2025-08-23
The MANIAC by Benjamín Labatut
first book i picked up after a long break. heard about this 2023 novel from lex fridman's podcast episode #475 with demis hassabis.
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didn’t really know who von neumann was and how great his achievements were; only heard about neumann's architecture without knowing what it is.
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enjoyed parts with demis hassabis, lee sedol vs alphago.
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lee sedol's name, strong stone in korean, is not coincident
father: 5 dan (amateur) brother1: 9 dan (professional) brother2: 5 dan (amateur) sister1: 2 dan (amateur) sister2: 6 dan (amateur) lee sedol: 9 dan (professional) total: 36 dan
somewhat disturbed this book is a work of fiction based on facts as i don't know which parts of the book are fictional.