S3E5: Prof. Keith McGreggor on AI, Cognitive Science, and Serial Entrepreneurship

On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Dr. Keith McGreggor. He is a Professor of the Practice at Georgia Tech and a serial entrepreneur with over ten startups under his belt. His thirty-plus years of academic research and teaching spans cognitive science, AI, and entrepreneurship.  

TIMESTAMPS- 

(0:00) - Cold Open 

(1:17) - Intro 

(1:51) - Career Journey 

(2:45) - Creating first AI company in Atlanta 

(5:15) - First 3D program for Macintosh - Phoenix3D - and working at Lockheed Martin

(8:38) - Developing Color Architecture for MacOS

(13:01) - Culture of Apple  

(15:57) - AI and Consumer Electronics 

(19:19) - State of AI Research 

(25:48) - Paper on “Is Experience Knowledge Representation?” 

(28:24) - PhD Journey and Venture Lab at GT

(38:54) - Final Thoughts 

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