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Michael Kearns: Algorithmic Fairness, Bias, Privacy, and Ethics in Machine Learning

Posted November 19, 2019 • 01:49:01

Michael Kearns is a professor at University of Pennsylvania and a co-author of the new book Ethical Algorithm that is the focus of much of our conversation,...

Elon Musk: Neuralink, AI, Autopilot, and the Pale Blue Dot

Posted November 12, 2019 • 00:36:22

Elon Musk is the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and a co-founder of several other companies. This is the second time Elon has been on the podcast....

Bjarne Stroustrup: C++

Posted November 7, 2019 • 01:47:19

Bjarne Stroustrup is the creator of C++, a programming language that after 40 years is still one of the most popular and powerful languages in the world....

Sean Carroll: Quantum Mechanics and the Many-Worlds Interpretation

Posted November 1, 2019 • 01:30:06

Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist at Caltech and Santa Fe Institute specializing in quantum mechanics, arrow of time, cosmology, and gravitation....

Garry Kasparov: Chess, Deep Blue, AI, and Putin

Posted October 27, 2019 • 00:55:34

Garry Kasparov is considered by many to be the greatest chess player of all time. From 1986 until his retirement in 2005, he dominated the chess world,...