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As I recall, he doesn't go into parallel algorithms because single-threaded algorithms is a big enough field.

Further, of email he famously says it "is a wonderful thing for people whose role in life is to be on top of things. But not for me; my role is to be on the bottom of things."

Following the latest trends in AI would require being on top of things.



Interesting quote. I guess he wasn't that old when he said it?


https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/email.html says "I have been a happy man ever since January 1, 1990, when I no longer had an email address."

1990 - 1938 = 52.

He was born 2 years before "Don't trust anyone over the age of 30" Weinberg. ;) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Weinberg#%22Don't_trust_a...


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