Media

Notable and Ongoing

Video Presentations

Notable and Ongoing

Computing Up Podcast, with Dave Ackley, (2017-)

Computing UpConversations about computation writ large, with Michael Littman and Dave Ackley.

"Wired Al" Computer Science Parody Songs, (2006-)

We Need to Talk about A.I., dir. Leanne Pooley (2020)

‎We Need to Talk About a.I. on iTunes‎Watch trailers, read customer and critic reviews and buy We Need to Talk About a.I. directed by Leanne Pooley for 7,99 €.

TurboTax ad, with Anna Rubanova, (2015-2016)

Video Presentations

You Can’t Escape Hyperparameters and Latent Variables: Machine Learning as a Software Engineering Enterprise (guest of Charles Isbell)

Neural Information Processing Systems keynote, 12/7/20

Delegating Our Will: Four Ways We Tell Machines What We Want and How We Can Do Better

BitHacks Speaker Series, 8/1/20

Assessing the Robustness of Deep RL Algorithms

Neural Information Processing Systems Deep Reinforcement Learning Workshop, 12/14/19 (@55:44)

Deep Reinforcement Learning 4In recent years, the use of deep neural networks as function approximators has enabled researchers to extend reinforcement learning techniques to solve increasingly complex control tasks. The emerging

What Are Neural Networks? (consultant)

SciToons, 5/27/19

Interactive Machine Leaning: How Machines Learn Best from Humans (guest of Charles Isbell)

Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence keynote, 2/5/18

Can Robots Become Human? (discussion with Tom Doeppner and Rosalind Picard)

Veritas Forum, 11/1/17

A Cooperative Path to Artificial Intelligence

TEDxBoston, 10/16/17

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Be Realistic about AI

TEDxProvidence, 9/30/17

Reinforcement learning: How Machines Learn by Doing

National Academy of Sciences, 5/1/17

After LifeAfter (with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Colin Paris, Mac Rogers)

Panoply, 1/28/17

After LifeAfterAstrophysicist, StarTalk host, and self-proclaimed sci-fi geek Neil deGrasse Tyson hosts a round table talking about the science behind the science-fiction in GE Podcast Theater’s LifeAfter. Joining him are computer scientist and humanity-centered robotics expert, Michael Littman; leading software research expert Colin Parris; and the show’s writer, Mac Rogers. Let the tech geeking begin.

Basics of Computational Reinforcement Learning

The Multi-disciplinary Conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making, 6/7/2015

Basics of Computational Reinforcement LearningIn machine learning, the problem of reinforcement learning is concerned with using experience gained through interacting with the world and evaluative feedback to improve a system’s ability to make behavioral decisions. This tutorial will introduce the fundamental concepts and vocabulary that underlie this field of study. It will also review recent advances in the theory and practice of reinforcement learning, including developments in fundamental technical areas such as generalization, planning, exploration and empirical methodology.

Model-based Reinforcement Learning Tutorial

Neural Information Processing Systems, 12/7/09

Model-Based Reinforcement LearningIn model-based reinforcement learning, an agent uses its experience to construct a representation of the control dynamics of its environment. It can then predict the outcome of its actions and make decisions that maximize its learning and task performance. This tutorial will survey work in this area with an emphasis on recent results. Topics will include: Efficient learning in the PAC-MDP formalism, Bayesian reinforcement learning, models and linear function approximation, recent advances in planning.

Real Live Robot Learning (best narration winner)

AI Video Competition, 6/1/09

22. Real Live Robot LearningWe created a reinforcement-learning demo -- a simple robot navigation task -- and took it to the public to teach them about AI and robotics. The video shows the system adapting in real time to various modifications to the robot's design and provides a very gentle introduction to the idea of model-based reinforcement learning.

Artificial Intelligence: An Instance of Aibo Ingenuity (best short video winner)

AI Video Competition, 7/23/07

Artificial intelligence: An instance of Aibo ingenuityThis describes research related to using RL for, among other tasks, learning behaviors for an Aibo robot.

Press

Lex Fridman Podcast, 12/12/20 (Lex Fridman)

Trusting AI: Unlocking the Black Box, 9/21/20 (Anessa Petteruti)

The ConversAItion, 5/14/20 (Jim Freeze)

Michael Littman: Humanity-Centered Robotics | InteractionsJim speaks with Dr. Michael Littman about how robots can work best with humans and how humans teach robots socially acceptable behavior. Click to listen!

VentureBeat, 2/24/20 (Khari Johnson)

NeurIPS requires AI researchers to account for societal impact and financial conflicts of interestNeurIPS will now require AI researchers to state the impact their work has on society and disclose any financial conflict of interest.

Synced, 12/12/19

NeurIPS 2019 | The NumbersThe world’s most prestigious machine learning conference wraps up in Vancouver this weekend. Synced takes a look at the numbers associated with NeurIPS 2019.

NPR Marketplace, 11/11/19 (Stephanie Hughes)

Can AI indentify guns fast enought to stop violence? - MarketplaceWhy Texas startup Athena Security is holding a film shoot to help its artificial intelligence recognize weapons.

Institute on Science for Global Policy, 8/15/19 (Aubrey Paris, Daniela Baeza, Cleo Warner)

ISGP Podcast: 100th Episode...What is AI? - ISGPPhenomenal job to the team at ISGP’s “The Forum” for releasing their 100th podcast episode! Do you use Siri, Alexa, or Facebook? Have you watched sports or participated in voting for talent shows through your computer, handheld communication device or tablet? If you do, you’ve interacted with artificial intelligence. For their 100th episode, our co-hosts …

Wired, 7/11/19 (Tom Simonite)

This New Poker Bot Can Beat Multiple Pros—at OnceSoftware designed by a Carnegie Mellon professor and Facebook researcher beat five human pros in no-limit Texas Hold’em.

Science, 5/30/19 (Edd Gent)

Artificial intelligence learns teamwork in a deadly game of capture the flagBots’ new strategies for beating Quake could one day help smart machines work with humans

NPR Marketplace, 3/26/19 (Renata Sago)

McDonald's bets on AI to help it sell more burgers - MarketplaceThe fast food chain is acquiring digital startup Dynamic Yield for more than $300 million.

New Scientist, 1/25/19 (Richard Kemeny)

Terrible drivers could teach autonomous cars how to avoid crashesFor autonomous cars to master driving, they might need to learn from terrible drivers as well as competent ones

New York Times, 3/22/18 (Jack Nicas)

At Mars, Jeff Bezos Hosted Roboticists, Astronauts, Other Brainiacs and MeAt the exclusive three-day conference run by Amazon in the California desert, the merely brilliant rub shoulders with the geniuses.

NPR Marketplace, 11/24/17 (Adriene Hill)

The reason not to yell at Siri and Alexa - MarketplaceShould parents treat AI devices politely around their kids?

Fortune, 8/15/17 (Michael Littman)

Elon Musk Is Wrong Again. AI Isn’t More Dangerous Than North Korea.Elon Musk was wrong again when he said artificial intelligence (AI) is more dangerous than North Korea on Twitter.

WPRI, 8/11/17 (Kim Kalunian)

Brown prof skeptical of Elon Musk’s warning about AI and killer robotsElon Musk warns of the dangers of AI, but local experts have other opinions.

GoLocalProv, 7/15/17

GoLocalProv | Live | LIVE: How To Train Your Robot; Littman Talks About the Future of Machine ProgrammingMichael Littman, Ph.D, Co-Director of the Humanity Centered Robotics Initiative (HCRI) at Brown University, says he believes we’ll have “teachable” robots within our lifetime, if not very soon.

The Rhode Show, 4/24/17 (Will Gilber)

It’s a robot block party!Happening here Talk about some weird science it is time for a robot block party! The Rhode Island Robot Block Party is a free event presented by The Rhode Island Students of the Future. The organiz…

Boston Globe, 3/14/17, (Alex Frandsen)

Siri, find me a boyfriend - The Boston GlobeWithin the next few years, artificial intelligence may be playing matchmaker, using data to find people potential mates, not just hookups. And there’s a chance that machines could be better at it than we are.

BBC News , 3/10/17 (Rory Cellan-Jones)

25 years of email attachmentsHow the creation of a new email attachment system in 1992 changed the way we communicate.

New York Times, 4/24/17 (Michael L. Littman)

LettersReaders respond to articles in Science Times with thoughts on peer review, engineering, starlings' songs and more.

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