Ep. 262 - Category Theory, Google Responds, and Another Covid Retro by The Local Maximum published on 2023-01-23T23:50:38Z Max describes category theory as a branch of mathematics, and asks whether it will become more important in the age of AI. We then discuss the issues of the day: - looks at John Stossel's Video on how governments responded to Covid, and where their decisions stand three years later - Google's Recent Moves in Response to ChatGPT as well as layoffs Probability Distribution of the Week: Beta Distribution Genre Technology