Vikram RamakrishnanArticle I’m reading.
Injections that edit Genes to stop diseases! – I’m filled with both hope and fear when I read articles like this. While this has the power to save millions of people, what stops someone from using the same tech for nefarious purposes.
Places I’ve travelled.
I was in Bangalore this week meeting my colleagues in-person in office and wow, what a week it was. While there’s comfort & some flexibility in working from home, nothing can beat the in-person collaboration and getting things done quickly. For me, Video calls somehow reduce the personal & emotional side of the conversation. Looking forward to many more such visits and catching up with my people!
Podcasts I’m listening
Why you’re smarter than you think! – From the Hidden brain show notes – “From the time we are schoolchildren, we are ranked and sorted based on how smart we are. But what if our assumptions about intelligence limit our potential? This week, psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman proposes a more expansive notion of what it means to be “smart“.
Tech Readings
Can GPT-3 explain how code works? – I was amazed by the extent to which models like GPT-3 & OpenAI Codex are getting increasingly efficient at writing code. Makes me wonder when we’d land in a situation where we no longer hire programmers
Quote I’m thinking about
You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do
Elenaor Roosevelt
