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Ricardo Baeza-Yates

Ricardo Baeza-Yates

Chilean computer scientist

Jul 30, 2026

17:46
So I was just kind of curious, what incentivized you to get into computer science, actually?
17:50
That's an interesting question.
17:52
I think I never thought about it.
17:54
Really? Because I never planned things, so I take opportunities.
17:59
For example, for me, I think there is another reason that maybe was the main driver of my career is that I learned to read and write very early by my grandfather, my maternal grandfather.
18:10
So that opened my mind to the world.
18:13
And then I had a great, amazing British teacher in primary school that had a course called General Knowledge because she was not a teacher, but she wanted to teach.

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