Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2020-08-14
Books mentioned on #115 – Dileep George: Brain-Inspired AI
Dileep George is a researcher at the intersection of neuroscience and artificial intelligence, co-founder of Vicarious, formerly co-founder of Numenta.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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On Intelligence
On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins and Sandra Blakeslee is a groundbreaking book that outlines the hierarchical temporal memory theory and proposes that the human neocortex operates primarily as a prediction system.
Discussed“is it all just building on top of each other in terms of the higher level ideas especially the ones jeff wrote about in the book if you if you blur out right you know yeah on intelligence right on intelligence if you if you blur out the details”
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Probabilistic reasoning in intelligent systems
Probabilistic Reasoning in Intelligent Systems by Judea Pearl is a seminal academic text that lays out the mathematical and philosophical foundations for modeling uncertainty in artificial intelligence using probabilistic graphical models.
Recommended“so i definitely liked uh judy apple's book uh probabilistic reasoning and intelligence systems it's um it's a very deep technical book but what i liked is that so there are many uh places where you can learn about probabilistic graphical models from”
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Causality
Discussed“and uh the second book causality so two thousand uh the one in two thousand that one is really hard so i wouldn't recommend that”
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The Book of Why
The Book of Why by Judea Pearl and Dana Mackenzie explores the science of cause and effect, revolutionizing how we understand data, probability, and human reasoning.
Recommended“uh the book of why is definitely more enjoyable oh for sure yeah”
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David McCullough Library E-book Box Set
David McCullough Library E-book Box Set by David McCullough is a comprehensive collection of historical works by the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning author, known for his meticulous research and engaging narrative style.
Recommended“the third one uh i would definitely recommend reading is um uh this is not a technical book it is history it's called it's the name of the book i think is bishop's voice it's about wright brothers and uh and their their their path and how it was uh it's there are multiple books on this topic and all”
