Computing Up

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Computing Up Podcast

Conversations about computation writ large, with Michael Littman and Dave Ackley.

  1. Manon Revel: Is Democracy a Comma in History?

    23 JUN

    Manon Revel: Is Democracy a Comma in History?

    Manon Revel (🔗, 🔗, 🔗), an Employee Fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, joins Michael and Dave for a conversation about the past, present, and future of democracy, and ways to understand it in both computational and practical terms. [Thumbnail based on image provided courtesy of Manon Revel]

    1h 2m
  2. Martha White: Sparse is Rich

    2 MAR

    Martha White: Sparse is Rich

    Martha White, associate professor of Computing Science at University of Alberta (🔗, 🔗) joins Michael and Dave in a conversation about AI, system prediction and control, the power of sparse representations, and many aspects of machine learning from new mathematical theory to the absolutely practical control of a real water treatment plant. [Thumbnail based on image used courtesy of Martha White]

    56 min
  3. Rich Sutton Brings Reinforcements

    31/12/2023

    Rich Sutton Brings Reinforcements

    Computer scientist Rich Sutton, FRS (🔗, 🔗, 🔗), a quiet giant of machine learning, joins Michael and Dave in a sprawling conversation touching on reinforcement learning, a hopeful view of AI, the importance of ideas, and a host of other topics. [Thumbnail image used courtesy of Rich Sutton]

    55 min
  4. The Living Computation Theory of Everything

    28/11/2023

    The Living Computation Theory of Everything

    Michael interviews Dave about his recent video (YouTube) on a 'theory of everything'. The conversation begins with Michael praising Dave for finally doing some theory, and descends from there.

    1h 20m
  5. Oren Etzioni All Over

    22/10/2023

    Oren Etzioni All Over

    Oren Etzioni, founding CEO of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at University of Washington, (🔗, 🔗, 🔗) joins Michael and Dave in a conversation that ranges all over, from AI hype and language models to alignment and existential risk and ethics and morality to information pollution and cryptography and politics and more. [Thumbnail based on image licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 by Carissapod link]

    53 min
  6. Beautiful Messiness with Jonathan Frankle

    02/09/2023

    Beautiful Messiness with Jonathan Frankle

    Jonathan Frankle, the new Chief Scientist - Neural Networks at Databricks (🔗, 🔗, 🔗), joins Michael and Dave in a fast conversation about topics ranging from AI risks and fairness to the problems of Computer Science education to the beautiful messiness of modern deep learning. [Thumbnail based on image courtesy of Jonathan Frankle]

    59 min
  7. Love Hate Writing

    02/07/2023

    Love Hate Writing

    Michael and Dave talk about their love and hate relationships with writing, in the context of Dave's foray into publishing "Companionate Caring" and Michael's upcoming MIT Press book "Code to Joy".   (This conversation is Part 2 of Where The Hell Have Michael & Dave Been?)

    1h 0m
  8. Busy Busy / Let's Blame AI

    08/06/2023

    Busy Busy / Let's Blame AI

    Michael and Dave catch up on where the hell they've been for the last couple months. (Mostly it's about busy, but Dave wants to blame everything on AI.)

    1h 3m
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About

Conversations about computation writ large, with Michael Littman and Dave Ackley.

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  • Creator
    Dave Ackley
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2024
  • Episodes
    75
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Computing Up

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