Next was a fantastic talk by Nancy Pollard on bringing dexterity to robot hands in the real world at the Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute. Not only does she show refreshing approaches to improving grasping, she absolutely shreds the question in the Q&A on throwing every problem to large models when the truth matters. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRidNHIkCIA (5/8) #robotics
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Next was a short talk by Kevin Roberts on how capital investment impacts workers at NBER https://www.youtube.com/live/PkSczW4WVUg?si=Jh4nGShD72NgT_AW&t=4754 (6/8) #economics
Next was an engaging talk by @LukasFreund on modeling the labor market effects of AI at NBER https://www.youtube.com/live/XCNPNsw9QSU?si=WYkj1hOOIiqx_oor&t=20663 (7/8) #economics #AI
Last was "Simone de Beauvoir: Philosophy & Feminism" by Nancy Bauer. This is very much a philosophical work, but within that genre it's one of the more readable and reasonable books that I've read. Bauer reflects on Beauvoir's work and responds to her critics, taking an even handed approach and importantly not reflexively quoting giants of the field as if they are religious figures. Highly recommend
Full review: https://bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/review/8796279/s/an-interesting-work-of-philosophical-reflection#anchor-8796279 (8/8) #philosophy #feminism
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