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#221 – Douglas Lenat: Cyc and the Quest to Solve Common Sense Reasoning in AI

Posted September 15, 2021 •

Douglas Lenat is the founder of Cyc, a 37 year project aiming to solve common-sense knowledge and reasoning in AI. Please support this podcast by checking...

#220 – Niels Jorgensen: New York Firefighters and the Heroes of 9/11

Posted September 11, 2021 • 02:49:44

Niels Jorgensen is a former New York firefighter for over 21 years, who was there at Ground Zero on September 11th, 2001. Please support this podcast...

#219 – Donald Knuth: Programming, Algorithms, Hard Problems & the Game of Life

Posted September 9, 2021 • 02:27:39

Donald Knuth is a computer scientist, Turing Award winner, father of algorithm analysis, author of The Art of Computer Programming, and creator of TeX....

#218 – Jaron Lanier: Virtual Reality, Social Media & the Future of Humans and AI

Posted September 6, 2021 • 01:58:54

Jaron Lanier is a computer scientist, composer, artist, author, and founder of the field of virtual reality. Please support this podcast by checking...

#217 – Rodney Brooks: Robotics

Posted September 3, 2021 • 02:30:51

Rodney Brooks is a roboticist, former head of CSAIL at MIT, and co-founder of iRobot, Rethink Robotics, and Robust.AI. Please support this podcast by...