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Took a break yesterday and relaxed in local Barnes & Noble and stumbled upon this fantastic book.
The Creativity Code: Art and Innovation in the Age of AI by Marcus du Sautoy [^]
I read the first 40 pages while sitting in the book store, because his retelling of the events of AlphaGo (AI-powered Go algorithm which beat the World Champion).
I've read numerous things about AI and it is often hype. But if you read this account of what AlphaGo did, you will see, as the world Go players did, that the AI actually created a new way of playing Go and that is fascinating.
It's a really great book if you're interested in creativity and what it means to create and what creation means in relation to machines.
Very well written too: a fast read. I've been looking for a book like this to become more interested in AI.
Author's bio Marcus Peter Francis du Sautoy is a British mathematician, author, and populariser of science and mathematics. In 2008, he was appointed to the Simonyi Professorship for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford where he is also a Professor of Mathematics
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Nice one! I hadn't heard of it, but it looks well worth the read.
Ordered (just not from Bezos).
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Nice one! I hadn't heard of it, but it looks well worth the read.
It really is a good one. So much interesting stuff I couldn't put it down. I hope you'll chime in on the lounge when you read some and have some thoughts about it. 
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Hi All,
Back from a week off, got hungry, started on my Lunch, a John West Tuna thing that comes in a foil dish. I was thinking 'Hmmm, looks like a cat food tin' and someone just saw me eating it and said 'Cat food?'until then it didn't taste too bad... 
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You're OK - it's not cat food.
Cats get the good stuff.
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: Cats get take the good stuff.
FTFY
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Cats don't ask...[^]
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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And they wrinkle the nose if what you try to serve them is not to their liking.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Ours doesn't: he just gives you a look and walks away with his tail in the air.
And he'll repeat this until it is what he wanted. This can take days.
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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The meaning is the same. Eat it yourself or give it to the dogs.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
modified 12-Aug-19 8:05am.
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CodeWraith wrote: The meaning is the same. Eat it yourself or give it to the dogs.
Well, I once tried cat biscuits (on a dare), fur-king awful strong taste!!
dog biscuits are more bland, though still not something I'd buy*. (don't have a dog.)
* hmmm, Halloween? "home made cookies?...."
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Cats love everything with a strong natural aroma, like fish. They are pure carnivores, so a vegan diet iwould not only never come to their minds: It would kill them. They don't even have receptors for 'sweet', as fruits as natural source of sugar are not on their manu.
These biscuits can be very unhealthy for a cat because they often are made from ... grain. Not exactly their favorite treat. It is 'seasoned' with something like meat extract, similar to instant soup, to provide a suitable smell and taste to make them eat it anyway.
lopatir wrote: fur-king awful strong taste!!
Like eating instant soup, perhaps?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Rage wrote: He meant food made out of cat meat, not food for cats
How can you be sure they're not one and the same...? OMG, cats might have been cannibals all along...
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Ah. Château Gratin, Cat with cheese. 
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Hair raising, isn't he?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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They should be aware of the fact that the fugitive probably read the posts too... And may come after them...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Great opportunity to catch him. The cops' job never got any easier.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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He'll just brush it off.
Oh, bugger.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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This is a hairy situation.
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I see nothing wrong with this. 
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Those of us in America can make fun all we want and we won't be prosecuted. 
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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I could think of a funny comment about the hairstyle in your profile pic Griff. Better bite my tongue!
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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