Probabilistic Reasoning in Intelligent Systems

This book by Judea Pearl was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Lex Fridman. The people who vouched for it on air: Dileep George. It comes up in conversations about brain health, consciousness. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

• “i definitely liked uh judy apple's book uh probabilistic reasoning and intelligence systems it's um it's a very deep technical book but what i liked”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “i definitely liked”
  Dileep George · Lex Fridman Podcast · Aug 202001:58:21

  Said during "Dileep George: Brain-Inspired AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #115". The episode features Dileep George: Researcher at the intersection of neuroscience and AI, co-founder of Vicarious (with Scott Phoenix) and formerly Numenta (with Jeff Hawkins and Donna Dubinsky). Known for hierarchical temporal memory and the Recursive Cortical Network. Vicarious co-founder Dileep George argues true AI must be brain-inspired, model the world, and run simulations rather than just scale up text prediction.