Hard Fork

Data Centers in Space + A.I. Policy on the Right + A Gemini History Mystery


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This week, we talk about Google’s new plan to build data centers in space. Then, we’re joined by Dean Ball, a former adviser at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Ball worked on the Trump administration’s A.I. Action Plan, and he shares his inside view on how those policies came together. Finally, Professor Mark Humphries joins us to talk about a strange Gemini model that offered mind-blowing results on a challenging research problem.

 

Guests:

  • Dean Ball, senior fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation and former White House senior policy adviser for artificial intelligence and emerging technology
  • Mark Humphries, professor of history at Wilfrid Laurier University


Additional Reading: 

  • Towards a Future Space-Based, Highly Scalable A.I. Infrastructure System Design
  • What It's Like to Work at the White House 
  • Has Google Quietly Solved Two of AI’s Oldest Problems?

 

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