Ed Boyden
MIT neuroscientist and first author of the first optogenetics paper
Ed Boyden (MIT neuroscientist and first author of the first optogenetics paper) is discussed on podcasts in TMT.
Discussed in
Why Altman Says "Accept Some Bad Things Happening" and What It Means for AI Safety | MOONSHOTS #301Moonshots with Peter Diamandis · Oct 7, 2026 · 2 h 47 min
Peter Diamandis, Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin, Alexander Wissner-Gross and Emad Mostaque debate the Superintelligence Force, Altman's risk comments, Claude's possible consciousness, open-weight models, robots and the Nobel Prizes.