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Why the battle between Ramanujan, Rembrandt and James Cameron will define our future

Why the battle between Ramanujan, Rembrandt and James Cameron will define our future
Why the battle between Ramanujan, Rembrandt and James Cameron will define our future
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It is time we understood and adapted to the fact that smarter machines are not just going to be around but will be difficult to live without. Is it a time for a reset of what constitutes human imagination?

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion... I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain... Time to die." – Roy Batty, (robot/replicant), Blade Runner Imagination. The word is usually associated with art and artists. That is at best a misunderstanding and at worst a travesty. Imagination could as easily be
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