I procrastinate to a point where I'm filled with self-loathing and then I start writing. It's usually a … - Michael Lewis - Quotesmemo.com

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It's interesting that the greatest minds of computer science, the founding fathers, like Alan Turing and Claude Shannon and Norbert Wiener, they all looked at chess as the ultimate test. So they thought, "Oh, if a machine can play chess, and beat strong players, set aside a world champion, that would be the sign of a dawn of the AI era. " With all due respect, they were wrong.

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Michael Lewis

I procrastinate to a point where I'm filled with self-loathing and then I start writing. It's usually a state of self-loathing that gets me going.

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