Understanding AI
Timothy B. Lee, Dan Kagan-Kans, Kai Williams, Benj EdwardsExploring how AI works and how it's changing our world.
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I write the newsletter Understanding AI. Previously I was a reporter at Ars Technica, Vox, and the Washington Post. https://twitter.com/binarybits
writer on AI and ideas for the WSJ, NYT, NY, etc
I'm a reporter at Understanding AI and Understanding Robots. Previously, I did AI safety research through the MATS program and studied math+music at Swarthmore college. Signal: kai_williams.48
Tech reporter, tech historian. Bylines Fast Company / The Atlantic / Retronauts podcast. www.benjedwards.com Founder vintagecomputing.com
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