Tai-Danae Bradley does research applying tools from physics to understanding language models, all under the broader umbrella of category theory. She is also the brilliant mind behind the blog https://www.math3ma.com/ Try out the episode sponsor: http://brilliant.org/3b1b Guide to Tai-Danae's thesis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiadG3ywJIs Contents 0:00 - Intro 0:48 - Ad, Brilliant 2:08 - When did Tai-Danae know she wanted to study math? 13:52 - Why choose math over physics? 25:21 - What is Category Theory? 25:57 - Water Bottle Solo 40:15 - Colorless green ideas sleep furiously 46:54 - Academia vs Industry 52:06 - Blending AI with something 1:07:22 -Thesis Summary 1:27:39 - What should we be doing to ignite the math 'spark'? Edited by Ralph Crewe null