Computationally Thinking

Mark Crowley (he/him)

Assoc. Professor in AI at the Univ. of Waterloo

My Thoughts on AI/ML, Consciousness, Technology, Science, and Society
Opinions are my own, and no one else’s.

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We feel it is so central to the future of our society that it’s extremely important that we train an increasing number of talented people in computer science,” said Alfred Spector, a vice president for engineering at Google. “New York is our second-largest engineering lab. We have felt there is a strong base of talent in the metropolitan region. That has made this a desirable place to be, and we want to make sure that continues.

via Cornell’s High-Tech Campus Will Have a Temporary Home at Google — NYTimes.com.

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