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2024 was artificial intelligence's Nobel Prize year with the physics and chemistry prizes recognizing the underpinnings and application of these algorithms. Science journalist and author Anil Ananthaswamy spent years writing a popular book, Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI, that explores the equations and historical context for this technology.
In this conversation, Anil and host Sarah Webb explore that math and history, the significance of these Nobel Prizes for both AI and science, and the challenges that come with this powerful and fast-moving technology.
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Anil Ananthaswamy is an award-winning journalist and journalist-in-residence at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing at the University of California, Berkeley. Previously he has worked as a staff writer and editor for New Scientist magazine. He has written four books including Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI (Dutton, 2024).
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