Why Does It Sometimes Pay to Be a Chicken? With Professor Michael Wooldridge
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Welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet. I'm producer Mia Sorenti. Why does it sometimes make sense to swerve, compromise or cooperate, and at other times to stand your ground? From international crises to everyday decisions, how can we think more strategically about the choices we make? On today's episode, Professor Michael Waldridge, Ashold Professor of the Foundations of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Oxford, sheds light on how game theory, one of mathematics' most influential fields, can offer some surprising life lessons when it comes to conflict, cooperation, and human behaviour.
Let's join our host, Carl Miller, now with more. Welcome to Intelligence Squared, everyone. I'm Carl Miller, and our returning guest today is Professor Mike Waldridge. Michael Waldridge is the Ashall Professor of the Foundations of Artificial Intelligence in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, a senior research fellow at Hartford College.
He's been an AI researcher since 1989, before AI was cool, Mike, and has published more than 400 scientific articles on the subject. And his latest book is Life Lessons from Game Theory, The Art of Thinking Strategically in a Complex World. Michael, you've been on Telet Square before. Very warm welcome back to you. Great to be back.
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