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Andrew Wilson proposes a chalkboard lecture on deriving AI foundations from probability theory for Dwarkesh Patel's podcast

Dan Roy nominated David Duvenaud and Pushmeet Kohli.

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@dwarkesh_sp Happy to give a chalkboard lecture on how we can derive the foundations of AI from first principles using probability.

11:19 AM · May 25, 2026 View on X

@dwarkesh_sp Academia: I'd like to see @DavidDuvenaud. Industry: We need some positivity and so I suggest @pushmeet Kohli.

Dwarkesh PatelDwarkesh Patel@dwarkesh_sp

Who should I interview on my podcast? Open to more AI, but also to random history/econ/etc professors that I might not have heard of before.

6:00 PM · May 25, 2026 · 149.1K Views
7:16 PM · May 25, 2026 · 1.2K Views

@andrewgwils @dwarkesh_sp Yes please

Andrew Gordon WilsonAndrew Gordon Wilson@andrewgwils

@dwarkesh_sp Happy to give a chalkboard lecture on how we can derive the foundations of AI from first principles using probability.

6:19 PM · May 25, 2026 · 7K Views
7:47 PM · May 25, 2026 · 291 Views

@dwarkesh_sp Michael Jordan (either one).

Dwarkesh PatelDwarkesh Patel@dwarkesh_sp

Who should I interview on my podcast? Open to more AI, but also to random history/econ/etc professors that I might not have heard of before.

6:00 PM · May 25, 2026 · 149.1K Views
6:49 PM · May 25, 2026 · 388 Views

@andrewgwils @dwarkesh_sp YES i wanna see this.

Andrew Gordon WilsonAndrew Gordon Wilson@andrewgwils

@dwarkesh_sp Happy to give a chalkboard lecture on how we can derive the foundations of AI from first principles using probability.

6:19 PM · May 25, 2026 · 7K Views
7:18 PM · May 25, 2026 · 461 Views

@dwarkesh_sp @xuanalogue !!!!

Dwarkesh PatelDwarkesh Patel@dwarkesh_sp

Who should I interview on my podcast? Open to more AI, but also to random history/econ/etc professors that I might not have heard of before.

6:00 PM · May 25, 2026 · 149.1K Views
6:41 PM · May 25, 2026 · 103 Views

@dwarkesh_sp joseph suarez

Dwarkesh PatelDwarkesh Patel@dwarkesh_sp

Who should I interview on my podcast? Open to more AI, but also to random history/econ/etc professors that I might not have heard of before.

6:00 PM · May 25, 2026 · 149.1K Views
6:26 PM · May 25, 2026 · 2.8K Views

@dwarkesh_sp Someone from sparsity research? It’s had some ups and downs, but the overwhelming success of sparser MoEs makes it feel like we are do for another wave. Might be nice to know the history.

Dwarkesh PatelDwarkesh Patel@dwarkesh_sp

Who should I interview on my podcast? Open to more AI, but also to random history/econ/etc professors that I might not have heard of before.

6:00 PM · May 25, 2026 · 149.1K Views
6:20 PM · May 25, 2026 · 706 Views

@dwarkesh_sp Juergen Schmidhuber

Dwarkesh PatelDwarkesh Patel@dwarkesh_sp

Who should I interview on my podcast? Open to more AI, but also to random history/econ/etc professors that I might not have heard of before.

6:00 PM · May 25, 2026 · 149.1K Views
6:30 PM · May 25, 2026 · 95 Views

@dwarkesh_sp @willdepue pls.

Dwarkesh PatelDwarkesh Patel@dwarkesh_sp

Who should I interview on my podcast? Open to more AI, but also to random history/econ/etc professors that I might not have heard of before.

6:00 PM · May 25, 2026 · 149.1K Views
6:37 PM · May 25, 2026 · 1.2K Views
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