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#221 – Douglas Lenat: Cyc and the Quest to Solve Common Sense Reasoning in AI

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#222 – Jay McClelland: Neural Networks and the Emergence of Cognition

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#223 – Travis Stevens: Judo, Olympics, and Mental Toughness

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#225 – Jeffrey Shainline: Neuromorphic Computing and Optoelectronic Intelligence

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#227 – Sean Kelly: Existentialism, Nihilism, and the Search for Meaning

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#228 – RZA: Wu-Tang Clan, Kung Fu, Chess, God, Life, and Death

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