Charles Isbell is the Dean of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech. Michael Littman is a computer scientist at Brown University. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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0:00 – Introduction
2:27 – Is machine learning just statistics?
6:49 – NeurIPS vs ICML
9:05 – Data is more important than algorithm
14:49 – The role of hardship in education
23:33 – How Charles and Michael met
28:05 – Key to success: never be satisfied
31:23 – Bell Labs
42:50 – Teaching machine learning
53:01 – Westworld and Ex Machina
1:01:00 – Simulation
1:07:49 – The college experience in the times of COVID
1:36:27 – Advice for young people
1:43:19 – How to learn to program
1:54:43 – Friendship
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