Arnav Kapur Explained

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

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.[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] He talked about how ethics can inform design and engineering as a principle [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] and advocated for technologies such as AI to be designed in a way that extended human capabilities.[31] [32]

Kapur has also exhibited artwork and AI tools that collaborate with human artists.[33] His work has been exhibited at alt.ai New York, Design Museum, Art Center Nabi. [34] [35] [36] [37] [38]

Awards

In 2020, Kapur featured on TIME magazine's 100 Best Inventions of 2020.[39] He has been awarded the Lemelson-MIT graduate prize. [40]

Notes and References

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

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