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Mar 2023
51m 20s

Rise of the Machines with Matt Ginsberg ...

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
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Can machine learning predict the outcome of basketball games? On this episode of StarTalk: Sports Edition, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Gary O’Reilly, and Chuck Nice talk machine learning with computer scientist and author of The Factor Man, Matt Ginsberg. 
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