ProfDhar
@VasantDhar
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https://t.co/bJvqldiRUh #AI, #Prediction, #datagovernance, #dataprotection,#investing, #finance,#Trading,#socialmedia,#machinelearning,#bigdata
New York City
Joined May 2011
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How AI can make autonomous vehicles safer on the road by keeping dangerous humans off the road! And check out my conversation with former US Navy fighter pilot Missy Cummings on the SOTA of Autonomous Vehicle Technology https://t.co/kv0Zkx4B96
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what is the minimum side length L of the square for a disc of radius R to pass through?!
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Does extraterrestrial life exist? Tune into my conversation with @SethShostak of the @SETIInstitute to find out why he thinks the answer is a "yes!" @NYUStern @NYUDataScience
https://t.co/J7dmUMjogZ
bravenewpodcast.com
Does life exist outside our planet? Are we alone in the universe? Seth Shostak joins Vasant Dhar in episode 85 of Brave New World to describe his search for the answers. Useful resources: 1.
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My hero from the world of systematic investing, Jim Simons, passed this week. I've tried to follow his principles: Do something new; don’t run with the pack. Surround yourself with the smartest people you can find. Be guided by beauty. Don’t give up easily. Hope for good luck!
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My near-death experience, Time, and @ShashivermaTfl on London's transport https://t.co/0Utv3TiIMN
@NYUStern @NYUDataScience
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I had the most interesting conversation on Smell with @awiltschko Alex Wiltschko, CEO of the Google spinoff Osmo. Why is smell so poorly understood and under-appreciated? How important is it to your overall well-being? Find out! @NYUStern @NYUDataScience
https://t.co/73PrACiU3T
bravenewpodcast.com
Smell is the most underrated of our senses — and it affects everything. Alex Wiltschko joins Vasant Dhar in episode 81 of Brave New World to discuss the role of smell in our lives — and in this new…
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Is Economic Deprivation the Real Cause of The Adolescent Mental Health Crisis?
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Much of political psychology slid, long ago, into the quicksand of politicized psychology. But then there are occasional gems of insight.
Both political sides base their moral judgements mainly on the infliction of harm, but while liberals split the world into the very vulnerable and the very invulnerable, conservatives dampen differences, seeing all people as similarly vulnerable to harm. https://t.co/qKT2fxHhd9
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I had a fantastic conversation with @PippaEhrlich who directed the award winning documentary My Octopus Teacher @myoctoteacher. So, check it out! Fair warning: you might give up eating octopi. @NYUStern @NYUDataScience
https://t.co/kwBaUaPgnR
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Congrats Jason @zhansheng ! A landmark moment for you.
I defended the thesis today! Big thanks to my committee @kchonyc @hhexiy @JoaoSedoc @tallinzen, my amazing advisor @sleepinyourhat, and everyone who attended!
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Great FT read on humans versus machines, and why some humans are really good. https://t.co/pSfKEboYMI Check out my conversation with @PTetlock on what makes them exceptional at the "art" of prediction: https://t.co/5VSkjfmYvS
bravenewpodcast.com
Yogi Berra once said, “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” Philip Tetlock joins Vasant Dhar in episode 31 of Brave New World to discuss what superforecasters do consistently…
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I had a fantastic conversation with @PeterSinger on animal suffering, the environment, the impact of AI on animal farming, and applying utilitarian thinking to moral issues. Check out his latest book: Animal Liberation NOW. @NYUStern @NYUDataScience
https://t.co/TqGiGAuFKW
bravenewpodcast.com
Why should only human beings be worthy of moral consideration? Would we still eat animals if we had a sense of their mass-produced suffering? Peter Singer joins Vasant Dhar in episode 74 of Brave New…
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I echo the sentiment of my colleague @JonHaidt. Universities are perilously close to a double standard.
As a professor who favors free speech on campus, I can sympathize with the "nuanced" answers given by U. presidents yesterday, about whether calls to attack or wipe out Israel violate campus speech policies. What offends me is that since 2015, universities have been so quick to
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I had a fantastic conversation with Paul Sheard about the role of governments, central banks, and commercial banks in the creation and destruction of money and wealth. I asked him whether the Central Bank can be replaced by AI! https://t.co/fWRsKg8Phl
bravenewpodcast.com
What is money? How is it created? What is the relationship of governments, central banks, and commercial banks to money? Paul Sheard joins Vasant Dhar in episode 73 of Brave New World to cut through…
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I just shared my thoughts on @YahooFinance on the bizarre firing and hiring of Sam Altman, and possible next steps by #MSFT and @OpenAI. Brilliant move, again, by #SatyaNadella
https://t.co/Gz8698xWBU
Hiring Sam Altman "further distances $MSFT from the competition," in the AI race says @VasantDhar: "Expect to see a fair amount of IP just walk out and walk into Microsoft."
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