Episode · EconTalk · 2026-04-13
Russ Roberts & Stephen Witt: books mentioned on EconTalk
The Man Who Built NVIDIA (with Stephen Witt)
He arrived in America as a child with no English. He was mistakenly sent to a school for juvenile delinquents.
Russ Roberts discussed Artificial Intelligence: a Modern Approach by Stuart Russell, The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen, and Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Artificial Intelligence: a Modern Approach
Discussed“I have the 2011 artificial intelligence textbook by Russell and Norvig on my shelf. It's about 1,100 pages long. Of those 1,100 pages, about 16 total are devoted to neural nets.”
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The Innovator's Dilemma
Discussed“You talk about the influence of Clayton Christensen on Jensen Huang's thinking and it's a little bit different than the one that you attribute to to Jensen Huang.”
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Steve Jobs
Discussed“Reminded me of um the portrait of Steve Jobs in in Walter Isaacson's book, a book that I did not read for a long time because every review of it said the same thing.”
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