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'''Arnav Kapur''' is a [[Computer scientist|computer scientist]] and [[Engineering:Engineer|engineer]] at [[Organization:Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]. He is known for his work and advocacy in developing [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] systems that [[Intelligence amplification|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 [[Biology:Microarray|microarray]] and [[Biology:RNA-Seq|RNA-Seq]] experiments, could be considered approximately [[Low-rank approximation|low-rank]], which could then be used to reliably predict the data.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Linderman |first=George C. |last2=Zhao |first2=Jun |last3=Roulis |first3=Manolis |last4=Bielecki |first4=Piotr |last5=Flavell |first5=Richard A. |last6=Nadler |first6=Boaz |last7=Kluger |first7=Yuval |date=2022-01-11 |title=Zero-preserving imputation of single-cell RNA-seq data |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-27729-z |journal=Nature Communications |language=en |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=192 |doi=10.1038/s41467-021-27729-z |issn=2041-1723|doi-access=free |pmc=8752663 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=The Bespoke Scientist |work=Deccan Chronicle |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/sunday-chronicle/headliners/270518/the-bespoke-scientist.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Delhi Man Creates Device Which Allows You To Order Pizza With Your Mind |url=https://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/delhi-man-creates-device-which-allows-you-to-order-pizza-with-your-mind-4228217 |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Arnav Kapur {{!}} Lemelson |url=https://lemelson.mit.edu/award-winners/arnav-kapur |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=lemelson.mit.edu}}</ref>

After this, Kapur attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, working at the [[Organization:MIT Media Lab|MIT Media Lab]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2020-11-19 |title=MIT Media Lab AlterEgo: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 |url=https://time.com/collection/best-inventions-2020/5911365/mit-media-lab-alterego/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Time |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gibbs |first=Samuel |date=2018-04-06 |title=Researchers develop device that can 'hear' your internal voice |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/06/researchers-develop-device-that-can-hear-your-internal-voice |access-date=2023-11-02 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fresh Off The (MIT Media) Lab |url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/innovation-factories/fresh-off-the-(mit-media)-lab/53121/1 |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Forbes India |language=en}}</ref> While at MIT, he developed a [[Brain–computer interface|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 in

to basic speech commands.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Magazine |first=Smithsonian |last2=Matchar |first2=Emily |title=This Device Can Hear You Talking to Yourself |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/device-can-hear-voice-inside-your-head-180972785/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Watch this device translate silent thoughts into speech. |work=Fast Company |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90350006/watch-this-device-translate-silent-thoughts-into-speech}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Verger |first=Rob |date=2018-04-07 |title=MIT is making a device that can 'hear' the words you say silently |url=https://www.popsci.com/device-hears-your-silent-speech/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Popular Science |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-21 |title=This device, invented by Delhi-born MIT student, helps you speak ‘without words’. What it is, how it works? |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/technology/this-device-invented-by-delhi-born-mit-student-helps-you-speak-without-words-what-it-is-what-it-does-101689930913146.html |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> This created a [[Silent speech interface|silent speech interface]], having applications in facilitating speech for individuals who had lost the ability to communicate verbally.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Petrova |first=Magdalena |date=2018-04-10 |title=MIT developed a headset that gives a voice to the voice inside your head |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/10/mit-alterego-communicates-with-a-computer-through-subvocalization.html |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ong |first=Thuy |date=2018-04-06 |title=This wearable device can respond to your thoughts |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/6/17206100/alterego-device-respond-thoughts-mit-researchers-chess |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=The Verge |language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite news |title=Computers can't read minds yet but this headset developed by MIT researchers is getting close |work=Inc |url=https://www.inc.com/christine-lagorio/computers-cant-read-minds-yet-but-this-headset-developed-by-mit-researchers-is-getting-close.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Say goodbye to Alexa and hello to gadgets listening to the voice inside your head |url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2018/04/27/143171/say-goodbye-to-alexa-and-hello-to-gadgets-listening-to-the-voice-inside-your-head/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=MIT Technology Review |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Explained: AlterEgo—a Device With Which You Can Communicate With Machines With The 'internet In Your Head' |url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/news/explained-alteregoa-device-with-which-you-can-communicate-with-machines-with-the-internet-in-your-head/86917/1 |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Forbes India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MIT student from India develops device that helps you converse without voice |url=https://www.wionews.com/trending/mit-student-from-india-develops-device-that-helps-you-converse-without-voice-618367 |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=WION |language=en-us}}</ref> In 2018, Kapur in an interview with 60 Minutes, detailed the inner workings of the prototype and showcased a live demonstration. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-22 |title=MIT Media Lab: Where tomorrow's technology is born -- "60 Minutes Overtime" - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mit-media-lab-where-tomorrows-technology-is-born/ |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-22 |title=MIT Media Lab: Making ideas into reality -- "60 Minutes" - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mit-media-lab-making-ideas-into-reality-future-factory/ |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-21 |title=Delhi-born man invents device that lets you order pizza telepathically; here's how |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/trends/story/delhi-born-man-invents-device-that-lets-you-order-pizza-telepathically-heres-how-390766-2023-07-21 |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Business Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Did you say something in your head? A machine called Alter Ego is here to 'read' your mind |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/alter-ego-device-words-head-transcribe-speech-1207440-2018-04-08 |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, Kapur gave a talk at [[Software:TED (conference)|TED]], and demonstrated an updated version of the system.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-23 |title=An MIT researcher demonstrated how we can now search the internet through a wearable “sticker” |url=https://qz.com/1602401/mits-arnav-kapur-performs-a-live-demo-of-alterego-at-ted |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Quartz |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Meet this years 20 inspiring creative ted fellows. |work=Fast Company |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90295067/meet-this-years-20-inspiring-creative-ted-fellows}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-15 |title=Bigger than us: Notes from Session 1 of TED2019 Fellows talks {{!}} TED Blog |url=https://blog.ted.com/one-with-each-other-notes-from-session-1-of-ted2019-fellows-talks/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |language=en-US}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |title=Five ways you can already become a cyborg, one body part at a time |url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2018/06/19/142228/here-are-some-ways-to-upgrade-yourself-one-body-part-at-a-time/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=MIT Technology Review |language=en}}</ref>He talked about how ethics can inform design and engineering as a principle <ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Axios Login |url=https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-3543b8b1-757e-4e57-8b12-8653ea542881.html |website=Axios}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-23 |title=An MIT researcher demonstrated how we can now search the internet through a wearable "sticker" |url=https://qz.com/1602401/mits-arnav-kapur-performs-a-live-demo-of-alterego-at-ted |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=Quartz |language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |title=Log in to Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/i/flow/login?redirect_after_login=%2Fi%2Fweb%2Fstatus%2F1478661514047410176 |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Golembiewski |first=Lauren |date=2019-04-30 |title=How Wearable AI Will Amplify Human Intelligence |work=Harvard Business Review |url=https://hbr.org/2019/04/how-wearable-ai-will-amplify-human-intelligence |access-date=2023-11-02 |issn=0017-8012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Leivas |first=Daniel |date=2020-10-01 |title=Is Neuralink the Future of Smartphones? |url=https://medium.com/swlh/is-neuralink-the-future-of-smartphones-57134a3c0546 |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=The Startup |language=en}}</ref> and advocated for technologies such as AI to be designed in a way that extended human capabilities.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=John |first=Cyrus |date=2018-04-09 |title=AlterEgo Headset: Now Control Gadgets with Just Your Mind |url=https://www.thequint.com/tech-and-auto/gadgets/top-futuristic-tech-start-up-inventions-like-alterego-myo-hololens-blincam-and-more |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=TheQuint |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Kapur |first=Arnav |title=How AI could become an extension of your mind |date=2019-05-16 |url=https://www.ted.com/talks/arnav_kapur_how_ai_could_become_an_extension_of_your_mind |access-date=2023-07-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-23 |title=An MIT researcher demonstrated how we can now search the internet through a wearable "sticker" |url=https://qz.com/1602401/mits-arnav-kapur-performs-a-live-demo-of-alterego-at-ted |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=Quartz |language=en}}</ref>

Kapur has also exhibited artwork and AI tools that collaborate with human artists.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Will AI change the art world? |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/what-s-hot/story/will-ai-change-the-art-world-1378860-2018-10-30 |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>  His work has been exhibited at alt.ai New York, Design Museum, Art Center Nabi. <ref>{{Cite web |title=@Bhanu0993 |url=https://twitter.com/Bhanu0993/status/1218865165032214530/photo/1 |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |title=alt-AI |url=https://genekogan.com/alt-AI/#exhibition |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=genekogan.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tyka |first=Michael |date=2016-06-16 |title=Alt-AI |url=https://medium.com/artists-and-machine-intelligence/alt-ai-4f6e706c7aab |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=Artists + Machine Intelligence |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Assisted Visions |url=https://www.lisakori.net/work/assistedvisions |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=LISA KORI |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=drone.tv |title=Tandem- Art with an AI {{!}} harshit |url=http://harshitagrawal.com/works/tandem |access-date=2023-07-23 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Awards ==
In 2020, Kapur featured on {{wipe|Time (magazine)}} magazine's 100 Best Inventions of 2020.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2020-11-19 |title=MIT Media Lab AlterEgo: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 |url=https://time.com/collection/best-inventions-2020/5911365/mit-media-lab-alterego/ |access-date=2023-07-24 |magazine=Time |language=en}}</ref> He has been awarded the Lemelson-MIT graduate prize. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Arnav Kapur {{!}} Lemelson |url=https://lemelson.mit.edu/award-winners/arnav-kapur |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=lemelson.mit.edu}}</ref>

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