Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2020-07-03

Books mentioned on #106 – Matt Botvinick: Neuroscience, Psychology, and AI at DeepMind

2 books · With Matt Botvinnik · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Matt Botvinick is the Director of Neuroscience Research at DeepMind. He is a brilliant cross-disciplinary mind navigating effortlessly between cognitive psychology, computational neuroscience, and artificial intelligence.

Lex Fridman recommended Deep Undercover by Jack Barsky and others. Also mentioned: The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   Deep Undercover

   Jack Barsky, Cindy Coloma · at 1:23

   Deep Undercover by Jack Barsky and Cindy Coloma is a riveting memoir detailing Barsky's extraordinary life as an undercover KGB sleeper agent operating inside the United States during the Cold War.

   Recommended

   “I recently listened to his conversation with Jack Barsky former sleeper agent for the KGB in the 80s and author of deep undercover which is a memoir that paints yet another interesting perspective on the Cold War era”

   Lex Fridman #106 – Matt Botvinick: Neuroscience, Psychology, and AI at DeepMind 2020-07-03 Listen at 1:23

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2. 

   The Language Instinct

   Steven Pinker · at 1:33:07

   Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct is a prominent popular science book that explores the innate nature of human language acquisition and processing.

   Discussed

   “this book in language now with Steven Pinker and so on this looking generally at human progress and there's so many ways the human progress can happen with AI”

   Speaker #106 – Matt Botvinick: Neuroscience, Psychology, and AI at DeepMind 2020-07-03 Listen at 1:33:07

   Where to get it

   Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon