PCMag: Dr. Shane, can you explain your day job at
Boulder Nonlinear Systems, where you make
computer-controlled holograms for studying the
brain and photonics (light-steering) devices?
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That sounds weird and wonderful in itself. What’s
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The mind boggles. Okay, now give us the
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Indeed. On a serious note: In the book, you wrote,
‘As more of our daily lives are governed by
algorithms, the quirks of AI are beginning to have
consequences.’ Are you giving us a wake-up call?
One of the
strangest
projects I
worked on was
developing a
virtual reality
arena for
mantis
shrimp.