Lex Fridman Podcast

#135 – Charles Isbell: Computing, Interactive AI, and Race in America

Nov 2, 2020

02:28:42

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What's the Meaning of Life?

03:07

Is There a Right Answer to Machine Learning?

04:00

The Future of Computer Science

04:44

Introduction

2min

Decoding Digital Podcast - Podcast Review

2min

Coding Digital on Apple Podcast

2min

What's Your Favorite Comedy of All Time?

3min

I Love Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and John Wick

2min

The Godfather - Part One

2min

Do You See Parallels Between That and Georgia Tech Chrome?

4min

What Makes Us Human?

2min

Interactive Artificial Intelligence

5min

10.

Is There a Difference Between Empathy and Sympathy?

4min

11.

Is There a Commonality in Social Media?

3min

12.

Interactive Artificial Intelligence

2min

13.

The Interaction Between AI and Machine Learning?

5min

14.

Do You Have Any Ideas How to Do Lifelong Learning?

5min

15.

The Probability of N Equals One Growing

5min

16.

How Many PhDs Are in the Top 10?

3min

17.

Is There a Right Answer to Machine Learning?

4min

18.

What Are the Rankings for Computer Science?

4min

19.

MIT Is Going for It

3min

20.

Is There a Diversity in Academics?

2min

21.

Is There a Force That Pulls You Back?

4min

22.

The Robots Naked Mole Rats

2min

23.

Is P-Funk a Machine Learning Abbreviation?

1min

24.

Hip Hop and Rap Aren't the Same Thing

2min

25.

The Best Hip Hop Album Ever Produced

3min

26.

Hip-Hop - I'm Not Just Classic Rock

2min

27.

Hip Hop Is All About the Lyrics

2min

28.

Do You Recognize Disco? I Don't Reject Disco

2min

29.

What Is the Mindset of Computing?

5min

30.

Computer Science Computing Is Central, but It's Not Central

2min

31.

Is Computing Going to Eat Everything?

2min

32.

The Future of Computer Science

5min

33.

The Lesson of Computer Science Education

2min

34.

Race and Your Story at Georgia Tech

2min

35.

I Love MIT, but I Loved MIT

4min

36.

MIT - A Great Place to Be as a University

2min

37.

What I Remember About the City of Atlanta

4min

38.

Was There a Level of Empowerment Within the Institutions?

3min

39.

Is There a Trade-Off Between Empowerment and Illusion?

2min

40.

The Law Doesn't Always Look at You With Objective Eyes

4min

41.

How Do You Feel About Cops?

5min

42.

Why Is This Moment in History So Disappointing?

4min

43.

What Happened 10 Years Ago?

3min

44.

The Rodney King Video Difference

2min

45.

Violence Is the Voice of the Unheard

4min

46.

Do You Have a Hope That We're Going to Be OK?

2min

47.

This Week in Black History Calendar of Facts

2min

48.

Is Immortality a Good Idea?

4min

49.

I Don't Remember What Happened Between the Tiles Going by and Me Awaking at My Hospital Bed

3min

50.

What's the Meaning of Life?

3min

Charles Isbell is the Dean of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:16) – Top 3 movies of all time
(13:26) – People are easily predictable
(19:08) – Breaking out of our bubbles
(30:54) – Interactive AI
(37:26) – Lifelong machine learning
(45:53) – Faculty hiring
(53:27) – University rankings
(1:00:55) – Science communicators
(1:10:20) – Hip hop
(1:19:20) – Funk
(1:20:44) – Computing
(1:36:35) – Race
(1:52:40) – Cop story
(2:01:01) – Racial tensions
(2:10:23) – MLK vs Malcolm X
(2:13:44) – Will human civilization destroy itself?
(2:18:14) – Fear of death and the passing of time