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Dec 2018
9m 41s

How Humans Can Outsmart AI (w/ Unanimous...

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Learn how humans can beat artificial intelligence by tapping into the wisdom of swarms (with some help from Dr. Louis Rosenberg, CEO of Unanimous AI). Plus: learn about what came before the Big Bang, and get a 5-minute hack for beating procrastination.

In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:

Additional resources from Unanimous AI:

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Full episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/how-humans-can-outsmart-ai-w-unanimous-ai-pre-big-bang-existence-and-beating-procrastination


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