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Sir Roger Penrose on being a nobel prize winning Physicist, impossible art and AI
Sir Roger Penrose on being a nobel prize winning Physicist, impossible art and AI
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27 minutes
Released:
Dec 3, 2021
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Podcast episode
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Sir Roger Penrose, a mathematical physicist who has changed the way we see the universe. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2020 for his work on black holes. He tells Krishnan about how he wasn’t top of the class in maths at school, talks about his relationships with Steven Hawking and MC Escher and tells Krishnan why he thinks Artificial Intelligence is a misnomer.
Released:
Dec 3, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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