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EPISODE · Aug 11, 2026 · 12 MIN

When the Map Runs Out

from Tabrez Syed – Essays on AI

How AI and humans both fail when facing the genuinely unprecedented. From a graduate student teaching a neural network to play a racing game, to Waymo's twenty million miles, to pandemic lockdowns: why more data solves one kind of uncertainty and can never solve the other. First published as an essay in 2025. Written by Tabrez Syed. Narrated by an AI voice.

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