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Reinventing Entropy | Compression is Intelligence Part 1

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This video explains how we can use math to understand how much information is in words. It also talks about something called entropy, which helps us measure how well we can compress things like text.

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🧠 Quiz & Trivia

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Q1 What is the name of the scientist who started studying information theory?

Answer: Claude Shannon

Q2 How many bits does ASCII use to represent each character?

Answer: Eight

Q3 What is the name of the math tool used to measure how well we can compress things?

Answer: Entropy

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