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Biographical introduction / book excerpt
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Summary
This document is a biographical introduction for genetic engineer George Church, detailing his work with the Personal Genome Project, his involvement in the 2013 BRAIN Initiative, and his pioneering work with CRISPR. The text discusses his views on biological engineering versus Artificial Intelligence (AI) and includes quotes regarding the ethical challenges of AI. The document bears a House Oversight stamp, indicating it is part of a production of documents, likely related to the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's ties to the scientific community (Edge Foundation/Harvard), though Epstein is not explicitly named on this specific page.
People (2)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| George Church | Genetic Engineer / Director |
Subject of the text; described as a pioneer in reading and writing biology and director of the Personal Genome Project.
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| Barack Obama | President of the United States |
Mentioned in relation to the 2013 BRAIN Initiative.
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Organizations (3)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Personal Genome Project |
Organization created and directed by George Church.
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| BRAIN Initiative |
Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies; 2013 initiative.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT' stamp at the bottom of the page.
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Church was 'instrumental in laying the groundwork' for Obama's BRAIN Initiative.
Key Quotes (3)
"It could be that some of the BRAIN Initiative projects allow us to build human brains that are more consistent with our ethics and capable of doing advanced tasks like artificial intelligence"Source
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"The safest path by far is getting humans to do all the tasks that they would like to delegate to machines, but we're not yet firmly on that super-safe path."Source
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"The main risk in AI, to my mind, is not so much whether we can mathematically understand what they're thinking; it's whether we're capable of teaching them ethical behavior. We're barely capable of teaching each other ethical behavior."Source
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