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An optimistic vision of a future through powerful AI

Oct 26, 2024

in AI

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s vision for beneficial AI development outlines five transformative areas where AI could revolutionise society within the next decade. Beyond typical tech industry hype, his essay presents a thoughtful exploration of both AI’s potential benefits and the intentional work needed to ensure these advances benefit everyone.
In Beta newsletter: On left and right brain thinking

May 10, 2021

in Learning

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In the May edition of the In Beta newsletter I shared some resources linked to Iain McGilchrist’s ideas on the way that we’ve come to think about the relative roles of the right and left brain hemispheres, their relationship to each other, and the possible impact that this has had on Western civilization. For me,…
E.J. Chichilnisky | Restoring Sight to the Blind

Nov 20, 2018

in Clinical, Technology

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Source: After on podcast with Rob Reid: Episode 39: E.J. Chichilnisky | Restoring Sight to the Blind. This was mind-blowing. The conversation starts with a basic overview of how the eye works, which is fascinating in itself, but then they start talking about how they’ve figured out how to insert an external (digital) process into…

Tag: neuroscience

An optimistic vision of a future through powerful AI

In Beta newsletter: On left and right brain thinking

E.J. Chichilnisky | Restoring Sight to the Blind