Rakshit Ranjan

I work on product commercialisation at Mastercard and write essays on AI, how the world works, and lived experiences.

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01
The capital theory of AI
On scaling laws and its implications.
02
On the meaning of life
A working answer to why are we here.
03
Some reflections on 2025
The year of becoming a husband.
04
Escape
A short poem on blissful transcendence, written by the holy water.
05
Linear and non-linear systems
Why most things in life don't move in straight lines.

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May 27, 2026 Why do LLMs love corrective juxtaposition?

Disproportionately high use of em dashes has been the most conspicuous giveaway for LLM-generated text for some time now. Once this became widespread knowledge, people began to consciously seek it out and edit it from their responses to seem human. Even foundational ...

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This is a seigaiha—an ancient Japanese pattern depicting blue ocean waves—quiet on the surface, relentless underneath. I try to live by this.

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