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Dr. Blake Richards discusses the world of AI and human cognition this week. Learn about the essence of intelligence, the ways AI research informs our understanding of the human brain, and discover the potential future scenarios where AI and humanity might intersect.This episode is brought to you by Gurobi, the Decision Intelligence Leader,\xa0 and by CloudWolf, the Cloud Skills platform. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:\u2022 Blake's research and his take on intelligence [09:56]\u2022 How we can evaluate progress in artificial general intelligence [15:54]\u2022 Blake's thoughts on biomimicry [20:57]\u2022 Why Blake thinks the fears regarding AI are overdone [25:38]\u2022 The most effective strategies to mitigate AI fears without hindering innovation [35:31]\u2022 What steps can we take to ensure that AI supports human flourishing [45:23]\u2022 The importance of interpreting neuroscience data through the lens of ML [55:08]\u2022 Backpropagation, gradient descent and the brain [1:17:32]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/729