Prof. Hal Abelson, Part 1: Lessons from a Computer Scientist: Machines, Humans, Regulation, and More

Appetite for Disruption: The Business and Regulation of FinTech

Professor Hal Abelson of MIT joins Troy and Lee to explain key elements of the internet, machine learning, and the policy that governs them. He has broad experience from more than 40 years at MIT working with various types of computer systems. His insights into how things work and his efforts to educate policy makers is informative and timely given all technological breakthroughs that we’re living through. We take a deep dive into how machines learn, the limits of machine learning and artificial intelligence, and the sometimes inexplicable nature of what machines tell us. Our discussion got us thinking that machines and humans have some similar learning characteristics, even though machines do it with much less intuition and without any type of understanding... at least not yet.