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🚨 [AI Research] "The Rapid Adoption of Generative AI" by Alexander Bick, Adam Blandin & David Deming has MIND-BLOWING stats that should serve as a wake-up call in favor of AI regulation & governance. Check it out: This was the 1st nationally representative survey in the US

Congratulations to the 24 recipients of this year's SciComm Excellence, given by the National Academies in partnership with Schmidt Sciences! Learn about the winners and explore their outstanding #SciComm work: ow.ly/v88v50TSEhZ

Very sad news on the passing of Professor Rohini Godbole. Full of energy and drive, she was physicist, flag-bearer for women in science, public citizen, and friend to many. She will be much missed and is irreplaceable.

C.S. Lewis on the internet (before the internet existed)

India’s AI future isn’t just about tech, it’s about power. Who controls the infrastructure? Whose values shape AI models? How do we guard public interest? 🧵on breakthrough debates from our AI Sovereignty report: Urvashi Aneja Shreeja Harleen Kaur Anushka Jain

The Supernumerary Seats Scheme aims to improve gender ratios among engineering students at IITs. A new article by Nandana Sengupta & Swati Sharma (IIT Delhi) evaluates the initiative's success in getting more females into these institutions - read here: ideasforindia.in/topics/social-…

I’m sharing my slide deck on the demographic future of humanity, 🔗 Slides: sas.upenn.edu/~jesusfv/Slide… prepared for the keynote address I will give tomorrow to the 7th EBRD and CEPR Research Symposium on “The Economics of Demographic Change”: 🔗 Symposium: ebrd.com/home/news-and-…

NEW: Is the internet changing our personalities for the worse? Conscientiousness and extroversion are down, neuroticism up, with young adults leading the charge. This is a really consequential shift, and there’s a lot going on here, so let’s get into the weeds 🧵

Here is the program with the videos for the NBER Workshop on the Economics of Tranformative AI nber.org/conferences/ec…

🚨 If you live in an Indian city, this concerns you. Increasingly, pedestrian space doesn't belong to the public. It's a pattern across Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, and various cities. Help us trace how the rich are taking over public space: rzp.io/rzp/w1YfBqdGsoc