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Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2019-03-12

Books mentioned on Leslie Kaelbling: Reinforcement Learning, Planning, and Robotics

2 books · With Leslie Kaelbling · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Leslie Kaelbling is a roboticist and professor at MIT. She is recognized for her work in reinforcement learning, planning, robot navigation, and several other topics in AI.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

  1. Gödel, Escher, Bach

    Douglas R. Hofstadter · at 0:40

    Gödel, Escher, Bach is a sweeping, Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Douglas R.

    Discussed
    “I can say that is I read girdle eer Bach when I was in high school that was pretty formative for me because it exposed uh the interestingness of Primitives and combination and how you can make complex things out of simple parts and ideas of AI”
    Leslie Kaelbling Leslie Kaelbling: Reinforcement Learning, Planning, and Robotics 2019-03-12 Listen at 0:40
    Where to get it
    Amazon Audible

  2. Surfaces and Essences

    Douglas Hofstadter, Emmanuel Sander · at 0:40

    Surfaces and Essences by Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander explores the fundamental role of analogy and conceptual categorization in human thought, language, and cognition.

    Discussed
    “I can say that is I read girdle eer Bach when I was in high school that was pretty formative for me because it exposed uh the interestingness of Primitives and combination and how you can make complex things out of simple parts and ideas of AI”
    Leslie Kaelbling Leslie Kaelbling: Reinforcement Learning, Planning, and Robotics 2019-03-12 Listen at 0:40
    Where to get it
    Amazon Audible