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known as Quicksilver, which is redressing the
gender balance in Wikipedia by automating
entries for scientists who happen not to be
cisgender male. Do you have some other examples
of ‘good’ AI?
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Quick backstory: You did your PhD in Photonics at
the University of California, San Diego, after a
Masters in Scotland, and undergrad in electrical
engineering at Michigan State University. How did
you get into this field in the first place?
It’s much easier
to make an AI
that follows
roads and obeys
traffic rules
than it is to
make an AI that
avoids weird
glitches.