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#72 – Scott Aaronson: Quantum Computing

Posted February 17, 2020 • 01:34:09

Scott Aaronson is a professor at UT Austin, director of its Quantum Information Center, and previously a professor at MIT. His research interests center...

Vladimir Vapnik: Predicates, Invariants, and the Essence of Intelligence

Posted February 14, 2020 • 01:45:23

Vladimir Vapnik is the co-inventor of support vector machines, support vector clustering, VC theory, and many foundational ideas in statistical learning....

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...