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Bioengineer (in spe) I make things

London, UK
Joined August 2011
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Somewhere on UK MoD website is a 110-page report exploring the impact human augmentation can have not only on the military but on society too. I read the entire document and here what I have learned. tl;dr better humans = better citizens = better soldiers humanityredefined.com/p/mili…
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This mask is one of the best things I have ever made
Throwback to about a year ago when I completed one of my proudest creations - #Ekko mask from @LeagueOfLegends @arcaneshow The mask was 3D printed and then I spent a lot of time filling the gaps, sanding and painting to make it look like it was made from brass and ceramic
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There isn't much information out there about Gemini, Google's next-generation foundation model, but from what was revealed during Google I/O and what has been said in interviews, we can make an educated guess about what Gemini might look like hplusweekly.com/p/issue-426
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Welcome to the exciting world of biobots, a cutting-edge field sitting in between robotics and biology that challenges our definitions of what is a robot and what is a living organism hplusweekly.com/p/biobots-li…
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My article exploring In-Memory Computing and Analog Chips for AI is now available on @MediumPredict medium.com/predict/in-memory…
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OpenAI has officially joined the conversation on how to regulate AI. "Now is a good time to start thinking about the governance of superintelligence—future AI systems dramatically more capable than even AGI." Let's unpack what OpenAI proposes 🧵 openai.com/blog/governance-o…
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Earlier this week, Sam Altman, Gary Marcus and Christina Montgomery from IBM have been invited to testify before the US Senate subcommittee and to share their thoughts and expertise on how to regulate AI. Here is what has been said in the hearing 🧵
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Below is a graph from Google Trends for "artificial intelligence" since 2004. There was a slow but steady growth up until Nov 2022 when the number of people talking about AI skyrocketed. That's when OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public and the world is not the same since then.
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Other than that - Geoffrey Hinton quits Google to focus on AI safety; mind-reading LLMs; real-world sci-fi war room; robots learn to play soccer and go fast; self-repairing vegan leather; and more!
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The AI revolution could not happen without three things - the right algorithms, a rise in computation power and access to massive amounts of data to train those algorithms on. The last one - data - became again a centre of controversy last week hplusweekly.com/p/issue-412
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Plus - generative AI boosts workers' productivity; building a movement for longevity; "green" milk made from cells; people don't like Snapchat's AI chatbot; and more!
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"Never trust anything you see on the internet" - Abraham Lincoln Deepfakes - how did we get here, how they are used and how can we detect them hplusweekly.com/p/deepfakes-…
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Other than that - how OpenAI approaches AI safety; a new target to reverse ageing; Amazon joins generative AI race; cyborg cockroaches; turning stem cells into synthetic embryos; and more!
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