AI and the lure of permissionless innovation

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AI and the lure of permissionless innovation

What could possibly go wrong as we prize the guardrails of responsibility off artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies? From the Future of Being Human Substack.

The Art of Doing Nothing

Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard discuss AI fatigue, the philosophical implications of technology, and the storytelling behind technological progress. From the Modem Futura podcast.

An AI model that can decode and design living organisms

The Arc Institute’s new EVO 2 model does for DNA what ChatGPT did for words. From the Future of Being Human Substack.

AI: the Medium is the Message

Join Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard as they navigate the evolving landscape of technology and its influence on our personal and professional lives. From the Modem Futura podcast.

The Artisanal Intellectual in the Age of AI

How is advanced artificial intelligence forcing a rethink of the value of human intellectual labor? From the Future of Being Human Substack.

Can AI write your PhD dissertation for you?

I spent four days trying to get OpenAI’s new tool Deep Research to research and write a complete dissertation. This is what I discovered. From the Future of Being Human Substack.

Does OpenAI’s Deep Research signal the end of human-only scholarship?

Having got my hands on Sam Altman’s latest AI offering yesterday, I’m beginning to wonder when research and scholarship that isn’t augmented by AI will be seen as an anachronism. From the Future of Being Human Substack.

AI turned my class into a song — and I can’t stop listening

One of my student used ChatGPT and Suno to create a musical ode to my Pizza and a Slice of Future class, and it’s awesome! From the Future of Being Human Substack.

AI at a Crossroads: The Unfinished Work of Aligning Technology with Humanity

Where the Vatican and AI Scientists Converge, Collide, and Challenge Us to Think Differently. From the Future of Being Human Substack.

I asked ChatGPT to create three video games – this is what happened

Generative AI is making it easier than ever for people with no prior experience to experiment with writing code. But just how big a deal is the emergence of “conversational coding?” From the Future of being Human Substack.