What is it indeed that gives us the feeling of elegance in a solution,…

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What is it indeed that gives us the feeling of elegance in a solution, in a demonstration? ✨ The Emotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind. Book by Marvin Minsky, p. 239, November 13, 2007.
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What is it indeed that gives us the feeling of elegance in a solution, in a demonstration? ✨ The Emotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind. Book by Marvin Minsky, p. 239, November 13, 2007.

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