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83 How science is secretly driven by analogy – Melanie Mitchell

Night Science by Itai Yanai & Martin Lercher

Feb 16, 202633:19Science & Medicine

Melanie Mitchell is a professor at the Santa Fe Institute and a leading thinker on artificial intelligence, analogy, and abstraction . She reflects on how analogy quietly drives creativity and scientific discovery even i...

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83 How science is secretly driven by analogy – Melanie Mitchell is an episode from Night Science by Itai Yanai & Martin Lercher. Melanie Mitchell is a professor at the Santa Fe Institute and a leading thinker on artificial intelligence, ana...

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