Sumit Sanyal
@sumit-sanyal.bsky.social
Founder of Reinforcement Learning company minds.ai
December 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Phil Anderson's "More Is Different" was not an anti-reductionist view! This is literally the first sentence of his paper.
December 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Phil Anderson's "More Is Different" was not an anti-reductionist view! This is literally the first sentence of his paper.
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I am encouraged to see that the urgency of tackling AI risks is resonating with such a wide audience.
Thank you to TED for the chance to share why we need to prioritize safety in AI, and my vision for a safer path forward.
www.ted.com/playlists/88...
Thank you to TED for the chance to share why we need to prioritize safety in AI, and my vision for a safer path forward.
www.ted.com/playlists/88...
Most popular TED Talks of 2025 | TED Talks
Here are the talks everyone couldn’t stop watching in 2025. From how to spot deepfakes and read minds to breakthroughs in robotics and longer-lasting produce, these ideas captured attention — and spar...
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December 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I am encouraged to see that the urgency of tackling AI risks is resonating with such a wide audience.
Thank you to TED for the chance to share why we need to prioritize safety in AI, and my vision for a safer path forward.
www.ted.com/playlists/88...
Thank you to TED for the chance to share why we need to prioritize safety in AI, and my vision for a safer path forward.
www.ted.com/playlists/88...
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You can watch my TED Talk here: www.ted.com/talks/yoshua...
The catastrophic risks of AI — and a safer path
Yoshua Bengio — the world's most-cited computer scientist and a "godfather" of artificial intelligence — is deadly concerned about the current trajectory of the technology. As AI models race toward fu...
www.ted.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
You can watch my TED Talk here: www.ted.com/talks/yoshua...
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Opinion: AI is eminently capable of political persuasion and could automate it at a mass scale. We are not prepared.
The era of AI persuasion in elections is about to begin
AI is eminently capable of political persuasion and could automate it at a mass scale. We are not prepared.
www.technologyreview.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Opinion: AI is eminently capable of political persuasion and could automate it at a mass scale. We are not prepared.
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A solar prominence hovers over the Sun
Solar Orbiter captured a special treat on camera: a dark 'prominence' sticking out from the side of the Sun.
Credit: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team, D. Berghmans (ROB); Music: Atmos by Oliver Spencer.
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... 🧪🔭
Solar Orbiter captured a special treat on camera: a dark 'prominence' sticking out from the side of the Sun.
Credit: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team, D. Berghmans (ROB); Music: Atmos by Oliver Spencer.
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... 🧪🔭
November 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A solar prominence hovers over the Sun
Solar Orbiter captured a special treat on camera: a dark 'prominence' sticking out from the side of the Sun.
Credit: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team, D. Berghmans (ROB); Music: Atmos by Oliver Spencer.
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... 🧪🔭
Solar Orbiter captured a special treat on camera: a dark 'prominence' sticking out from the side of the Sun.
Credit: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team, D. Berghmans (ROB); Music: Atmos by Oliver Spencer.
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... 🧪🔭
How to Identify a Prime Number without a Computer | Scientific American share.google/cijeTb674FmR...
How to Identify a Prime Number without a Computer
For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years later
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November 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
How to Identify a Prime Number without a Computer | Scientific American share.google/cijeTb674FmR...
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The silver lining to the surrender by 8 Dems is that the House GOP must return to vote on it. Johnson must swear in Grijalva, and the discharge petition on the Epstein files must force a full floor vote. Stay tuned.
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The silver lining to the surrender by 8 Dems is that the House GOP must return to vote on it. Johnson must swear in Grijalva, and the discharge petition on the Epstein files must force a full floor vote. Stay tuned.
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We are the ones who are coming to save us.
February 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
We are the ones who are coming to save us.
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I would say "put it in the Louvre," but it would just get stolen.
November 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I would say "put it in the Louvre," but it would just get stolen.
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Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
October 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
@seanmcarroll.bsky.social Can't wait to hear you chat with Professor Ginestra Bianconi, Professor of Applied Mathematics at Queen Mary University! Thanks
October 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
@seanmcarroll.bsky.social Can't wait to hear you chat with Professor Ginestra Bianconi, Professor of Applied Mathematics at Queen Mary University! Thanks
@seanmcarroll.bsky.social Really enjoyed the episode with Bryan van Norden on Chinese philosophy. Now how about on on Indian philosophy to follow it up? I would recommend Swami Sarvapriyananda who is a New York based scholar and is an engineer by training from IIT. Thanks
October 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
@seanmcarroll.bsky.social Really enjoyed the episode with Bryan van Norden on Chinese philosophy. Now how about on on Indian philosophy to follow it up? I would recommend Swami Sarvapriyananda who is a New York based scholar and is an engineer by training from IIT. Thanks
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This Atlantic analysis echoes the long convo I had recently with a European researcher who maintains that social media cannot be fixed because the problem lies in its very infrastructure and human nature cannot deal with it. I increasingly think he is correct. arstechnica.com/science/2025...
September 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This Atlantic analysis echoes the long convo I had recently with a European researcher who maintains that social media cannot be fixed because the problem lies in its very infrastructure and human nature cannot deal with it. I increasingly think he is correct. arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Oliver Sacks on the Necessity of Our Illusions www.themarginalian.org/2023/11/23/o...
Oliver Sacks on the Necessity of Our Illusions
“We need detachment… as much as we need engagement in our lives… transports that make our consciousness of time and mortality easier to bear.”
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October 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Oliver Sacks on the Necessity of Our Illusions www.themarginalian.org/2023/11/23/o...
Jane Goodall, the gentle disrupter whose research on chimpanzees redefined what it meant to be human theconversation.com/jane-goodall...
Jane Goodall, the gentle disrupter whose research on chimpanzees redefined what it meant to be human
Without formal scientific training, Goodall upended the study of animal behavior. She also inspired countless people to protect nature.
theconversation.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Jane Goodall, the gentle disrupter whose research on chimpanzees redefined what it meant to be human theconversation.com/jane-goodall...
"they are weaker than they look"
Ocasio-Cortez urges Democrats to stand firm on ACA subsidies share.google/TU3WyH0pcW7D...
Ocasio-Cortez urges Democrats to stand firm on ACA subsidies share.google/TU3WyH0pcW7D...
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October 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
"they are weaker than they look"
Ocasio-Cortez urges Democrats to stand firm on ACA subsidies share.google/TU3WyH0pcW7D...
Ocasio-Cortez urges Democrats to stand firm on ACA subsidies share.google/TU3WyH0pcW7D...
R.F.K., Jr.: A Day in the Life
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R.F.K., Jr.: A Day in the Life
Why riding underneath the car is safer than riding inside the car, and other neato things to learn from the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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September 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
R.F.K., Jr.: A Day in the Life
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Last week from @josephinelee.bsky.social: “It’s anti-regulation, it’s anti-Black and anti-immigrant, and it’s anti-social safety net. So these cuts that are coming together really exacerbate the crisis of care.”
Texas Domestic Workers Face Trump Attack on Minimum Wage
Advocates warn a proposed rule by the Department of Labor will deepen the country’s “crisis of care.”
www.texasobserver.org
September 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Last week from @josephinelee.bsky.social: “It’s anti-regulation, it’s anti-Black and anti-immigrant, and it’s anti-social safety net. So these cuts that are coming together really exacerbate the crisis of care.”
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the onion has been on fire but this might be my favorite recent one lol
Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From
Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From
LONDON—Claiming that he recognized the member of the royal family, but his memory was hazy, President Donald Trump has spent his entire trip to the U.K. trying to figure out where he knows Prince Andr...
theonion.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
the onion has been on fire but this might be my favorite recent one lol
How new tech could help save New Zealand's unique birds www.npr.org/2025/09/18/n...
Kiwi's are showing the rest of us how to do it.
#conservation #invasivespecies #newzealand #feelgoodstories
Kiwi's are showing the rest of us how to do it.
#conservation #invasivespecies #newzealand #feelgoodstories
To save its unique and rare birds, New Zealand is turning to AI and genetic research
New Zealand is planning to eradicate millions of invasive animals that prey on the country's rare birds. The goal may not be possible, unless new technology can be developed to do it.
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September 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
How new tech could help save New Zealand's unique birds www.npr.org/2025/09/18/n...
Kiwi's are showing the rest of us how to do it.
#conservation #invasivespecies #newzealand #feelgoodstories
Kiwi's are showing the rest of us how to do it.
#conservation #invasivespecies #newzealand #feelgoodstories
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💥 🧬 🧪 Mary-Claire King: Geneticist & Humanitarian
Geneticist who helped Abuelas find their grandchildren by developing a mitochondrial DNA sequencing test
Geneticist who helped Abuelas find their grandchildren by developing a mitochondrial DNA sequencing test
September 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
💥 🧬 🧪 Mary-Claire King: Geneticist & Humanitarian
Geneticist who helped Abuelas find their grandchildren by developing a mitochondrial DNA sequencing test
Geneticist who helped Abuelas find their grandchildren by developing a mitochondrial DNA sequencing test
September 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM