Welcome to Learning From Examples
Learning From Examples traces the history of knowing. Written by Harry Law, a historian of science and former Google DeepMind researcher, it’s appeared in publications like The Guardian, Vox, and Marginal Revolution.
A history newsletter about the future
This newsletter is about the long dialogue between science, philosophy, technology, and culture. From Aristotle to artificial intelligence, the project is motivated by the cultural residue of progress and how the patterns of the past shape our relationship with the future.
I publish two posts a week:
One essay exploring questions at the edge of science, society, and selfhood. Anything from the cultural heritage of AI art to how fiction shapes public policy.
One entry in the AI Histories series, a look at one person, trend or idea in the history of AI or the fields that have influenced it.
About Harry Law
I spend my time reading and writing my way through a PhD at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. I’m also a postgraduate fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, and used to work on ethics and policy at Google DeepMind. Thanks to the support of Emergent Ventures, I’m writing a book about the history of AI.
My portfolio is here, my personal website is here, and my academic page is here. Feel free to get in touch with me at hswlaw [at] protonmail [dot] com if you want to chat. You can also catch me on LinkedIn and X.
