#135 – Charles Isbell: Computing, Interactive AI, and Race in America

Charles Isbell is the Dean of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00)– Introduction
(07:16)– Top 3 movies of all time
(13:26)– People are easily predictable
(19:08)– Breaking out of our bubbles
(30:54)– Interactive AI
(37:26)– Lifelong machine learning
(45:53)– Faculty hiring
(53:27)– University rankings
(1:00:55)– Science communicators
(1:10:20)– Hip hop
(1:19:20)– Funk
(1:20:44)– Computing
(1:36:35)– Race
(1:52:40)– Cop story
(2:01:01)– Racial tensions
(2:10:23)– MLK vs Malcolm X
(2:13:44)– Will human civilization destroy itself?
(2:18:14)– Fear of death and the passing of time