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Week of May 20th.

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2/ The Potential of AI-Optimized Readable Code Bases - AI-optimized readable code bases could potentially change how developers write and read code. The hypothesis was that as long as the code could be read by an AI, you can ensure a codebase is standardized in a way that promotes seamless interoperability

3/ The Shift from Centralized to Decentralized Healthcare- Moving care from centralized hospitals to the home. The idea was to create infrastructure that would allow healthcare to be more accessible and convenient for patients.

4/ Methane Reduction in the Agriculture Sector- The team highlighted different methods and innovations in agriculture that could significantly reduce methane emissions. We also discussed the use of satellites to detect changes in micro radiation or wavelengths, allowing for more accurate climate intelligence.

5/ The Role of Synthetic Data in AI Model Training - This approach could reduce reliance on actual data, like internet comments, and be especially useful in areas where data is hard to obtain or sensitive, such as medical data. Additionally, there was debate over whether the generation function could be subjective.

1/ Decentralized Social Media Platforms and Interoperability - The team envisioned a world where services come to our data set instead of the other way around, with the potential for a universal super app that isn't reliant on surveillance capitalism or state surveillance.