#135 – Charles Isbell: Computing, Interactive AI, and Race in America
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Charles Isbell is the Dean of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (07:16) - Top 3 movies of all time (13:26) - People are easily predictable (19:08) - Breaking out of our bubbles (30:54) - Interactive AI (37:26) - Lifelong machine learning (45:53) - Faculty hiring (53:27) - University rankings (1:00:55) - Science communicators (1:10:20) - Hip hop (1:19:20) - Funk (1:20:44) - Computing (1:36:35) - Race (1:52:40) - Cop story (2:01:01) - Racial tensions (2:10:23) - MLK vs Malcolm X (2:13:44) - Will human civilization destroy itself? (2:18:14) - Fear of death and the passing of time