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Howard Chiu

@howardchiu.bsky.social
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Developmental Cognitive Neuroscientist; PhD Candidate at Brain Development and Education Lab @stanfordeducation.bsky.social and @stanfordcec.bsky.social; Stanford Graduate Fellow. BA @oxexppsy.bsky.social, MEd @unimelb.edu.au. chiuhoward.github.io

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Howard Chiu @howardchiu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
As a trainee attending his fourth @fluxsociety.bsky.social conference, it feels more and more like home every year. Two specific things that made me really happy: 1) seeing a contingent from Singapore, and 2) meeting HBCD NIH officers who were also pulling so hard in the same direction. #flux2026
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Flux Society @fluxsociety.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
At a moment when connection, inclusion, and belonging cannot be taken for granted, we want to hear from our Flux community. Take our anonymous survey and help shape the conversation at Flux 2026: tinyurl.com/FluxDibSurvey #Flux2026 #ReinforcingTheNet
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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 29/08/2026
*Sharing for our department’s trainees* 🧠 Looking for insight on applying to PhD programs in psychology? ✨ Apply by Sep 21st to Stanford Psychology's 10th annual Paths to a Psychology PhD info session/workshop to have all of your questions answered! 📝 Application: forms.gle/4nujgDd3W2tx...
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Paths to a Psychology Ph.D.: An Information Session and Workshop
Join Stanford Psychology graduate students, research assistants, and faculty for a free one-day virtual information session and workshop on applying to research positions and Ph.D. programs in psychol...
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Howard Chiu @howardchiu.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Congratulations @ted-satterthwaite.bsky.social! It has been a privilege to learn about your journey, how you think about science, and the push to utilize neuroinformatics to improve patient outcomes.
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Howard Chiu @howardchiu.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
🚨 Excited to share our new paper out in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience! We developed white matter neonatal brain-age models to study brain maturation in full-term and high-risk preterm infants. 🧠👶 Does global brain maturity reveal the toll of clinical complications? Thread 👇 (1/6)
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Howard Chiu @howardchiu.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
pyAFQ3 just dropped, with massive improvements to whole-brain tractography, as well as better segmentation of the vertical occipital fasciculus, which should be exciting for many reading researchers! outputs are also now in trx, which can be visualized with the amazing tee-ar-ex.github.io/TRXViz/!
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TRXViz
Documentation portal for the TRXViz desktop app, workflow editor, and headless rendering tooling.
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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 27/04/2026
Our lab (w/ @patrickgbissett) is hiring a full-time research coordinator to work with us on cognitive control, dense fMRI, computational modeling, and human-AI interaction. Designed for post-bacs looking to start a Ph. D in ~2 years. Please repost. phxc1b.rfer.us/STANFORDNLbWAG
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Social Science Research Coordinator (Hybrid Opportunity) in School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford, California, United States
Professor Russ Poldrack’s lab is seeking a new full-time Research Coordinator. The RC will work closely with and report directly to Dr. Patrick...
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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Just wrote a new blogpost trying to summarize my thoughts on the question of how and whether to use AI for research in psychology and cognitive science: babieslearninglanguage.blogspot.com/2026/04/usin...
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Using AI to improve (not automate away) academic research
Blog about fatherhood, langauge, developmental psychology, and cognitive science.
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Howard Chiu @howardchiu.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
One of the best-written cautionary pieces I’ve read in a long time. In my time as a PhD student, I’ve often struggled with larger questions beyond my role as a truth-seeker within developmental cognitive neuroscience as I watched AI evolve, and I sympathize with large parts of this series.
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hoytpatricktaylor.bsky.social @hoytpatricktaylor.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Excited to share our new Nature paper: Functional hierarchy of the human neocortex across the lifespan We built a continuous normative reference for the brain’s major functional connectivity gradients from 16 days after birth to age 100.
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Howard Chiu @howardchiu.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
We Keep Rolling Out Good Ideas Without the Story. That’s Why They Stall www.the74million.org/article/we-k...
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We Keep Rolling Out Good Ideas Without the Story. That’s Why They Stall
Uncapher and Kendall-Taylor: The education sector spends billions designing programs but spends almost nothing to help people understand what they do.
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Alexis Brieant @abrieant.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Really excited to be guest editing this special issue with Dani! Abstracts are due April 15th, reach out with any questions!
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Rachel Romeo @rachelromeo.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I am hiring a new lab manager for the @umdleadlab.bsky.social to start this summer! Job ad and link to apply here. Please re-post and share with your seniors, and/or anyone else who would be a good fit! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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​​UMD LEAD Lab Manager Ad
The Language, Experience, and Development (LEAD) lab at the University of Maryland, College Park, directed by Dr. Rachel Romeo (she/her/hers), is seeking a lab manager. Expected start date is early su...
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Gavin Simpson @gsimpson.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Technical difficulties: new stream here youtube.com/live/2lcCqjM...
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Bottom of the Heap Live Stream
YouTube video by Bottom of the Heap
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Howard Chiu @howardchiu.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Even if the only time we look in our neighbor's bowl is to make sure that they have enough, we can do more about our neighbor’s bowls than just look. Inequality is not inevitable, and a better world is possible.
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Howard Chiu @howardchiu.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Many parts of the world are still persistently underrepresented in neuroimaging research. I love how this article invites not just scientists and funders, but also MRI system manufacturers, to consider their role in the effort to diversify neuroimaging. doi.org/10.64898/202...
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Marc L Seal @parkvillegeek.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Data quality biases normative models derived from fetal brain MRI | bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Howard Chiu @howardchiu.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
My first preprint is out! Thank you to my brilliant collaborators & mentors for making this possible @vmarchman.bsky.social @arokem.org @jyeatman.bsky.social, as well as everyone behind the awesome open source software that we use @pennlinc.bsky.social @cieslakmatt.bsky.social (& many not on bsky)
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Howard Chiu @howardchiu.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Doing some soul-searching in the middle of my PhD journey, and I found this post by @yoshikohno.bsky.social extremely helpful - particularly the analogy of interdisciplinary research like strategically throwing rocks to build an island somewhere!
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Publishing in New Research Domains and the “Building a New Island” Analogy
Publishing in a new research discipline is like creating a new island by throwing rocks into the ocean. Eventually, the island becomes…
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21/10/2025
Daniel Naroditsky, a chess grandmaster, the highest title given to competitors by the International Chess Federation, and a former Junior World Champion, has died at 29.
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Daniel Naroditsky, Chess Grandmaster, Dies at 29
He earned the highest title in the chess world as he built a career as an accomplished chess teacher, commentator and author.
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Monica Ellwood-Lowe @mellwoodlowe.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
I’m hiring!! 🎉 Looking for a full-time Lab Manager to help launch the Minds, Experiences, and Language Lab at Stanford. We’ll use all-day language recording, eye tracking, & neuroimaging to study how kids & families navigate unequal structural constraints. Please share: phxc1b.rfer.us/STANFORDWcqUYo
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Research Coordinator, Minds, Experiences, and Language Lab in Graduate School of Education, Stanford, California, United States
The Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE) seeks a full-time Research Coordinator (acting lab manager) to help launch and coordinate the Minds,.....
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ACOG @acog.org · 22/09/2025
ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. bit.ly/47Wxc59
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Meriah DeJoseph @meriahdejoseph.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Shameless plug that I'm on the job market! As a postdoc at Stanford's Center on Early Childhood, I study how children navigate growing up in poverty, w/ attention to both the challenges they face & the adaptive strengths they develop. To learn more & download my CV, see www.meriahdejoseph.com
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Meriah L. DeJoseph, PhD
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Howard Chiu @howardchiu.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
“We present the first release of p-HCP (Prenatal Human Connectome Patterns), an imaging dataset of human fetal brain development covering the second half of gestation.” 🤯
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Howard Chiu @howardchiu.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
A trans-Atlantic voyage to see @summerfieldlab.bsky.social after a decade! So many core memories from a most fulfilling time at @wadhamcollege.bsky.social and @oxexppsy.bsky.social that shaped who I am today.
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Howard Chiu @howardchiu.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
It’s my third time at @fluxsociety.bsky.social and I’m thankful not just for the science, but also the intentional community-building and professional development of trainees. Glad to hear from @cmakowski.bsky.social that not all who wander are lost!
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Howard Chiu @howardchiu.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Happy reunion with @silk-tim.bsky.social at #flux2025! He started me on the journey down the white matter rabbit hole, and he’s recruiting for @enigmabrains.bsky.social!
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Howard Chiu @howardchiu.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Poster in an hour at T24 #flux2025. Come find out what I’ve been working on this year at the Stanford Center on Early Childhood! TLDR: there is value in neuroimaging parents for parent-mediated interventions! Also this: www.thefindprogram.org/thefindprogram
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Aperture Neuro @apertureohbm.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
🧠 The State of the Brain Special Issue features insights from last year’s keynotes, award winners & committee leaders. 🔗 Explore major findings & themes from 2024: apertureneuro.org/issue/12560 @arokem.org @alexfornito.bsky.social @macshine.bsky.social @vcalhoun.bsky.social @misicbata.bsky.social
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 15/06/2025
Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop! Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
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"No Kings Day" protests turn out millions
Our unofficial estimate is that around 4 million people attended a protest event yesterday. Anti-Trump resistance is outpacing 2017.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 11/06/2025
TUNE IN: Governor Newsom delivers a formal address to California from Los Angeles. Watch live at 6:30pm. YouTube: youtube.com/live/Q69izEy... Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/14380... X: @CAgovernor Instagram: @Cagovernor
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Dr. Nadine Gaab @gaablab.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
New paper examining longitudinal #brain data over 7y & relation to #reading; implications for early intervention/policy @fitngin.bsky.social Longitudinal trajectories of brain development from infancy to school age and their relationship with literacy development | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Sheila Shanmugan @sheilashanmugan.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
We’re hiring a clinical research coordinator to lead a neuroimaging study on brain changes across pregnancy and perinatal depression. wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recrui... Please RT.
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Jason Yeatman @jyeatman.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
New study up on ROAR@Home BETA. We’re developing a phonics screener particularly for early elementary school. Please report bugs if you encounter any! roar.stanford.edu/signup/
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ROAR@Home – ROAR (Rapid Online Reading Assessment)
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond. I hope you’ll read and share the piece. stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
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What DEI threatens isn’t merit. It’s monopoly.
Political science professor Hakeem Jefferson argues for DEI's importance to de-monopolizing universities.
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Howard Chiu @howardchiu.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Two weeks to do our homework fellow Singaporeans. The system is imperfect but it still works. Make your vote count or hold your peace till 2030.
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Howard Chiu @howardchiu.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
An astute reviewer 2 would probably have noted: methods matter. “[We] should spend less time criticizing the content of the administration’s executive actions […] than focusing on its suspect methods. […] Don’t give up on the levers of political power prematurely. Use them, or they will disappear.”
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How America Can Avoid Becoming Russia
Political pressure must be brought to bear—through the courts, the press, and the states, but also applied to legislators while they still have any power left.
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Communications Psychology @commspsychol.nature.com · 17/04/2025
Programming is essential for research in neuroscience and psychology. This Primer introduces ten principles guiding researchers toward writing clear, adaptable, and easily shareable code, supporting reproducible science. @martinhebart.bsky.social @tsawallis.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Ten principles for reliable, efficient, and adaptable coding in psychology and cognitive neuroscience - Communications Psychology
Programming is essential for modern research in neuroscience and psychology, but it can quickly become a source of frustration and error. This Primer introduces ten practical principles guiding resear...
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tal yarkoni @talyarkoni.com · 15/04/2025
if you're a PhD student or postdoc working at the interface of personality psychology and CS/ML (construed broadly on both sides), and are interested in doing a full-time, remote, 3 - 6 month internship/residency at MidJourney, please DM me some kind of resume or CV-like thing
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Howard Chiu @howardchiu.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
There is no silver bullet - scaffolding the environment, medication, and other tools only facilitate but cannot replace skillbuilding through educational supports.
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Ernie Tedeschi @ernietedeschi.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
• In the short-run, tariffs pinch bottom income households 2.5x more rel. to income than at the top. • Families at the bottom lose $2,100. In the middle, $3,700. At the top, $10,000. • Consumers face +64% higher apparel prices in the short-run, +27% in long-run. 6/7
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Howard Chiu @howardchiu.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Thanks to Mario Cardona from EducationCounsel for sharing an extremely comprehensive summary of federal actions on the present state of education in the US here at the Stanford Center on Early Childhood’s RAPID Survey Project 5th Anniversary.
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EducationCounsel - EXECUTIVE ACTIONS CHART: EducationCounsel’s Summary and Analysis of Trump Administration Executive Actions Impacting Education (through April 2, 2025)
President Trump has issued numerous Executive Orders and taken other administrative actions, several of which have significant implications for early childhood, K-12, and higher education. EducationCo...
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Howard Chiu @howardchiu.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Not just big data, but beautiful visualizations! Raj Chetty also makes the poignant point at the recent @stanforddata.bsky.social lecture that beyond changes in the GDP, what matters even more is how that growth is distributed (especially in the US). youtu.be/UCn5Bm0VEbw?...
graph depicting the geography of upward mobility in the united states comparing the average household income at age 35 for children born in 1980 whose parents earned 27k USD
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Explore the newly launched Early-Career Neuroscientists Resource Center, designed to help you navigate the field with news, expert insights and practical tools. The page also highlights job openings, seminars, and more: #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
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Early-Career Neuroscientists Resource Center
News, perspectives and resources to help navigate the early stages of your neuroscience career
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Howard Chiu @howardchiu.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
🤯 WM development is not uniform! 1. there’s a deep-to-superficial axis, superficial tract regions near cortical surface exhibit greater age-related change. 2. this aligns with cortical hierarchy defined by sensorimotor-association axis; tract ends adjacent to sensorimotor cortices mature earlier.
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Howard Chiu @howardchiu.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
One of the first sites that piqued my interest in data visualisation, not to mention the numerous R datasets for many students. Rest in statistical significance.
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
The landscape of diversity and inclusion in science funding has shifted. David Barker explains how neuroscientists must adapt and take action or risk losing ground on all of the progress made. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/funding/adap...
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Safeguarding diversity and inclusion funding in neuroscience
As DEI funding initiatives crumble, neuroscientists must change their approach to grant writing and communication and engage in constructive conflict.
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Programs focused on increasing the diversity of the scientific workforce are imperiled. Ten trainees funded by these programs spoke with The Transmitter about what the uncertainty of the past few weeks has meant for them, their research and their futures. www.thetransmitter.org/funding/a-gu...
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‘A gut punch:’ How U.S. neuroscience trainees are grappling with diversity-based funding flux
Ten trainees spoke with The Transmitter about how the precarious state of U.S. federal funding is affecting their research and career plans.
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Howard Chiu @howardchiu.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
I scribbled this quote down during Bill’s Festschrift last September - “If I don’t get into something I’m really interested in, I won’t finish grad school.” This Paper Changed My Life has been such a fascinating series, lending a personal touch to the history of neuroscience.
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Chris Summerfield @summerfieldlab.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
I am a bit bashful about sharing this profile www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog... of me in @thetimes.com, but will do so because it kindly refers to my new book which is coming out in early March. www.penguin.co.uk/books/460891.... The tech titans pictured seem to be decoration (and not my co-authors)
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These Strange New Minds
Stunning advances in digital technology have given us a new wave of disarmingly human-like AI systems. The march of this new technology is set to upturn our economies, challenge our democracies, and r...
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