#73 – Andrew Ng: Deep Learning, Education, and Real-World AI

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Feb 20, 2020

Andrew Ng, a leading educator and AI innovator, co-founder of Coursera, and Google Brain, shares insights on the evolution of artificial intelligence and its applications in education. He discusses the importance of customer-centric strategies in startups and the shift towards user-friendly online learning. Ng highlights challenges in machine learning education and emphasizes self-supervised learning's potential. He also reflects on how AI can drive social change and the significance of surrounding oneself with the right people for success.

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ADVICE

Whiteboard for Math

Use whiteboards for explaining math concepts.
Build up equations piece by piece to enhance understanding.

ANECDOTE

Helicopter Localization

Andrew Ng and Pieter Abbeel faced challenges localizing helicopters for reinforcement learning research.
After a year of trying different GPS setups, they succeeded with ground cameras.

INSIGHT

Impact-Driven Research

Andrew Ng's motivation is impact, not just theoretical research.
He enjoys theory more if it can help people or has real-world applications.

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Andrew Ng is one of the most impactful educators, researchers, innovators, and leaders in artificial intelligence and technology space in general. He co-founded Coursera and Google Brain, launched deeplearning.ai, Landing.ai, and the AI fund, and was the Chief Scientist at Baidu. As a Stanford professor, and with Coursera and deeplearning.ai, he has helped educate and inspire millions of students including me.

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deeplearning.ai: https://www.deeplearning.ai
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AI Fund: https://aifund.ai/
AI for Everyone: https://www.coursera.org/learn/ai-for-everyone
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OUTLINE:
00:00 – Introduction
02:23 – First few steps in AI
05:05 – Early days of online education
16:07 – Teaching on a whiteboard
17:46 – Pieter Abbeel and early research at Stanford
23:17 – Early days of deep learning
32:55 – Quick preview: deeplearning.ai, landing.ai, and AI fund
33:23 – deeplearning.ai: how to get started in deep learning
45:55 – Unsupervised learning
49:40 – deeplearning.ai (continued)
56:12 – Career in deep learning
58:56 – Should you get a PhD?
1:03:28 – AI fund – building startups
1:11:14 – Landing.ai – growing AI efforts in established companies
1:20:44 – Artificial general intelligence