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The Case for Democratized AI Research: LAION’s Petition for Open-Source AI Research and Regulation

This post has been syndicated to my personal website. This was originally written May 2023, at a time when there was a call to pause AI research. Few outside of the AI Research Community have heard of LAION, a large-scale Artificial Intelligence Open Network, with an aim to democratize access to large-scale machine learning models, datasets…Read more The Case for Democratized AI Research: LAION’s Petition for Open-Source AI Research and Regulation

A Call For A Systemic Dismantling: These Women Refuse To Be Hidden Figures In The Development Of AI

Hidden Figures, written by Margot Lee Shetterly, tells the true story of African-American women mathematicians who worked at NASA in the early days of the U.S. space program. These women and their contributions were often overlooked, and they lived in a time when both racial and gender discrimination were visibly common. Despite this, these three women made…Read more A Call For A Systemic Dismantling: These Women Refuse To Be Hidden Figures In The Development Of AI

Sam Altman’s Reinstatement as OpenAI CEO: Microsoft’s Unyielding Support

Within a tumultuous week of November 21 for OpenAI — a series of uncontrolled outcomes, each with its own significance — one would not have predicted the aftermath that was to be the reinstatement of Sam Altman as CEO of OpenAI, with a new board in tow — all in five days. While it’s still unclear the official grounds…Read more Sam Altman’s Reinstatement as OpenAI CEO: Microsoft’s Unyielding Support

Kimera Seeks to Transform Humanity’s Path through AGI and Cryptocurrency

I met with Mounir Shita in 2016. This post originally published in 2018. Mounir was ahead of his time in conceptualizing the path towards thinking machines. The fears in outlines here is prescient in the times we currently live. This is Part I of a two-part series of my interview with Kimera Systems, an Artificial…Read more Kimera Seeks to Transform Humanity’s Path through AGI and Cryptocurrency