BI 022 Melanie Mitchell: Complexity, and AI Shortcomings

Brain Inspired

Dec 18 2018 | 00:59:22

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Show Notes

Show notes:

Follow Melanie on Twitter: @MelMitchell1.
Learn more about what she does at her homepage.
Here is her New York Times Op-Ed about AI.
And here is a talk which goes into more depth: AI and the Barrier of Meaning.
Her book, Complexity: A Guided Tour, has won awards.
Check out all the free coures and tutorials at Complexity Explorer.
Here’s a talk she gave: Introduction to Complexity.
Melanie’s PhD advisor was Douglas Hofstadter, author of Godel, Escher, Bach: The Eternal Golden Braid.
I mentioned Terrence Deacon’s book Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged from Matter.

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