For this edition, I have had the opportunity to write about deep learning algorithms and the astonishing AlphaGo program that defeats human masters of the ancient game of Go. I tried to disentangle what is known about the relationship between Georg Cantor and Leopold Kronecker from the widespread myths about their relationship. In addition, I have detailed the drama of ideas in Princeton during the 1930s involving Alonzo Church, his student Stephen Kleene, and Kurt Gödel, before Alan Turing’s arrival.
I am grateful to Susan Dickie, Harold Edwards, Dana Scott and François Treves who helped me in various ways. I’m particularly grateful to Thore Graepelof DeepMind for patiently explaining AlphaGo to me. Finally, I want to ...
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