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Ep 102 - Alex 'Sandy' Pentland on Humanizing Technology

Professor Alex 'Sandy' Pentland, one of the most renowned computational scientists in the world, joins Vasant Dhar in Episode 102 of Brave New World to discuss the state and development of human-centric AI.

Useful Resources:
1. Alex 'Sandy' Pentland.
2. Stanford Research Institute.
3. MIT Media Lab.
4. Distributed Computing, Blockchain.
5. Nature Magazine, Nature Machine Intelligence.
6. The Hard Problem Of Consciousness.
7. Shared Wisdom: Cultural Evolution In The Age Of AI: Alex Pentland.
8. Brave New World Episode 101: Deepak Chopra On Consciousness and Reality.
9. Digital Dharma: How AI Can Elevate Spiritual Intelligence and Personal Well-Being - Deepak Chopra.
10. Awakening: The Path to Freedom and Enlightenment - Deepak Chopra.
11. Sharing The Wisdom Of Time: Pope Francis.
12. UN, Sustainable Development Goals.
13. Jonathan Haidt.
14. Brave New World Episode 08: Jonathan Haidt, How Social Media Threatens Society.
15. Daniel Kahneman, Behavioural Economics.
16. Brave New World Episode 21: Daniel Kahneman, How Noise Hampers Judgement.
17. Loyal Agents.
18. Loyal Agents Consumer Reports
19. EU - AI Act.
20. Duty Of Care.
21. Internet Engineering Task Force.
22. World Trade Organisation.

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