Episodes (Page 23)
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Stephen Kotkin, Princeton historian specializing in Russian and Soviet history, discusses Stalin's life and rule across a 3-volume scholarly work
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Donald Knuth reflects on his monumental work 'The Art of Computer Programming' and his foundational contributions to computational complexity analysis
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Melanie Mitchell discusses concepts, analogies, and common sense in human and artificial intelligence
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Jim Gates discusses supersymmetry, string theory, and attempts to prove Einstein's theory of relativity
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Sebastian Thrun discusses autonomous vehicles, his work leading Google's self-driving car program, and DARPA challenges
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Michael Stevens, creator of Vsauce with 15+ million YouTube subscribers, discusses educational content spanning physics and psychology
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Rohit Prasad, VP and head scientist of Amazon Alexa, discusses conversational AI architecture and design challenges
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Judea Pearl, Turing Award winner, developed Bayesian Networks and revolutionized probabilistic approaches to AI
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Whitney Cummings uses comedy to explore robotics and AI, featuring a robot replica called Bearclaw in her Netflix special
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Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, presents his principles of radical truth and transparency applicable beyond finance
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Noam Chomsky, one of the most cited scholars in history, discusses foundational linguistics and cognitive science
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Gilbert Strang, MIT mathematics professor, discusses linear algebra fundamentals and their importance for deep learning
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Dava Newman, MIT Apollo Program professor and former NASA Deputy Administrator, discusses aerospace biomedical engineering and space exploration
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Michael Kearns, University of Pennsylvania professor, focuses on algorithmic fairness, bias, and ethics in machine learning systems
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Elon Musk discusses Neuralink's mission to understand and expand human brain capacity through brain-computer interfaces
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Bjarne Stroustrup, creator of C++, discusses the design and evolution of a language that remains foundational after 40+ years
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Sean Carroll, theoretical physicist at Caltech, discusses quantum mechanics and the many-worlds interpretation of quantum theory
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Garry Kasparov discusses his historic matches against IBM's Deep Blue and what they revealed about AI's potential role in civilization's future
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Michio Kaku explores the probability of alien contact in the 21st century and discusses frameworks for understanding extraterrestrial civilizations
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David Ferrucci led IBM Watson's development, the question-answering system that defeated top Jeopardy champions