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Shivon Zilis describes herself thus : “ Artificial intelligence , biological intelligence , and whatever exists in between and beyond . Equal parts nerd and athlete . Made in Canada .” And it ’ s the bridge between AI and biological intelligence that perhaps excites her most , hence her work in the offices of Neuralink , working for the world ’ s second richest person , Elon Musk , on wiring up digital machines to organic brains . She is also the youngest board member at OpenAI , an AI research lab that aims to develop ‘ friendly ’ AI that works on behalf of humanity .

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