Lex Fridman Podcast
#148 – Charles Isbell and Michael Littman: Machine Learning and Education
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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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() – Introduction
() – Is machine learning just statistics?
() – NeurIPS vs ICML
() – Data is more important than algorithm
() – The role of hardship in education
() – How Charles and Michael met
() – Key to success: never be satisfied
() – Bell Labs
() – Teaching machine learning
() – Westworld and Ex Machina
() – Simulation
() – The college experience in the times of COVID
() – Advice for young people
() – How to learn to program
() – Friendship
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