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Ep. 262 - Category Theory, Google Responds, and Another Covid Retro

Jan 24, 202346 min
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Max describes category theory as a branch of mathematics, and asks whether it will become more important in the age of AI. We then discuss the issues of the day:
- looks at John Stossel's Video on how governments responded to Covid, and where their decisions stand three years later
- Google's Recent Moves in Response to ChatGPT as well as layoffs

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