Galit and I discuss the independent roles of prediction and explanation in scientific models, their history and eventual separation in the philosophy of science, how they can inform each other, and how statisticians like Galit view the current deep learning explosion.

Randal, Ken, and I discuss a host of topics around the future goal of uploading our minds into non-brain systems, to continue our mental...
Ida and I discuss the current landscape of reinforcement learning in both natural and artificial intelligence, and how the old story of two RL...
Show Notes: Nando’s CIFAR page.Follow Nando on Twitter: @NandoDF He's giving a keynote address at Cognitive Computational Neuroscience Meeting 2020.Check out his famous machine...