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AI on the edge

We've had icy blasts across the UK this week. So to keep my British readers warm (and anyone else who just wants to relax indoors), there are a few more nuggets than normal this week.

Dept of podcasts 🎧

Coming back to Earth, I felt like I'd been awakened by the view that I had out of my Soyuz capsule and the Space Station. I thought, "Everyone is sleepwalking." I wanted to shake them up and say: "Wake up! Look at this world; look at what we're doing to it: we're missing the big picture!"

I had an amazing conversation with Anousheh Ansari, the first female space explorer, the first Iranian astronaut in space, currently the CEO of X Prize. Anousheh takes us through her time at the International Space Station, her current work on fostering space technology innovation, and her mission as the CEO of X Prize Foundation to empower younger generations to contribute to solving some of the greatest challenges we're facing. 

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