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Jeremy Carroll, chief product architect for TopQuadrant in Alexandria.
Jeremy Carroll, chief product architect for TopQuadrant in Alexandria. (Topquadrant)
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Aren't you really inventing Skynet, the military computer from "The Terminator" that became sentient and tried to kill everyone?

No. The problem is more that our systems are stupid, and the next step is to make them not quite so dumb.

That still makes us nervous. Are you sure?

Yes; pretty much.

What is more beautiful, a 6-Venn triangle or Mandelbrot set fractal?

The Venn triangles are better, because the beauty is much less in-your-face. There's no obvious regularity, but once you see what's driving them, the pictures have an exquisite delicacy.

Who's your hero?

Évariste Galois. French mathematician, killed in a duel, over a lover, at [20]. He was up all night before he died, writing up his beautiful theory; passionate; misunderstood; recognized long after his death.

All right. We've gotta ask: Please explain your sartorial style.

I wear clothes I like; it's sad that that is a surprising choice, particularly for men. I would like to hope that we can all wear clothes we like, but instead we face a lot of pressure to wear the same as other people. I strive to be a cheerful, colorful, happy person; I find wearing cheerful, colorful outfits helps. It's me.


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