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Developing AI Like Raising Kids - Alison Gopnik & Ted Chiang

Human Centered

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The Importance of Time in Science Fiction

Ted: I think the fact that humans live in a world where time isn't say cyclical or time isn't isn't completely symmetrical really changes the way that we function. The inspiration for that story actually did not really come out of linguistic relativity or cultural relativity for that story I was interested in idea of inevitable loss the inevitability of loss and how do you move forward with that? Ted: One of the things that sort of marks a passage from being a child to being an adult is recognizing the fact that you will suffer losses in the future andHow do you cope with that  for story of your life yeah what I wasinterested in there was telling a story about someone who has

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