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Modern society has become so good at optimising everything that it risks optimising away serendipity, which is a real cost and not a sentimental one.
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Um And yeah, so I believe a lot in serendipity. Um And maybe there's a danger actually that you know, in the mo- modern society, it's not just AI, but we've become really good at optimizing everything.
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Watch from 1:14:39 plays here↗Terence Tao – How the world’s top mathematician uses AIyoutube.com
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