Natan Voitenkov
Notes on building things, leaving places, and starting over.
Essays
- 85 billion hours a yearIn the US alone, American drivers (240M registered drivers) spend 85 billion hours a year on the road (Uber, busses, tracks etc excluded). It's a staggering amount of time, and somewhat of an underestimation since sampling data was collected end of 2022, post pandemic.
- Building a trust-first AI softwareArtificial intelligence (AI) is already driving profound innovation and transforms society. As AI systems gain more traction in their respective areas, legitimate concerns arise regarding transparency, safety, and accountability.
- Could a lack of empathy be one of the key value adds of AI-led research?If we were to assume that empathy is always a positive thing, you’d be happy to hear that the interest in empathy has grown over time, even more so within the realm of research