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

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