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Is Synthetic Data the Key to AGI?
The data wars are just beginning. Part 2 in a series of essays on AI.
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Nabeel S. Qureshi
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Moore's Law For Intelligence
Will the amount of intelligence start to double every two years? The first in a series of essays on AI.
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Nabeel S. Qureshi
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AI as a Tool for Energy Abundance and Safety
How today's AI is improving the energy sector
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Matthew Mittelsteadt
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Trump's AI Choice: Compete or Control?
The critical risk excessive tariffs and export controls pose to America's AI edge
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Matthew Mittelsteadt
Binding Public Sector AI Diffusion
Will new OMB AI Safety policy's do more harm than good?
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Matthew Mittelsteadt
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Demystifying ChatGPT and Other Large Language Models
A deep dive into the tech behind the current AI boom
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Zachariah Carmichael
How AI is Revolutionizing Diabetes Care
For diabetics like myself, AI is already improving health outcomes and making lives easier
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Susannah Petitt
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The Crisis of Technical Deference
The brittle reality of technologist-led policy
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Matthew Mittelsteadt
Is AI smarter than a house cat?
Turing Award winner Yann LeCun recently answered this question with a resounding “no”.
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Nabeel S. Qureshi
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A Critical Look at Critical Infrastructure
Digging into the true meaning of this popular AI policy theme
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Matthew Mittelsteadt
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Early Thoughts on GPT-4's Policy Implications
2023 is going to be an interesting year
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Matthew Mittelsteadt
Intelligence Convergence: CAPTCHA and the Future of Internet Bot Detection
Considering AI's implications for website accessibility, traffic, and speed.
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Sam Crombie
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Jack Nicastro
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