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Decoding the Genome: Unraveling the Complexities with AI and Creativity [Prof. Jim Hughes, Oxford]

Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST)

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The Risks of Creativity in Academic Research

Most AI research now is determined by previous hardware decisions that were made a long time ago. It's basically all the same, it's sclerotic - creativity is about something new. I think humans are a bit lemming-like because the stepping stones which lead to greatness tend to be pretty strange. So there's a kind of serendipity to creativity.

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