Listen "Chapter 18 — Mica’s Kitchen"
Episode Synopsis
Rufus waxes lyrical again about some of the prospects machine learning is likely to open up. Then we dive into the eighteenth chapter of The Curve of Time, Mica’s Kitchen, in which Saskia explains to Mica how a neural net works.Referenced in Rufus’ commentary were: — a blog post by Noah Smith— ChatGPT tutoring Sal Kahn’s child in trig— a fascinating interview with Reid Hoffman— Grant Sanderson’s lovely introduction to neural netsExplore more at www.writtenbyrufus.com where you can join in a discussion of this chapter at the bottom of the text version of this episode.
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