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Dr. Mia Taormina, infectious disease specialist at the DuPage Medical Group, explains the latest coronavirus science and the precautions to take to navigate the pandemic. Look for our latest interview with her in your podcast feed every Sunday.
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:43) – Robot and Frank
(10:02) – Music
(13:13) – Starring in a TurboTax commercial
(23:26) – Existential risks of AI
(41:48) – Reinforcement learning
(1:07:36) – AlphaGo and David Silver
(1:17:15) – Will neural networks achieve AGI?
(1:29:42) – Bitter Lesson
(1:42:32) – Does driving require a theory of mind?
(1:51:58) – Book Recommendations
(1:57:20) – Meaning of life
Tim Harford looks at false statistical claims online about missing and trafficked children in the US. These numbers have resurfaced online in part due to conspiracy theorists following QAnon. In the past few months they have inspired protests under the banner - ?Save Our Children?. We wade through some of the false numbers with the help of Michael Hobbes, a reporter for Huff Post and the co-host of the podcast called You're Wrong About.
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by Charles Wright
In this episode, we hear about the continuing quarrels between the Crusaders, just as Saladin was gathering the greatest army Islam had put into the field since the Battle of Manzikert, a century before. The clock was now ticking down to one of the largest and most decisive battles of the Middle Ages: the Battle of Hattin.
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Banks are moving into crypto and crypto companies are trying to become banks, so how does it all play out?
This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Nexo.io and this week’s special product launch LVL.co.
On this edition of the weekly recap, NLW looks at the brewing battle to be the bitcoin and crypto bank of the future. He looks at three stories reporting banks getting into crypto (BBVA, Standard Chartered and DBS) as well as crypto companies applying to become banks. Finally, he examines why this is happening right now, and what are the true stakes of the game.
This week on The Breakdown:
Monday | China’s Latest Digital Currency Trial Is Its Most Important Yet
Tuesday | A De Facto Bitcoin ETF? MicroStrategy Is Raising $400M to Buy More BTC
Wednesday | The Most Important Trends and People Shaping Crypto 2020, With Ryan Selkis
Thursday | SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on a Bitcoin ETF, Custody Rules and What’s Next for the SEC
Friday | Why a Massive 169-Year-Old Insurance Company Just Bought $100M in Bitcoin
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After 15 years in broadcasting, with high-profile gigs in Washington D.C. and Toronto, Sasha-Ann Simons has landed in Chicago as the new host of Reset.
WBEZ’s Susie An talks with Simons about her journey, the unique perspective she brings to Reset listeners, and why she just can’t stop dancing!
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Today we’re talking about the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, which the FDA just authorized for emergency use on Friday evening.
So, our guest expert, Dr. William Moss, who is Executive Director of the International Vaccine Access Center at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, will be sharing his take on the data, what’s still unknown about the vaccine, and what to expect when they actually start going out to the public.
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