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The exciting, perilous journey toward AGI | Ilya Sutskever
The exciting, perilous journey toward AGI | Ilya Sutskever

Just weeks before the management shakeup at OpenAI rocked Silicon Valley and made international news, the company's cofounder and chief scientist Ily…

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Why you should ditch deadly fossil-fuel appliances | Donnel Baird
Why you should ditch deadly fossil-fuel appliances | Donnel Baird

In the US, people spend the overwhelming majority of their time inside buildings that burn fossil fuels, which are bad for both the environment and h…

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How one small idea led to $1 million of paid water bills | Tiffani Ashley Bell
How one small idea led to $1 million of paid water bills | Tiffani Ashley Bell

When programmer Tiffani Ashley Bell learned that thousands of people in Detroit were facing water shutoffs because they couldn't afford to pay their …

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When AI can fake reality, who can you trust? | Sam Gregory
When AI can fake reality, who can you trust? | Sam Gregory

We're fast approaching a world where widespread, hyper-realistic deepfakes lead us to dismiss reality, says technologist and human rights advocate Sa…

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How to harness abundant, clean energy for 10 billion people | Julio Friedmann
How to harness abundant, clean energy for 10 billion people | Julio Friedmann

We can produce abundant, sustainable and cheap energy — for everyone, says physicist Julio Friedmann. He explores the infrastructure, innovation and …

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The most important century in human history | George Zaidan
The most important century in human history | George Zaidan

Is it possible that this century is the most important one in human history? The 21st century has already proven to be a period of rapid growth. We'r…

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The powerful possibilities of recycling the world's batteries | Emma Nehrenheim
The powerful possibilities of recycling the world's batteries | Emma Nehrenheim

The world has plenty of clean energy. The problem is storing that energy and getting it where we need it, when we need it, says battery recycling pio…

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Over 20,000 joined the NPR/Columbia study to move throughout the day. Did it work? | Body Electric
Over 20,000 joined the NPR/Columbia study to move throughout the day. Did it work? | Body Electric

This is an episode we think you might like of Body Electric. TED Radio Hour host Manoush Zomorodi digs into the preliminary results of the listener s…

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The awesome potential of many metaverses | Agnes Larsson
The awesome potential of many metaverses | Agnes Larsson

In the multitude of metaverses that exist there are infinite possibilities for inclusivity and creativity. As we revisit a talk that invites us to cr…

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How global virtual communities can help kids achieve their dreams | Matthew Garcia
How global virtual communities can help kids achieve their dreams | Matthew Garcia

How do we make historically exclusive fields like classical music, fine arts or academic research more accessible to everyone? Education equalizer an…

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