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Brian Gallagher is an associate editor at Nautilus. Follow him on X (formerly known as Twitter) <a href="https://twitter.com/bsgallagher/" rel="noopener">@bsgallagher</a>.

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<a href="https://anilananthaswamy.com/">Anil Ananthaswamy</a> is a science journalist who writes about AI and machine learning, physics, and computational neuroscience. He&#8217;s a 2019-20 MIT Knight Science Journalism fellow. His latest book is <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/677608/why-machines-learn-by-anil-ananthaswamy/">Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI</a>.

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