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  • Historian Jill Lepore says Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy

    TechCrunch 18 views
    Story Summary

    On the latest episode of Equity, we spoke to Jill Lepore about "government by machines" and why Elon Musk is a bad science fiction reader.

    Why it matters: Shapes where the industry and innovation head next.
  • The Download: AI agents for science, and the “censorship-industrial complex”

    MIT Technology Review 19 views
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    This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. AI for science needs reasoning, not just data —Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google and the cofounder of Schmidt Sciences, and Suhas Mahesh, who leads the AI for science work…

    Why it matters: AI progress resets what products and jobs look like.
  • Adaptive Biotech co-founder raises $15M for new startup to rethink how AI trains on science

    GeekWire 6 views
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    Harlan Robins spent years as the co-founder and chief scientific officer of Adaptive Biotechnologies, helping build massive datasets to decode… Read More

    Why it matters: AI progress resets what products and jobs look like.
  • AI for science needs reasoning, not just data

    MIT Technology Review 19 views
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    Every few decades, someone announces that science has reached its end. In 1903, the revered physicist Albert Michelson wrote that the “facts of physical science have all been discovered.” In the 1980s, Stephen Hawking predicted that theoretical physics might be finished by the end of the century. With the explosive arrival of artificial intelligence, the…

    Why it matters: AI progress resets what products and jobs look like.
  • Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and the Misreading of Science Fiction

    WIRED 133 views
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    Beyond Elon Musk’s interpretation of The Odyssey, Silicon Valley leaders have often misunderstood classic books like Foundation and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. It’s evident in their tech.

    Why it matters: Shapes where the industry and innovation head next.
  • Don’t pass on new ‘Hard Knocks’ episode: Seahawks QB is a ‘geek’ on the science of throwing a football

    GeekWire 13 views
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    Seattle quarterback Sam Darnold is an NFL leader when it comes to "spin rate," a measurement of rotations of a football while it's in flight that helps produce a tighter spiral. Read More

    Why it matters: Shapes where the industry and innovation head next.