Aug 1, 2020
Computer scientists Emma Brunskill of Stanford and Phil Thomas of UMass Amherst join Michael and Dave in a four-way discussion of safety and fairness in AI and machine learning.
[The primary paper discussed, Preventing undesirable
behavior of intelligent machines, is by Philip S. Thomas,
Bruno Castro da
Silva, Andrew G....
Jul 6, 2020
Michael and Dave talk with UC Berkeley sociologist Jenna Burrell about topics ranging from algorithmic fairness and transparency, to anthropology and epistemology, to viral tweets and why small is beautiful.
[Title image courtesy of Jenna Burrell]
May 3, 2020
Michael and Dave talk with mathematician, computer scientist, and puzzle maker Peter Winkler, about topics ranging from randomness to free will, and combinatorics to Sleeping Beauty, and John Horton Conway to Erdős number 1. And don't miss the bonus puzzle!
Conway's (first) Princeton Lecture
[Title photo courtesy of...