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# The f(x) = e^x | OpenAI, ethics in computing & protein folding
- URL: https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/openai-ethics-in-computing-protein-folding/
- Published: 2021-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-12-01T09:36:21.000Z
- Description: In the 8th episode of The Tech Journal, The Digital Speaker explores the digital realm, taking a closer look at CLIP and DALL-E, the latest networks to come out of OpenAI, ethics in computing, and how neural networks solved a 50-year-old biological problem.
- Author: Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP
- Tags: #newsletter, Synthetic Minds Newsletter

Dr Mark van Rijmenam

# The f(x) = e^x | May 12, 2021 - Vol. 143

*Good Day! This is my weekly newsletter, with a dose of insights into the future. The topic of this newsletter is the exponential times we live in, hence the title of f(x) = e^x, which is the (natural) exponential function.* 

*Recently, I launched my new concept* [**The Digital Speaker**](https://thedigitalspeaker.com/?ref=thedigitalspeaker.com) *and you can now book me as an avatar or hologram. Also, my tech trend prediction for 2021 is out, *[read it here](https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/top-five-strategic-technology-trends-2021-year-of-digitalism/)*!*

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## The Digital Speaker series EP08: The Tech Journal - OpenAI, Ethics in Computing and Protein Folding 

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### My latest episode:

In the 8th episode of The Tech Journal, The Digital Speaker explores the digital realm, taking a closer look at CLIP and DALL-E, the latest networks to come out of OpenAI, ethics in computing, and how neural networks solved a 50-year-old biological problem.

We will look at what our good friends at OpenAI have been working on since the release of GPT-3\. I want to explore CLIP and Dall-E, neural networks with a penchant for images.

From there, I will explore what ethical issues neural networks raise, and how it is time we start moving digital ethics out of the classrooms and into the real world.

After, I will explore how neural networks and algorithms solved a 50-year-old biological problem, leading to a groundbreaking medical breakthrough.

So, get comfortable, sit back, and let us start speaking digital. You can watch it on [**YouTube**](https://youtu.be/snVYsLPduQY?ref=thedigitalspeaker.com), [**Vimeo**](https://vimeo.com/digitalspeaker/EP08?ref=thedigitalspeaker.com)[**,** ](https://vimeo.com/524856630?ref=thedigitalspeaker.com)listen to it as a [**podcast**](https://anchor.fm/the-digital-speaker/episodes/The-Digital-Speaker-series-EP08-The-Tech-Journal---OpenAI--Ethics-in-Computing-and-Protein-Folding-e10ntps?ref=thedigitalspeaker.com) or read the transcript on my [**website**](https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/the-tech-journal-ep08-openai-ethics-in-computing-protein-folding/).

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### ****Three Useful Nuggets of Information**

*My weekly tips from around the web to get you thinking.*

**1\. Crypto regulation is imminent, so are legal battles.**

Companies behind cryptocurrencies are rushing to hire well-connected lobbyists, lawyers and consultants as the battle over how to regulate them intensifies. ([**NY Times**](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/09/us/politics/cryptocurrency-regulation-sec-ripple-labs.html?mc%5Fcid=286f9a7bcb&ref=thedigitalspeaker.com))

**2\. Small, smaller, smallest: 2 nanometers it is.**

Last week, IBM announced a major breakthrough as they revealed an integrated circuit design with the world's first 2-nanometer process. Available in 2024, it will change the industry. ([**Network World**](https://www.networkworld.com/article/3618588/ibm-leapfrogs-everyone-announces-2nm-chips.html?ref=thedigitalspeaker.com))

**3\. Ethical AI is the way forward, even Google thinks so 🧐**

Alphabet Inc.’s Google plans to double the size of its team studying artificial-intelligence ethics in the coming years. A good thing, but after their last researcher was fired because of her viewpoints, how serious are they? ([**WSJ**](https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-plans-to-double-ai-ethics-research-staff-11620749048?ref=thedigitalspeaker.com))

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