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Every book Dileep George recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Dileep George has recommended or discussed 4 books on podcasts, as of August 14, 2020.
- Dileep George has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of August 14, 2020.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of August 14, 2020.
- The 3 books Dileep George has mentioned in the most episodes, as of August 14, 2020: Probabilistic reasoning in intelligent systems, The Book of Why and The Mind's I.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Dileep George aired on August 14, 2020.
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Dileep George appears on technical, science-oriented podcasts such as the Lex Fridman Podcast, where conversations focus on artificial intelligence, brain-inspired computational models, and the history of scientific innovation. Drawing from his expertise in machine learning and probabilistic systems, George evaluates various technical and historical texts. He recommends Judea Pearl's Probabilistic Reasoning in Intelligent Systems as a deep, highly insightful technical book that contains valuable philosophical observations regarding graphical models. He contrasts this with Pearl's later book The Book of Why, noting that it offers a much more enjoyable reading experience on related causal concepts, while dismissing Pearl's mathematically dense 2000 volume Causality as too difficult for general recommendation. Expanding beyond technical subjects into historical biography, George also recommends a non-technical history book from the David McCullough Library E-book Box Set focusing on the Wright brothers, which details their path, the social hurdles they faced, and the challenges inherent in their pioneering invention.
Books Dileep George recommended or discussed
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Probabilistic reasoning in intelligent systems
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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The Book of Why
Recommended“uh the book of why is definitely more enjoyable oh for sure yeah”
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The Mind's I
Recommended“he had a book i think called it was called the mind's eye it was um uh probably half starter and daniel dennett together uh yeah so and i actually was uh i i bought that book so much i haven't read it yet”
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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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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| #115 – Dileep George: Brain-Inspired AI | Lex Fridman Podcast | 2020-08-14 | 5 |