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Ethics of AI-based invention: a personal inquiry | Andy Matuschak

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Hi! I’m a software engineer, designer, and researcher. I work on technologies that expand what people can think and do. more… Hi! I’m a software engineer, designer, and researcher. I work on technologies that expand what people can think and do. My methods meander between academia and Silicon Valley: I explore theories by expressing them in real-world systems, which produce insights I use to improve the theories, which I use in turn to improve the systems, and so on. Prior to my current work, I helped build iOS at Apple and led R&D at Khan Academy. I’m now an independent researcher, supported by a crowdfunded grant from my Patreon community. If you find my work interesting, you can become a member to get patron-only "letters from the lab" and early access to new work. Augmenting cognition and creativity; "how to create magicians?"; "what comes after the book?"; enabling environments. What comes after the book? Barriers and opportunities, joint with Michael Nielsen An experimental “mnem

Part of “Letters from the Lab”, a series of informal essays on my research written for patrons . Originally published April 2 0 2 3 ; revised and made public May 2 0 2 3 . You can also listen to me read this essay ( 2 8 minutes) . Hofstadter’s Law wryly captures my experience of difficult work: “It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law.” He suggested that law in 1979, alongside some pessimistic observations about chess-playing AI: “…people used to estimate that it would be ten years until a computer (or program) was world champion. But after ten

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