Ep. 158: abstraction and agency John Wentworth

FUTURATI PODCAST by Thomas Frey

May 7, 202459:59Technology

After a long career as a software engineer and data scientist, John became an independent researcher in artificial intelligence. Today he focuses on a diverse array of topics, such as the nature of abstraction and what t...

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