Alex, here is an item you should add to your next edition of The Innermost Loop. My friend, Abram Anders, the Jonathan Wikert Professor of Innovation at Iowa State University, ran a three week design sprint where students use AI to develop prototype projects.
One winning project was LOAM -- where students shipped a complete soil analysis module, specifically -- a soil microbial respiration sensor, housed in a custom 3D-printed enclosure that fits standard wide-mouth jars, with AI-drafted R-scripts that automate carbon flux calculations for non-expert users.
You should also have Abram on the Moonshots podcast. You and the crew often bemoan the state of higher education, insufficiently preparing students for the Singularity. Abram and his group are addressing that issue head on at ISU.
AWG...Great info...and what is the most scarce commodity?...maybe, human attention...but that could change to humanoid attention. Woe to human beings if that happens. Just a little pause and caution going forward.
Alex, here is an item you should add to your next edition of The Innermost Loop. My friend, Abram Anders, the Jonathan Wikert Professor of Innovation at Iowa State University, ran a three week design sprint where students use AI to develop prototype projects.
One winning project was LOAM -- where students shipped a complete soil analysis module, specifically -- a soil microbial respiration sensor, housed in a custom 3D-printed enclosure that fits standard wide-mouth jars, with AI-drafted R-scripts that automate carbon flux calculations for non-expert users.
Normally, these sensors cost $5,000. Total parts cost: about $100. LOAM stands for Low-cost Open Agronomy Module. Go here: https://iastate.app.box.com/s/78qvfj7j1154dxbm9l9bvwzo3dqr4po0
You should also have Abram on the Moonshots podcast. You and the crew often bemoan the state of higher education, insufficiently preparing students for the Singularity. Abram and his group are addressing that issue head on at ISU.
Thanks for the valuable information.
AWG...Great info...and what is the most scarce commodity?...maybe, human attention...but that could change to humanoid attention. Woe to human beings if that happens. Just a little pause and caution going forward.
It’s not so much remodeling, but rewiring and reshaping how humans operate inside this upside down world.
Civilization is the dataset, the Singularity is the model, we are the labels. - a profound architectural metaphor for the human condition.