Viewpoint: Capitalism and technology: Whose interests will AI serve — and why that question raises unrecognized dangers about how your data will be used

Viewpoint: Capitalism and technology — Whose interests does AI serve, and what unrecognized dangers about data privacy are around the corner?

New York Times | 
A.I. researchers obsess over the question of “alignment.” How do we get machine learning algorithms to do what we want ...
‘Alternative proteins doesn’t mean adopting a vegan diet’: A vegan makes the case for the meatless meat revolution

‘Alternative proteins doesn’t mean adopting a vegan diet’: A vegan makes the case for the meatless meat revolution

New York Times | 
About a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions are traceable to the food supply chain. Animal agriculture accounts for about three-quarters of those emissions ...
Podcast: Ezra Klein and Walter Isaacson discuss how CRISPR is poised to redirect the future course of evolution

Podcast: Ezra Klein and Walter Isaacson discuss how CRISPR is poised to redirect the future course of evolution

New York Times | 
When future generations look back on this moment in history, will they remember the daily political fights — or will ...
Psychedelic mushrooms in your future? Oregon edges closer to becoming first state to license therapeutic use

Psychedelic mushrooms in your future? Oregon edges closer to becoming first state to license therapeutic use

New York Times | 
Oregon is about to become the first state in the country to try to build a support infrastructure through which ...
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Harvard geneticist David Reich NY Times’ op-ed ignites debate over whether ‘races’ exist

Vox | 
On Monday morning, I woke up to a tweet from Sam Harris, the bestselling author and popular podcast host, referencing ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson shows GMOs are not liberals’ equivalent of climate denial

Vox | 
I once asked Twitter to name the liberal equivalent of conservatism's climate change denial: that is to say, an issue ...
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