Paul Sen
@paulsenwriter
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Writer and TV producer, author of "Einstein's Fridge".
Joined January 2009
My interview about my book #EinsteinsFridge is live on the New Books Network.
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The final episode in my interview series with Cambridge historian Simon Schaffer is now online. This one’s about the roots of “big data” and how to deal with the fact that numbers dominate our lives.
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Latest episode of my interview series with Cambridge historian Simon Schaffer. Amazing story behind Charles Babbage’s 19th century mechanical computer.
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Episode 6 of my interview with Cambridge historian Simon Schaffer is about automata and their astonishing legacy.
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The latest episode of my interview series with Cambridge historian Professor Simon Schaffer is online. Fears of being replaced by machines have long and surprisingly instructive history!
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Ep 4 of my interview with Cambridge historian of science, Simon Schaffer, is now online. Simon explores the intense political and personal pressure Alan Turing was under while writing his famous paper on computers and intelligence.
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Thanks @GuySechrist! Really glad you’re enjoying the interview!
Wonderfully done interview series with Simon Schaffer by @paulsenwriter As a former student of Simon's, it's been a great privilege to witness how he is thinking about AI and its role in our world.
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Are A.I.'s going to undermine the university exam system? Latest episode of my interview with Cambridge historian Simon Schaffer on this topic and more is now live!
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Here’s the latest in my series of interviews with Cambridge professor Simon Schaffer. A fascinating re-evaluation of Alan Turing’s legendary 1950 paper on A.I. https://t.co/5I3EMK78Fc
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First episode of my interview with renowned Cambridge historian of science, Professor Simon Schaffer on the surprising history of A.I. Simon judges ChatGPT attempt to imitate him!
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I’ve recorded an interview with brilliant historian of science, Professor Simon Schaffer of Cambridge University about the surprising and little-know history of artificial intelligence and what we can learn from that. Here’s the series trailer!
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Latest show from my friend and colleague Tim Usborne—please watch!
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Here’s my latest video—it’s about Lord Kelvin, emotional turmoil and one of the most important ideas in science! https://t.co/zJm2h2WoCk
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@paulsenwriter @YouTube Beer. Is there anything it can't do?
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Here's my latest video--it's about how beer gave us modern physics! https://t.co/xfwbUBdIry via @YouTube
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And here’s the opening sentence of my book #EinsteinsFridge: “Thermodynamics is a dreadful name for what is arguably the most useful and universal scientific theory ever conceived.”
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…embark on an exploration of the extraordinary principles of thermodynamics that govern our lives.”
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I asked ChatGPT to come with an opening sentence for an accessible, popular science book about thermodynamics. Here’s what it came up with: “In a world where every action generates a reaction, the untold story of energy's journey through the universe unfolds before us as we…
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