Preview Mode Links will not work in preview mode

Conversations about computation writ large,
with Michael Littman and Dave Ackley.

Dec 31, 2017

From evolution to proxy fitness to generalized drugs and back again.

[Title image combines a public domain CC0 book image plus a version of Ernst Haeckel's 'Tree of Life'...


Nov 18, 2017

Dave finds out how Michael ended up doing two TEDx talks in a month and a half.

[Title image using screengrabs from Michael's talks at TEDx Providence and TEDx...


Nov 4, 2017

Professor and author Melanie Mitchell discusses artificial intelligence with Dave.

[Title photograph courtesy of Melanie Mitchell]


Oct 19, 2017

The meaning of science, and engineering, and philosophy of science, and the ultimate physicality of all things including ideas.

[Title image based on Chalkboard in empty classroom licensed under CC-BY-2.0 by Thomas...


Sep 29, 2017

Emotions and reinforcement learning. Partly inspired by Eric Barker's recent discussion of emotional intelligence.

[Title background image: Happy robot and sad robot created, and placed in the public domain, by Lola...