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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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  OUTLINE:
  Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
  (00:00) - Introduction
  (07:51) - Is machine learning just statistics?
  (12:14) - NeurIPS vs ICML
  (14:30) - Data is more important than algorithm
  (20:14) - The role of hardship in education
  (28:57) - How Charles and Michael met
  (33:30) - Key to success: never be satisfied
  (36:47) - Bell Labs
  (48:15) - Teaching machine learning
  (58:25) - Westworld and Ex Machina
  (1:06:24) - Simulation
  (1:13:14) - The college experience in the times of COVID
  (1:41:52) - Advice for young people
  (1:48:44) - How to learn to program
  (2:00:07) - Friendship

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