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Shakeel is the editor of Transformer, a publication about the power and politics of transformative AI. He was previously a news editor at The Economist.
By day, I research automation and the process of science. By night, I study whatever I feel like, and share it here.
I'm an ex-neuroscientist and current AI reporter at Transformer. When I'm not writing, I play bass, dance, and kiss my cats on the forehead.
A Harvard graduate and former Tarbell Fellow for journalists, I write about AI's growing influence on society.
Journalist and author of How AI Ate the World, TikTok Boom and YouTubers. Co-host of Crashed. Often on your TV and radio
Senior AI Policy Reporter at Transformer X/Bsky: @vronirwin IG/Threads: @vronwrites LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/veronica-irwin-009266112/ Signal: vronirwin.72 veronica(at)transformernews(dot)ai
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