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The engineer working on Google's AI, called LaMDA, suffers from what we could call Michelangelo Syndrome. Scientists must beware hubris.
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Through self-tracking and self-experimentation, we can greatly improve our cognitive capacity.
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Topologists can't tell donuts from coffee mugs, but their maps are revelatory nonetheless.
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And is anyone protecting children's data?
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Can quantum computers do things that standard, classical computers can't? No. But if they can calculate faster, that's quantum supremacy.