Arthur Samuel
A pioneer in AI and machine learning who developed a checkers-playing program capable of beating a world champion, benefiting from significant computational resources at IBM.
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Making Sense of Artificial Intelligence
Sam Harris
Computer scientist whose checker-playing program in 1959 learned to play better than its creator, noted by Norbert Wiener.

Rodney Brooks: Robotics | Lex Fridman Podcast #217
Lex Fridman
A pioneer in AI and machine learning who developed a checkers-playing program capable of beating a world champion, benefiting from significant computational resources at IBM.

Stuart Russell: Long-Term Future of Artificial Intelligence | Lex Fridman Podcast #9
Lex Fridman
Pioneer in AI and machine learning, known for his checkers-playing program that learned from experience. Russell references his work in the context of early AI and Norbert Wiener's concerns.

Melanie Mitchell: Concepts, Analogies, Common Sense & Future of AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #61
Lex Fridman
A pioneer in AI known for his checker-playing program, which demonstrated the power of self-play in machine learning.