Monday, May 12, 2025

Impressive Adelaide scholars

Speaking of AI and quantum and English: I just saw this insanely impressive talk:

https://youtu.be/rGAynRTUMVI?si=h4jpSsZC2D5RZcBG. May I say how nice it is to hear an Aussie accent. However Phiala Shanahan talks at high speed, and I wonder if the rest of the world can hear it all. [I once gave a talk in the US and the South accent people had trouble understanding me.]

I notice that Dr Shanahan is from Adelaide. Another impressive Adelaidian is Terry Tao. I think we can assume that genetics are not involved. Maybe it's the water. They get their water from the Murray River. I once visited Adelaide during a drought in the Murray-Darling catchment. The water was horrible. But maybe there's a magic ingredient.

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