1. New results for insect-scale robots. 2. Let’s build something better and more popular. Most of the rest of the talk is counterproductive. Maybe the AEA should try to raise some money and reverse this state of affairs? Yes? Should this situation not be considered a major failure of AEA efforts to date? Is there
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1. New results for insect-scale robots.
2. Let’s build something better and more popular. Most of the rest of the talk is counterproductive. Maybe the AEA should try to raise some money and reverse this state of affairs? Yes? Should this situation not be considered a major failure of AEA efforts to date? Is there any actual mechanism of accountability in the AEA to consider and remedy this failure? How is it that nothing has been done for so long? Why are the incentives within the AEA so unfriendly to building successful new projects? How might um…an economist analyze the incentives there?
3. “In a series of papers, Blumberg articulated his theory that the brain uses rem sleep to “learn” the body.” New Yorker link here.
4. DR is closing the border with Haiti entirely.
5. Claims about progress in artificial wombs.
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