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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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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.

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@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 · 250.9K Views
7:16 PM · May 25, 2026 · 3.8K 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 · 12.6K Views
7:47 PM · May 25, 2026 · 874 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 · 250.9K Views
6:49 PM · May 25, 2026 · 1.8K Views

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

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 · 250.9K Views
6:19 PM · May 25, 2026 · 12.6K 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 · 12.6K Views
7:18 PM · May 25, 2026 · 986 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 · 250.9K Views
6:41 PM · May 25, 2026 · 161 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 · 250.9K Views
6:26 PM · May 25, 2026 · 5K Views

@dwarkesh_sp Some day I'll give a lecture about thermodynamic inference on that blackboard

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 · 250.9K Views
10:19 PM · May 25, 2026 · 952 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 · 250.9K Views
6:20 PM · May 25, 2026 · 991 Views

@dwarkesh_sp The right memetic move is getting the Dalai Lama, and ask him for his AI takes

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 · 250.9K Views
2:44 AM · May 26, 2026 · 155 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 · 250.9K Views
6:30 PM · May 25, 2026 · 136 Views

@dwarkesh_sp @grimmelm on AI and copyright.

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 · 250.9K Views
9:40 PM · May 25, 2026 · 754 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 · 250.9K Views
6:37 PM · May 25, 2026 · 1.7K Views
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