Well my day was pretty crazy, but while getting in a moment to breathe I listened to some talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

First was day 2 of the Institute for Science and Ethics (IWE)'s sustainable AI conference. I especially liked Julia Maria Mönig's talk on sustainability and the "we-turn" in AI ethics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H22ITktwj48

Next was a great talk by SueYeon Chung on the geometry of neural representations at the NSF AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions (IAIFI) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMz0I2MFF58

Next was an intriguing talk by Hsin-Yuan (Robert) Huang on generative quantum advantage at IAIFI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjzskClkboY

Last was "Restless Empire: China and the World Since 1750" by Odd Arne Westad. This book is a solid, informative history of an extremely important era of Chinese and world history. Unlike his more recent book, Westad here focuses on broad trends and analyzes the consequences of moves both within China and internationally. I particularly liked how he brought the Chinese diaspora into this history as well. While there aren't earth-shattering revelations here, it's still a great history. Highly recommend https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/odd-arne-westad/restless-empire/9780465056675/