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Tech Tuesdays: Learnings, Teachings, & Updates from a Techno-Optimist

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Generative AI in the Metaverse

My blog post for Psychology Today on Generative AI in the Metaverse came out last summer. As usual, I took an optimistic view of technology and explored the possibilities and its potential. For example, I loved thinking through the idea of implementing a large language model to be an inclusive facilitator of a meeting in the metaverse!

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Podcast: NSF Discovery - Inventing the Future

Cori Lathan has always had an interest in technology. She has spent her career inventing, founding and running a company, Anthrotronix, and inspiring STEM interest in future generations through robotics. Her recent book, "Inventing the Future: Stories from a Techno Optimist" explores the possibilities of tomorrow through her 20-year career journey. She joins us to discuss some of her inventions, how NSF support has helped her along the way, and her optimism for the future.

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3 Healthcare Challenges

My article on the "MED-averse" w/ Daniel Kraft, MD went live on Psychology Today - 3 Healthcare Challenges the "Med-averse" Could Address.

Key Points:

--Multiple metaverses will likely be built with emerging technologies such as web 3.0, AR/VR/XR, and AI.

--Capabilities like telepresence, virtual training and education, and digital twinning will enable the "med-averse."

--A health- and medical-focused "med-averse" could help address issues such as chronic disease, the mental health crisis, and health disparities.

Join us for more conversation on the "MED-averse" at NextMed Health March 13-18 - DM me for a discount registration code.

Fun fact: The cover image was made by DALL·E 2!

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Brain Power

You misplace your keys – nothing to worry about, or a warning of early onset dementia? In this presentation for the World Economic Forum, Corinna E. Lathan, Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of AnthroTronix Inc., explains how the data we routinely generate in our lives is enabling our approach to mental illness to move from treatment to prevention. She makes the case for doctors to monitor brain health as routinely as blood pressure.

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