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Arnav Kapur is a computer scientist and engineer at MIT. He is known for his work and advocacy in developing AI systems that enhance and complement human abilities.

Career

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In 2016, Kapur worked at the Biomedical Cybernetics Laboratory at Harvard Medical School. While at Harvard, he showed that gene expression data in microarray and RNA-Seq experiments, could be considered approximately low-rank, which could then be used to reliably predict the data.[1][2][3][4]

After this, Kapur attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, working at the MIT Media Lab.[5][6][7] While at MIT, he developed a peripheral neural interface, dubbed AlterEgo, that recorded neuromuscular signals, sent from the brain to the various muscles of the speech system through subtle and voluntary stimulation, and transcribed them into basic speech commands.[5][8][9][10][11] This created a silent speech interface, having applications in facilitating speech for individuals who had lost the ability to communicate verbally.[12][13] [14][15][16][17] In 2018, Kapur in an interview with 60 Minutes, detailed the inner workings of the prototype and showcased a live demonstration. [18][19][20][21] In 2019, Kapur gave a talk at TED, and demonstrated an updated version of the system.[22][23][24][25] [26]He talked about how ethics can inform design and engineering as a principle [24][27] [28][29][30] and advocated for technologies such as AI to be designed in a way that extended human capabilities.[29][31][32][33]

Kapur has also exhibited artwork and AI tools that collaborate with human artists.[34] His work has been exhibited at alt.ai New York, Design Museum, Art Center Nabi. [35] [36][37][38][39]

Awards

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In 2020, Kapur featured on TIME magazine's 100 Best Inventions of 2020.[40] He has been awarded the Lemelson-MIT graduate prize. [41]

References

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  1. ^ Linderman, George C.; Zhao, Jun; Roulis, Manolis; Bielecki, Piotr; Flavell, Richard A.; Nadler, Boaz; Kluger, Yuval (2022-01-11). "Zero-preserving imputation of single-cell RNA-seq data". Nature Communications. 13 (1): 192. Bibcode:2022NatCo..13..192L. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27729-z. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 8752663. PMID 35017482.
  2. ^ "The Bespoke Scientist". Deccan Chronicle.
  3. ^ "Delhi Man Creates Device Which Allows You To Order Pizza With Your Mind". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  4. ^ "Arnav Kapur | Lemelson". lemelson.mit.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  5. ^ a b "MIT Media Lab AlterEgo: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020". Time. 2020-11-19. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  6. ^ Gibbs, Samuel (2018-04-06). "Researchers develop device that can 'hear' your internal voice". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  7. ^ "Fresh Off The (MIT Media) Lab". Forbes India. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  8. ^ Magazine, Smithsonian; Matchar, Emily. "This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  9. ^ "Watch this device translate silent thoughts into speech". Fast Company.
  10. ^ Verger, Rob (2018-04-07). "MIT is making a device that can 'hear' the words you say silently". Popular Science. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  11. ^ "This device, invented by Delhi-born MIT student, helps you speak 'without words'. What it is, how it works?". Hindustan Times. 2023-07-21. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  12. ^ Petrova, Magdalena (2018-04-10). "MIT developed a headset that gives a voice to the voice inside your head". CNBC. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  13. ^ Ong, Thuy (2018-04-06). "This wearable device can respond to your thoughts". The Verge. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  14. ^ "Computers can't read minds yet but this headset developed by MIT researchers is getting close". Inc.
  15. ^ "Say goodbye to Alexa and hello to gadgets listening to the voice inside your head". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  16. ^ "Explained: AlterEgo—a Device With Which You Can Communicate With Machines With The 'internet In Your Head'". Forbes India. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  17. ^ "MIT student from India develops device that helps you converse without voice". WION. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  18. ^ "MIT Media Lab: Where tomorrow's technology is born -- "60 Minutes Overtime" - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  19. ^ "MIT Media Lab: Making ideas into reality -- "60 Minutes" - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  20. ^ "Delhi-born man invents device that lets you order pizza telepathically; here's how". Business Today. 2023-07-21. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  21. ^ "Did you say something in your head? A machine called Alter Ego is here to 'read' your mind". India Today. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  22. ^ "An MIT researcher demonstrated how we can now search the internet through a wearable "sticker"". Quartz. 2019-04-23. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  23. ^ "Meet this years 20 inspiring creative ted fellows". Fast Company.
  24. ^ a b "Axios Login". Axios.
  25. ^ "Bigger than us: Notes from Session 1 of TED2019 Fellows talks | TED Blog". 2019-04-15. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  26. ^ "Five ways you can already become a cyborg, one body part at a time". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  27. ^ "An MIT researcher demonstrated how we can now search the internet through a wearable "sticker"". Quartz. 2019-04-23. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  28. ^ "Log in to Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  29. ^ a b Golembiewski, Lauren (2019-04-30). "How Wearable AI Will Amplify Human Intelligence". Harvard Business Review. ISSN 0017-8012. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  30. ^ Leivas, Daniel (2020-10-01). "Is Neuralink the Future of Smartphones?". The Startup. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  31. ^ John, Cyrus (2018-04-09). "AlterEgo Headset: Now Control Gadgets with Just Your Mind". TheQuint. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  32. ^ Kapur, Arnav (2019-05-16), How AI could become an extension of your mind, retrieved 2023-07-23
  33. ^ "An MIT researcher demonstrated how we can now search the internet through a wearable "sticker"". Quartz. 2019-04-23. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  34. ^ "Will AI change the art world?". India Today. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  35. ^ "@Bhanu0993". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  36. ^ "alt-AI". genekogan.com. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  37. ^ Tyka, Michael (2016-06-16). "Alt-AI". Artists + Machine Intelligence. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  38. ^ "Assisted Visions". LISA KORI. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  39. ^ drone.tv. "Tandem- Art with an AI | harshit". Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  40. ^ "MIT Media Lab AlterEgo: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020". Time. 2020-11-19. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  41. ^ "Arnav Kapur | Lemelson". lemelson.mit.edu. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
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