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#86 – David Silver: AlphaGo, AlphaZero, and Deep Reinforcement Learning

Posted April 3, 2020 • 01:48:28

David Silver leads the reinforcement learning research group at DeepMind and was lead researcher on AlphaGo, AlphaZero and co-lead on AlphaStar, and...

#85 – Roger Penrose: Physics of Consciousness and the Infinite Universe

Posted March 31, 2020 • 01:28:25

Roger Penrose is physicist, mathematician, and philosopher at University of Oxford. He has made fundamental contributions in many disciplines from the...

#84 - William MacAskill: Effective Altruism

Posted March 28, 2020 • 01:31:09

William MacAskill is a philosopher, ethicist, and one of the originators of the effective altruism movement. His research focuses on the fundamentals...

#83 – Nick Bostrom: Simulation and Superintelligence

Posted March 25, 2020 • 01:57:06

Nick Bostrom is a philosopher at University of Oxford and the director of the Future of Humanity Institute. He has worked on fascinating and important...

Lex Fridman #1: Seven Levels of Coronavirus Attack and How We Can Fight Back

Posted March 24, 2020 • 00:31:56

The coronavirus pandemic is a global tragedy, but it is also a moment that unites us, that reveals the strength of our community, the human capacity...