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Stuart Russell: Defining Intelligence [2.7.17] Feb 07, 2017

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STUART RUSSELL is a professor of computer science at UC Berkeley and coauthor (with Peter Norvig) of Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach. Stuart Russell's Edge Bio Page

The conversation:
https://www.edge.org/conversation/stuart_russell-defining-intelligence

David Chalmers: The Mind Bleeds Into the World [1.24.17] Jan 24, 2017

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DAVID CHALMERS is University Professor of Philosophy and Neural Science and Co-Director of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness at New York University. He is also Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Australian National University. David Chalmers's Edge Bio Page

The conversation:
https://www.edge.org/conversation/david_chalmers-the-mind-bleeds-into-the-world

Brian Christian: How Should a Society Be? [12.1.16] Dec 01, 2016

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BRIAN CHRISTIAN is the author of The Most Human Human: What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us About Being Alive, and coauthor (with Tom Griffiths) of Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions. Brian Christian's Edge Bio Page

The conversation:
https://www.edge.org/conversation/brian_christian-how-should-a-society-be

Laurie R. Santos: Glitches [11.21.16] Nov 21, 2016

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LAURIE R. SANTOS is a professor of psychology at Yale University and the director of its Comparative Cognition Laboratory. Laurie Santos's Edge Bio Page

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https://www.edge.org/conversation/laurie_r_santos-glitches

David Rand: The Cost of Cooperationg [11.9.16] Nov 09, 2016

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DAVID RAND is an associate professor of psychology, economics, and management at Yale University, and the director of Yale University’s Human Cooperation Laboratory. David Rand's Edge Bio Page

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https://www.edge.org/conversation/david_rand-the-cost-of-cooperating

Judea Pearl: Engines of Evidence [10.24.16] Oct 24, 2016

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JUDEA PEARL, professor of computer science at UCLA, has been at the center of not one but two scientific revolutions. First, in the 1980s, he introduced a new tool to artificial intelligence called Bayesian networks. This probability-based model of machine reasoning enabled machines to function in a complex, ambiguous, and uncertain world. Within a few years, Bayesian networks completely overshadowed the previous rule-based approaches to artificial intelligence.

Leveraging the computational benefits of Bayesian networks, Pearl realized that the combination of simple graphical models and probability (as in Bayesian networks) could also be used to reason about cause-effect relationships. The significance of this discovery far transcends its roots in artificial intelligence. His principled, mathematical approach to causality has already benefited virtually every field of science and social science, and promises to do more when popularized.

He is the author of Heuristics; Probabilistic Reasoning in Intelligent Systems; and Causality: Models, Reasoning, and Inference. He is the winner of the Alan Turing Award. Judea Pearl's Edge Bio Page

The conversation:
https://www.edge.org/conversation/judea_pearl-engines-of-evidence

Monica L. Smith: Infrastructure As Dialogue [9.20.16] Sep 20, 2016

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MONICA SMITH is a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles. She holds the Navin and Pratima Doshi Chair in Indian Studies and serves as the director of the South Asian Archaeology Laboratory in the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. Monica Smith's Edge Bio Page

The conversation:
https://www.edge.org/conversation/monica_l_smith-infrastructure-as-dialogue

Seth Lloyd - Quantum Hanky-Panky Aug 22, 2016

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SETH LLOYD, Professor, Quantum Mechanical Engineering, MIT; Principal Investigator, Research Laboratory of Electronics; Author, Programming the Universe. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/seth_lloyd-quantum-hanky-panky

Robert Plomin - Why We're Different [6.29.16] Jun 29, 2016

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ROBERT PLOMIN is a professor of behavioral genetics at King's College London and deputy director of the Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience. He is the author of Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/robert_plomin-why-were-different

Molly Crockett & Daniel Kahneman - Deontology Or Trustworthiness? [6.16.16] Jun 16, 2016

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MOLLY CROCKETT is an associate professor of experimental psychology, fellow of Jesus College, and distinguished research fellow at the Oxford Centre for Neuroethics, University of Oxford.

DANIEL KAHNEMAN is the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics (2002), and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2013). He is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology Emeritus, Princeton, and author of Thinking, Fast and Slow.

The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/molly_crockett-daniel_kahneman-deontology-or-trustworthiness