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5 - Tai-Danae Bradley: Where math meets language

Sep 25, 2021

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Using Category Theory to Solve a Problem

03:11

What Is Category Theory?

03:05

Is There a Difference Between Understanding and Understanding?

02:43

Introduction

3min

How Far Back Do We Want to Go?

3min

Do You Remember the Comparison Test for a Wit Like Imber, if a Series Converges or Not?

5min

What I Like About Your Blog, Ik Ot Yo Tegan S

2min

Why Did You Go to a Graduate Programme in Mathematical Science?

3min

Was the Physics Class a Disappointingly Abstract Inspirem?

2min

I Want More, How Can I Learn More?

2min

Choosing a Thesis Adviser

4min

Is There a Category Theory?

2min

10.

What Is Category Theory?

3min

11.

Using Category Theory to Solve a Problem

3min

12.

How Did the Computer Learn This?

4min

13.

Enriched Category Theory

2min

14.

The Red Fire Truck or Red Apple Tree?

2min

15.

Do You Feel Like It Might Learn Grammar From the Statistics?

2min

16.

Is It a Neural Network?

4min

17.

Gradua School

2min

18.

Is There Pressure From Tunnel to Hold on to You and Keep You There?

3min

19.

The Math of Quantum Physics

3min

20.

The Right Way to Think About Probability

2min

21.

How to Write a PhD Thesis?

3min

22.

I Want More People to Do This

3min

23.

What's Your Thesis?

2min

24.

How Does a System of Things Interact With Its Environment?

2min

25.

Is There a Struggle for Using Quantum Mechanics to Describe Something?

2min

26.

How Did You Start the Blog Mathema?

2min

27.

I Don't Know What I Didn't Understand

2min

28.

Taking a Slow Approach to Mathematical Problems

4min

29.

I'm Not an Expert at A, but I'd Love to Know if You're Teaching Me

3min

30.

Is There a Way to Get Past Nervousness?

4min

31.

The Power of Just Starting

4min

32.

Is There a Difference Between Understanding and Understanding?

3min

33.

Is There a Disconnect Between Getting the Correct Answer and Understanding?

5min

Tai-Danae Bradley does research applying tools from physics to understanding language models, all under the broader umbrella of category theory. She is also the brilliant mind behind the blog https://www.math3ma.com/

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5 - Tai-Danae Bradley: Where math meets language

Using Category Theory to Solve a Problem

What Is Category Theory?

Is There a Difference Between Understanding and Understanding?

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