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Kristin Houser

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Kristin Houser is a staff writer at Freethink, where she covers science and tech. Her written work has appeared in Business Insider, NBC News, and the World Economic Forum’s Agenda, among other publications, and Stephen Colbert once talked about a piece on The Late Show, to her delight.

Prior to joining Freethink, Kristin was a staff writer for Futurism and wrote several animated and live action web series.

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Two people hold a large white balloon outdoors at dusk, ready to release it and make sunsets an unforgettable memory. Trees and a fading sunset form the picturesque background.
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Aerial view of a car using semi-autonomous driving automation to parallel park between two other cars. Red and green sensor indicators display the car's proximity to obstacles while guiding its reverse parking.
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A person wearing blue gloves operates a piece of scientific equipment, handling small yellow cubes that are immersed in a cryogenic container.
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A grid featuring 15 portraits of an elderly man wearing a hat. The images show various digital distortions.
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View of Earth from a space station window with the word "MINUS" overlayed on the image.
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A close-up of a high-performance AI chip called Sohu
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Three workers in orange vests and hard hats climb a ladder on the side of a massive concrete cooling tower of a nuclear power plant, against a clear blue sky.
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In a bustling data center, a person works with a laptop on a cart, surrounded by racks of illuminated servers and cables.
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ARC PRIZE written in pixelated letters, with a pink square above 'PRIZE' and a yellow square next to it, set against a black background, reminiscent of classic AGI digital aesthetics.
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A gloved hand holds a pair of tweezers gripping a small black square object against a background with concentric circles.
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