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Podcast: The Future of Everything
Episode: Emma Brunskill: Amped-up education with AI
Description: Computer programs that purport to help humans learn have been around almost as long as there have been computer programs, but their track record for success has been less than impressive.
Emma Brunskill, an expert on artificial intelligence and machine learning, thinks that less-than-stellar record is about to change and has dedicated her career to finding new and better ways to teach computers to teach humans. Her research creates innovative "reinforcement learning" algorithms in which computers learn through experience to get better at teaching humans. In the process, the algorithms lead people to make better, more-informed decisions that produce better...