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AI’s Hidden Math

NOVA Now by GBH

Aug 18, 202628:32Science & Medicine

Jordan Ellenberg has good news: artificial intelligence is just math you can actually understand. The mathematician joins Hakeem to pull back the curtain on how large language models really work, revealing that the "mira...

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AI’s Hidden Math is an episode from NOVA Now by GBH. Jordan Ellenberg has good news: artificial intelligence is just math you can actually understand. The mathematician joins Hakeem to pull back the curtain on how large language models real...

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