Marcus du Sautoy on creative AI

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Marcus du Sautoy on creative AI

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Apr 3, 2019

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John Thornhill talks to Oxford mathematician Marcus du Sautoy about his book: The Creativity Code: How AI is Learning to Write, Paint and Think See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Apr 3, 2019

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