Charles Isbell and Michael Littman: Machine Learning and Education | Lex Fridman Podcast #148

Charles Isbell is the Dean of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech. Michael Littman is a computer scientist at Brown University. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex and use code LEX to get 1 month of fish oil Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex and use code LEX to get special savings MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/lex to get 2 for price of 1 Cash App: https://cash.app/ and use code LexPodcast to get $10 EPISODE LINKS: Charles's Twitter:   / isbellhfh   Charles's Website: https://www.cc.gatech.edu/~isbell/ Michael's Twitter:   / mlittmancs   Michael's Website: https://www.littmania.com/ Michael's YouTube:    / mlittman   PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist:    • Lex Fridman Podcast   Clips playlist:    • Lex Fridman Podcast Clips   OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 2:27 - Is machine learning just statistics? 6:49 - NeurIPS vs ICML 9:05 - Data is more important than algorithm 14:49 - The role of hardship in education 23:33 - How Charles and Michael met 28:05 - Key to success: never be satisfied 31:23 - Bell Labs 42:50 - Teaching machine learning 53:01 - Westworld and Ex Machina 1:01:00 - Simulation 1:07:49 - The college experience in the times of COVID 1:36:27 - Advice for young people 1:43:19 - How to learn to program 1:54:43 - Friendship CONNECT: Subscribe to this YouTube channel Twitter:   / lexfridman   LinkedIn:   / lexfridman   Facebook:   / lexfridmanpage   Instagram:   / lexfridman   Medium:   / lexfridman   Support on Patreon:   / lexfridman