Sovereign wealth fund for #AI is a good idea. @sanders.senate.gov proposes one here but Donald Trump has made a similar pitch. As have Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Elon Musk. Dividends from AI should return to the people. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/o...
Who's Who of AI
Rafael M Batista
Behavioral Scientist.
Lately, I've been thinking (and posting) about: AI+Psych, Personal Finance, Consumer Behavior. Civically engaged, so I occasionally post about that too.
What they're sharing
Opinion | Bernie Sanders: A.I. Is a Public Resource. You Should Own Half of It. nytimes.com
ft.com
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Opinion | A.I. Doomaxxing Is Bad for Our Economy nytimes.com
I’d Rather Risk Cancer Than See AI Move This Fast theatlantic.com
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A satellite foundation model for improved wealth monitoring arxiv.org
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Science as Collective Sensemaking republicofscience.substack.com
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I’d Rather Risk Cancer Than See AI Move This Fast theatlantic.com
Articles & links
Rafael M Batista reposted
“Like nuclear energy, AI must be at the service of all and of the common good. Decisions about technology must never be separated from conscience and responsibility.” www.ft.com/content/1231...
“We Have to Stop Freaking Out About #AI” from a guy who understands a thing or two about economic narratives @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/o...
Rafael M Batista reposted
New piece in The Atlantic! We always hear that AI will cure cancer, and I would immediately benefit if it did. Still, I argue that racing ahead on generalist AI models creates unclear benefits for cancer that are outweighed by broader societal harms. Gift link: www.theatlantic…
Rafael M Batista reposted
Measuring poverty used to mean flying data collectors to remote villages every decade. A satellite AI model just mapped every 6-km area of Africa for 36 GPU-hours total, which is roughly the cost of a tank of gas. Cool paper by @marshallburke.bsky.social, et al.: arxiv.org/abs…
Rafael M Batista reposted
"The truly visionary AI for Science company is not automating experiments or AI-generating Nature papers, but building technology to improve the collective sensemaking ability of scientists @cosmik.network and alphaXiv are both examples of startups trying to build new sensemak…
What a gift of an essay! @emmapierson.bsky.social is a star computer scientist and a wonderful writer. This piece in particular is both personal and intelligent. Thanks for writing it, Emma www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Their own posts
Recent commentary
Sensible reminder in @economist.com on #AI starting to ‘build itself’, what’s known as “recursive self-improvement” (RSI)
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