to, you know, change my whole wardrobe to,bear the heat. it was a very harsh summer this time and it was also a very long summer. It's only the last couple of days that there's a cloud cover. even that one or two spells of rains that we had in between, it only increased the heat and did not cool Bangalore down too much. But we've been having a little bit of rain the last couple of weeks and hopefully summer is over and I can go back to my usual Bangalore wardrobe.”

“it was much easier to deal with compared to last year. Last year was really bad. We didn't have water or anything. This year has been totally fine. The only way I could deal with it was keeping a cooler at all times. A cooler at home is the best thing, so you just sleep and put the cooler on. Taking showers without geyser. Oh, and having lots of water. Yeah, that's about it.”

“What concerns me about AI use is the growing environmental costs in the form of water and energy consumption as well as water and noise pollution. What excites me is the fact that it democratizes opportunities by removing language and technical barriers for people across socio-economic strata.”

“What concerns me about growing AI use is the setup of data centers which have many environmental costs including including water and energy consumption, uh noise and water pollution. What excites me is the fact that it helps to democratize opportunities across socioeconomic strata by giving different people the skills to access opportunities by removing language barriers and technological barriers.”

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“AI has amplified my talents, increased my productivity and I can aim higher. Access to high-quality knowledge is not a barrier anymore. I am concerned that people will blindly start trusting AI from their initial experiences and will become vulnerable to manipulation. The cognitive abilities in some people might go down. AI has a reduced capability to detect misinformation because it does not reject any of the training data. It is limited in its use of non-verbal senses and so its world-view is limited and inherently cannot be fully trusted.”

“There's a lot of garbage in our village. Nobody is cleaning this road. So, please, if you could tell the municipality to clean it, it would be very helpful. We can't even sit at home, it's so dirty.”

“Yes, we have. APU's been affected. So, like, we all had to go back. And yeah, then there was, like, something in windmills (the speakers aparment community) also that happened. In our community, the prices went up and some people were complaining. Yeah, but mainly it was APU.That's all.”

“The availability of hyperlocal delivery services have introduced several issues: 1. Local grocers and vendors have seen a drop in business 2. An increase in 2-wheeler traffic increasing traffic congestion 3. Increased social isolation and a disconnect between producers and consumers of service.”

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“I've been seeing a lot of bmangoes in Bangalore during this time, and my favorite is Imam Pasand. And I usually take every opportunity I get to have it. I have found exceptionally big Imam Pasands this year as well.more recently, especially this month, has been, uh, good for mangoes. last year mangoes were, I can't recall any, particular difference because I'm not such a huge mango fanatic. But, there was more variety last year, if I'm not wrong. Like I remember seeing a lot more different kinds of mangoes last year than compared to this, this season. I think the quality, of Imam Pasand is something that's remained the same, the size is still as big as I remember it. And looking forward to more mangoes this year. ”

“So I think AI is going to become part of our life. I remember some 10-15 years back when Android phone was there, only limited people were using the Android phone. Everybody had a feature phone. People used to ask, you don't have the Android phone. Then how people were shifted from feature phone to Android phone. Now even I was just taking an example of my father, he's also started using Android phone, without that he can't survive now. That much he's attached to that. Similarly, AI is going to be used in a different way. For me also, nowadays for each and every work, I am using some or other sort of AI. But at the same time, I'm really bothered about the data. Whatever I am sharing, does it go to the general warehouse where anybody can access? That is only my worry.”

“A simple transfer procedure is also a very complex and non-transparent system. Uh, though some departments have adopted uh, uh, you know, counseling procedure to GPC and employees. But officer posting policies is”

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