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Intelligence Squared

Count your Blessings: The Natural Beauty of Mathematics, with Junaid Mubeen

Intelligence Squared

Intelligence Squared

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4.21.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Whether rapidly advancing artificial intelligence will eventually become a friend or foe to humanity is a pressing question when it comes to technology. But one smart human says there’s an area where we still have the edge: mathematics. In his new book, Mathematical Intelligence: What we have that Machines Don’t, mathematician turned educator Junaid Mubeen argues that the playfulness and exploratory nature of the human approach to maths is a quality that the linear and binary brains of machines are nowhere close to replicating. Junaid is joined in conversation by our host for the discussion, The Sunday Times' Rosamund Urwin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, I'm journalist and presenter Ritala Shah. I want to let you know about an event

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I'm hosting for Intelligent Squared on the 9th of October in London. I'll be talking

0:10.0

to Michael Lewis, the renowned author of best-selling books, including Moneyball, The Big Short,

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Flash Boys and Liars Poca. We're going to be discussing his most anticipated work to

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date, going infinite the rise and fall of a new tycoon. It's a gripping real-time narrative

0:28.2

telling the story of Sam Bankman Fried, who became the world's youngest billionaire

0:33.2

before his 30th birthday and was behind one of the most catastrophic financial meltdowns

0:38.9

of the 21st century. Lewis was granted unprecedented access to his subject, allowing him to

0:45.0

witness Bankman Fried's entire tumultuous journey. We'll learn all about this unconventional

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figure who nonchalantly wore cargo shorts and played video games while giving interviews,

0:56.5

but remained a mystery even to his investors. What gave him such an outstanding ability to

1:02.6

make money and what led to the spectacular collapse of his empire? To hear the tale of

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an extraordinary individual and a 21st century epic encompassing high frequency trading

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insane amounts of money, hubris and downfall. Join us at 7pm on the 9th of October in London

1:22.2

or online, just visit IntelligentSquared.com to find out more.

1:52.2

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that's where energised comes in. Join me as I bring together experts and policymakers

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to delve deep into the key issues at the heart of the global drive towards net zero and

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2:31.8

Welcome to IntelligentSquared. I'm Connor Boyle. Coming up on the show,

2:36.4

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