Great Australians honoured & remembered

from The Radio National Hour · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

He’s known as the world’s greatest living mathematician, but not so long ago he was just Tiny Terence, a whizz kid from Adelaide. Professor Terence Tao has today been made a Companion of the Order of Australia.What happens when three capable, intelligent young women, disillusioned with life and relationships in contemporary China turn to AI for comfort, support and romance? A new documentary, Replica, explores the allure of artificial intimacy.

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He’s known as the world’s greatest living mathematician, but not so long ago he was just Tiny Terence, a whizz kid from Adelaide. Professor Terence Tao has today been made a Companion of the Order of Australia. What happens when three capable, intelligent young women, disillusioned with life and relationships in contemporary China turn to AI for comfort, support and romance? A new documentary, Replica, explores the allure of artificial intimacy.

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