Every book Leslie Kaelbling recommended on podcasts

Books recommended by Leslie Kaelbling

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   Gödel, Escher, Bach

   Douglas R. Hofstadter · Discussed · 1 episode

   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”

   Lex Fridman Podcast Leslie Kaelbling: Reinforcement Learning, Planning, and Robotics 2019-03-12 Listen at 0:40

   Where to get it

   Amazon Audible
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   Surfaces and Essences

   Douglas Hofstadter, Emmanuel Sander · Discussed · 1 episode

   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”

   Lex Fridman Podcast Leslie Kaelbling: Reinforcement Learning, Planning, and Robotics 2019-03-12 Listen at 0:40

   Where to get it

   Amazon Audible

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