The Winning Essays for the Big Questions About AI

Abolishing pandemics/ Getting out of the way of AI automation/ Learning from Honk Kong MTR's business model

Two months ago, I posted some big questions about AI. We ended up getting over 600 essays submitted for this contest. Below is a bit of information of the 3 winners, followed by all 3 full essays. Thanks to everyone who participated! First Place - Jassi Pannu Jassi Pannu is an Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University, where she focuses on biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. She serves on the board of Blueprint Biosecurity. Jassi answered the question about what the OpenAI Foundation should do. She persuasively argues that we can live in a post-disease world, and gave very…

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• Hangyul Lyna Kim
• SUJASH AGRAWAL

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