Ryan Peterman(@ryanlpeterman):Judea Pearl (@yudapearl) is a Turing Award winner famous for his contributions to artificial intelligence and causal reasoning. We talked about the greatest scientist of all time, his major breakthroughs and his predictions for AI today. Full conversation also on my YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:54 How he got into AI 11:17 Greatest scientist of all time 20:15 What people thought of AI in the 80s 26:23 Entering academia and researching AI 34:52 The invention of Bayesian networks 46:28 Pioneering work in causality 55:38 The causal hierarchy 59:34 LLMs and predictions 01:20:12 A restless mind pays 01:24:36 Advice for his younger self 01:26:37 Outro

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Judea Pearl (@yudapearl) is a Turing Award winner famous for his contributions to artificial intelligence and causal reasoning. We talked about the greatest scientist of all time, his major breakthroughs and his predictions for AI today. Full conversation also on my YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:54 How he got into AI 11:17 Greatest scientist of all time 20:15 What people thought of AI in the 80s 26:23 Entering academia and researching AI 34:52 The invention of Bayesian networks 46:28 Pioneering work in causality 55:38 The causal hierarchy 59:34 LLMs and predictions 01:20:12 A restless mind pays 01:24:36 Advice for his younger self 01:26:37 Outro