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Black Box: The connectionists
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Length:
40 minutes
Released:
Mar 8, 2024
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Podcast episode
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This is the story of Geoffrey Hinton, a man who set out to understand the brain and ended up working with a group of researchers who invented a technology so powerful that even they don’t truly understand how it works. This is about a collision between two mysterious intelligences – two black boxes – human and artificial. And it’s already having profound consequences. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Released:
Mar 8, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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