Ancient wolves, conservation futures, and one of the fastest growing biotech startups in history
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Ancient wolves, conservation futures, and one of the fastest growing biotech startups in history
Colossal Biosciences has been grabbing headlines with claims of bringing the long-extinct dire wolf back from the dead. But how responsible is the company’s vision of “commercial evolution?” From the Future of Being Human Substack.
What does responsible innovation mean in an age of accelerating AI?
Reflections and provocations from a keynote given at the 2025 Yidan Prize Conference. From the Future of Being Human Substack.
Reimagining learning and education in an age of AI
Reflections and provocations from a keynote given at the 2025 Yidan Prize Conference. From the Future of Being Human Substack.
Can agentic AI build your entire online course?
I asked the “general AI agent” Manus to design and create an online course. There were some glitches, but the result shows what advanced AI could be capable of in the very near future. From the Future of Being Human Substack.
When Agentic AI Takes Charge – First impressions of Manus
Having just got my hands on the new general AI agent from Manus I was excited to see what it could do. So I asked it to design, conduct and write up a human subjects research study – with no humans! From the Future of Being Human Substack.
Rethinking Higher Education in the Age of AI
How embracing playful experimentation can redefine universities in an era of limitless intelligence. From the Future of Being Human Substack.
AI in Higher Education: Students need playgrounds, not playpens
AI capabilities are moving so fast, and the implications are so profound, that we restrict the ability of students to learn through curiosity, experimentation, and hands-on experience at our peril. From the Future of Being Human Substack.
The “hard” concept of care in technology innovation
Does a lack of care in how we develop and use new technologies risk turning us and our creations into “monsters?” From the Future of Being Human Substack.
AI and the lure of permissionless innovation
What could possibly go wrong as we prize the guardrails of responsibility off artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies? From the Future of Being Human Substack.
An AI model that can decode and design living organisms
The Arc Institute’s new EVO 2 model does for DNA what ChatGPT did for words. From the Future of Being Human Substack.