#144 Michael Littman: Reinforcement Learning and the Future of AI

Published: Dec. 13, 2020, 4:29 a.m.

Michael Littman is a computer scientist at Brown University. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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\n(00:00) - Introduction
\n(07:43) - Robot and Frank
\n(10:02) - Music
\n(13:13) - Starring in a TurboTax commercial
\n(23:26) - Existential risks of AI
\n(41:48) - Reinforcement learning
\n(1:07:36) - AlphaGo and David Silver
\n(1:17:15) - Will neural networks achieve AGI?
\n(1:29:42) - Bitter Lesson
\n(1:42:32) - Does driving require a theory of mind?
\n(1:51:58) - Book Recommendations
\n(1:57:20) - Meaning of life