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Total: 454

#74 – Michael I. Jordan: Machine Learning, Recommender Systems, and the Future of AI
2020/2/24
18 chapters

Michael I. Jordan is a professor at Berkeley, and one of the most influential people in the history

#73 – Andrew Ng: Deep Learning, Education, and Real-World AI
2020/2/20
14 chapters

Andrew Ng is one of the most impactful educators, researchers, innovators, and leaders in artificial

#72 – Scott Aaronson: Quantum Computing
2020/2/17
11 chapters

Scott Aaronson is a professor at UT Austin, director of its Quantum Information Center, and previous

Vladimir Vapnik: Predicates, Invariants, and the Essence of Intelligence
2020/2/14
16 chapters

Vladimir Vapnik is the co-inventor of support vector machines, support vector clustering, VC theory,

Jim Keller: Moore’s Law, Microprocessors, Abstractions, and First Principles
2020/2/5
7 chapters Transcript

Jim Keller is a legendary microprocessor engineer, having worked at AMD, Apple, Tesla, and now Intel

David Chalmers: The Hard Problem of Consciousness
2020/1/29
16 chapters

David Chalmers is a philosopher and cognitive scientist specializing in philosophy of mind, philosop

Cristos Goodrow: YouTube Algorithm
2020/1/25
21 chapters

Cristos Goodrow is VP of Engineering at Google and head of Search and Discovery at YouTube (aka YouT

Paul Krugman: Economics of Innovation, Automation, Safety Nets & Universal Basic Income
2020/1/21
18 chapters

Paul Krugman is a Nobel Prize winner in economics, professor at CUNY, and columnist at the New York

Ayanna Howard: Human-Robot Interaction and Ethics of Safety-Critical Systems
2020/1/17
22 chapters

Ayanna Howard is a roboticist and professor at Georgia Tech, director of Human-Automation Systems la

Daniel Kahneman: Thinking Fast and Slow, Deep Learning, and AI
2020/1/14
14 chapters

Daniel Kahneman is winner of the Nobel Prize in economics for his integration of economic science wi

Grant Sanderson: 3Blue1Brown and the Beauty of Mathematics
2020/1/7
16 chapters

Grant Sanderson is a math educator and creator of 3Blue1Brown, a popular YouTube channel that uses p

Stephen Kotkin: Stalin, Putin, and the Nature of Power
2020/1/3
12 chapters

Stephen Kotkin is a professor of history at Princeton university and one of the great historians of

Donald Knuth: Algorithms, TeX, Life, and The Art of Computer Programming
2019/12/30
23 chapters

Donald Knuth is one of the greatest and most impactful computer scientists and mathematicians ever.

Melanie Mitchell: Concepts, Analogies, Common Sense & Future of AI
2019/12/28
18 chapters

Melanie Mitchell is a professor of computer science at Portland State University and an external pro

Jim Gates: Supersymmetry, String Theory and Proving Einstein Right
2019/12/25
18 chapters

Jim Gates (S James Gates Jr.) is a theoretical physicist and professor at Brown University working o

Sebastian Thrun: Flying Cars, Autonomous Vehicles, and Education
2019/12/21
17 chapters

Sebastian Thrun is one of the greatest roboticists, computer scientists, and educators of our time.

Michael Stevens: Vsauce
2019/12/17
12 chapters

Michael Stevens is the creator of Vsauce, one of the most popular educational YouTube channel in the

Rohit Prasad: Amazon Alexa and Conversational AI
2019/12/14
24 chapters

Rohit Prasad is the vice president and head scientist of Amazon Alexa and one of its original creato

Judea Pearl: Causal Reasoning, Counterfactuals, Bayesian Networks, and the Path to AGI
2019/12/11
23 chapters

Judea Pearl is a professor at UCLA and a winner of the Turing Award, that's generally recognize

Whitney Cummings: Comedy, Robotics, Neurology, and Love
2019/12/5
14 chapters

Whitney Cummings is a stand-up comedian, actor, producer, writer, director, and the host of a new po