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The Origins of Artificial Intelligence with Geoffrey Hinton
Season 17 · Episode 11

The Origins of Artificial Intelligence with Geoffrey Hinton

How did we go from digital computers to AI seemingly everywhere? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, & Gary O’Reilly dive into the mechanics of thinking, how AI got its start, and what deep learning really means with cognitive and computer scientist, Nobel Laureate, and one of the architects of AI, Geoffrey Hinton.

StarTalk Radio · Chuck Nice, Gary O'Reilly, Neil deGrasse Tyson

February 20, 20261h 31m

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How did we go from digital computers to AI seemingly everywhere? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, & Gary O’Reilly dive into the mechanics of thinking, how AI got its start, and what deep learning really means with cognitive and computer scientist, Nobel Laureate, and one of the architects of AI, Geoffrey Hinton.

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