How Is AI Changing the Science of Prediction?
How Is AI Changing the Science of Prediction?  
Podcast: The Joy of Why
Published On: Wed Oct 23 2024
Description: The “species” category is almost certainly the best known of all the taxonomic classifications that biologists use to organize life’s vast diversity. It’s a linchpin of both conservation policy and evolutionary theory, though in practice biologists have struggled to find a definition that works across the natural world. In this episode, Kevin de Queiroz, a zoologist and evolutionary biologist, talks with host Janna Levin about the variety of ways to conceive of a species, and ways to understand the relationships among living things.