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David Pierce

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    The many, many, many, many definitions of AI.

    Fair warning: this MIT Tech Review history / explainer on all things AI is humungous and complicated. But in the vein of Bloomberg’s great “What Is Code?” and “The Crypto Story,” this is as good an all-things-AI opus as I’ve seen yet. Bookmark it, read it, take notes.

    What is AI?

    [MIT Technology Review]

    David Pierce
    David Pierce
    AI sparkles! AI sparkles everywhere!

    Watching the intro to today’s Galaxy Unpacked event, I’m reminded of this great David Imel video answering the most important question of our time: why did everyone decide that the official logo of AI is ***sparkles***?

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