AI designs new superbug-killing antibiotics for gonorrhoea and MRSA – nice to see this research taking off
@nandodf
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Beyond Survival: Rethinking Work in Economic Systems
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Not likely, I could have done without the shitty jobs. I did it for survival within the context of Apartheid. Many did it and got nowhere, so probably not essential. Fortunately, I later learned to move away from survival thinking which is very black and white and which allows
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Work-Life Balance and Productivity in Academic Research
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Work life balance is a top priority. Yes, there was nearly a decade in my life when I worked 98 hours, but I did it out of need and aspiration, not because anyone forced me. During my Cambridge PhD I published more than anyone around me, but I never worked a single weekend. I
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AI Applied to Major Global Challenge Shows Promise
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Amazing to see this push to apply AI to one of our most pressing problems. I hope we can see a lot more of this.
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Open Source AI Boom Reshapes Risk Attitudes and Regulation
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Amazing. We live in a world where there’s an explosion of open source AI models, a complete different attitude toward risk than 4 years ago, a clear failure of regulation on chips, safer and very useful models helping many with productivity and health (especially accessible
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Summer Vacation Essential for Responsible AI Development
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Enjoy your summer vacation (or winter if South) – great for the soul, family, restoration, creativity and reflection. Hence, great for responsible AI
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AI Committee Outperforms Doctors in Patient Diagnosis
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It is remarkable that a committee of deliberating AI models can diagnose patients, propose the next tests, use the results of the tests to improve the diagnosis, order more tests, and eventually arrive at diagnoses, outperforming doctors. It is a specific setting, but nonetheless
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Chinese AI Excellence: Education, Hard Work, and Achievement
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AI and China: silicon valley AI folks love to talk about the AI race against China. Let’s not talk about China (the abstract entity), but rather the Chinese people. Their achievements have been brilliant and worthy of praise: An exceptional focus on education, hard work and
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Power dynamics: Historical injustice and systemic inequality analysis
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I agree, but I wouldn’t call it evil. This is about power. For example, power drove many to enslave Africans. They built church chapels on top of slave dungeons in West Africa centuries ago, not because of values, but because of power. As a second example, women are undermined
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Europe Must Build Own AI Models Beyond Regulation
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It would be great if the 60 experts could help build a European model @EU_Commission – as it is Europe produces regulation while the US and China produce the models. This should hopefully be one of the points to be addressed.