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Jim Keller: Moore’s Law, Microprocessors, Abstractions, and First Principles

Posted February 5, 2020 • 01:35:11

Jim Keller is a legendary microprocessor engineer, having worked at AMD, Apple, Tesla, and now Intel. He’s known for his work on the AMD K7, K8, K12...

David Chalmers: The Hard Problem of Consciousness

Posted January 29, 2020 • 01:39:06

David Chalmers is a philosopher and cognitive scientist specializing in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and consciousness. He is perhaps...

Cristos Goodrow: YouTube Algorithm

Posted January 25, 2020 • 01:31:19

Cristos Goodrow is VP of Engineering at Google and head of Search and Discovery at YouTube (aka YouTube Algorithm). This conversation is part of the...

Paul Krugman: Economics of Innovation, Automation, Safety Nets & Universal Basic Income

Posted January 21, 2020 • 01:03:39

Paul Krugman is a Nobel Prize winner in economics, professor at CUNY, and columnist at the New York Times. His academic work centers around international...

Ayanna Howard: Human-Robot Interaction and Ethics of Safety-Critical Systems

Posted January 17, 2020 • 01:40:24

Ayanna Howard is a roboticist and professor at Georgia Tech, director of Human-Automation Systems lab, with research interests in human-robot interaction,...