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Comment · 8 months ago
Not everything has to be a conspiracy or some 4D chess business move. Dario is a morally motivated person and regretted the tone that was being conveyed in that memo, so he apologized.
Comment · 6 years ago
I also don't have a CS degree, and got hired at a FAANG company. If you want to quickly get up to speed on the data science basics, check out "Cracking the Coding Interview" by Gayle Laakmann McDowell. Her YouTube videos are also useful. Certainly, there are other methods, but this is one that I found useful.
Comment · 7 years ago
Well, I would argue that actually you can, but it is extremely difficult and we aren't at that level technologically yet. Currently, the best solution for many health conditions is to optimize sleep, diet, and exercise. We will probably be uploaded into machines before a pill can replace any one of those functions.
Comment · 9 years ago
Yes, but for any disease there are a number of known gene polymorphisms that predispose you to the disease. These genes may interact with the rest of your genome in incredibly complex ways, but I bet all it would take to cure a disease in most cases would be to target the one or two most prevalent polymorphisms.
Comment · 10 years ago
Comment · 10 years ago
The human brain has proved highly adaptable despite the increasing rate of technological evolution over the last several centuries. The important question in my mind is what are we adapting our brains for? If you spend 70% of your waking life watching TV, the skill sets you develop are unlikely to serve you well in any productive domain.

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