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New Theory Cracks Open the Black Box of Deep Learning

Natalie Wolchover Quanta Magazine
cartoon dog with its neck caught in a bottle A new idea called the “information bottleneck” is helping to explain the puzzling success of today’s artificial-intelligence algorithms — and might also explain how human brains learn.

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The Geometry Vanishes

Jason England Cosmos
Magicians have long taken advantage of obscure mathematical principles in creating interesting puzzles and illusions.

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