This book by Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig has come up 7 times across 2 different shows: Diary of a CEO, Lex Fridman. 3 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Lex Fridman, Marcus Hutter, Stuart Russell, guest. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2017-01-16 and the most recent from 2025-12-04. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Every time it came up
An AI Expert Warning: 6 People Are (Quietly) Deciding Humanity’s Future!
“uh is a textbook that I wrote. Is this the textbook that most students who study AI are likely learning from? Yep.”— Stuart Russell
The guest here is Stuart Russell: UC Berkeley professor in his 40th year, author of the standard AI textbook 'Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach', OBE recipient, and a Time most-influential voice in AI. He has spent over 50 years in AI and now focuses on building provably safe, controllable AI systems. AI pioneer Stuart Russell warns that the race to build superintelligence is a reckless gamble with human extinction.
Anca Dragan: Human-Robot Interaction and Reward Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #81
“I got my hands on a PDF copy in Romania of Russell Norvig a I modern approach... it was so captivating”— guest
The guest here is Anca Dragan: A professor at UC Berkeley working on human-robot interaction and reward engineering algorithms, who also consults at Waymo. She studies how robots can generate behavior that accounts for coordinating with people. Berkeley roboticist Anca Dragan on why robots must model messy humans, learn hidden rewards, and treat human-robot interaction as a shared game.
Marcus Hutter: Universal Artificial Intelligence, AIXI, and AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #75
“I would always start with Russell and Norvig artificial intelligence a modern approach that's the AI Bible it's an amazing book”— Marcus Hutter
The guest here is Marcus Hutter: Senior research scientist at Google DeepMind and a pioneer of universal artificial intelligence. He created the AIXI model and the Hutter Prize for lossless compression of human knowledge. Marcus Hutter explains AIXI, his single-equation mathematical theory of universal intelligence built on compression, Occam's razor, and reinforcement learning.
Peter Norvig: Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach | Lex Fridman Podcast #42
“the co-author with stuart russell of the book artificial intelligence and modern approach that educated and inspired a whole generation of researchers”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Peter Norvig: Director of Research at Google and co-author, with Stuart Russell, of 'Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach,' the textbook that trained a generation of AI researchers. He also taught one of the first massive open online AI courses. Peter Norvig on writing the field-defining AI textbook, why utility functions are the hard part, and the limits of deep learning.
Stuart Russell: Long-Term Future of Artificial Intelligence | Lex Fridman Podcast #9
“a co-author of a book that introduced me and millions of other people to the amazing world of AI called artificial intelligence a modern approach”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Stuart Russell: Professor of computer science at UC Berkeley and co-author of the foundational textbook Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach. AI pioneer Stuart Russell on why we must build machines that are uncertain about human objectives to keep them safe.
Stuart Russell: Long-Term Future of Artificial Intelligence | Lex Fridman Podcast #9
“I showed up University of Illinois to an AI lab and they said okay I don't have time for you but here's a book AI a modern approach”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Stuart Russell: Professor of computer science at UC Berkeley and co-author of the foundational textbook Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach. AI pioneer Stuart Russell on why we must build machines that are uncertain about human objectives to keep them safe.
MIT 6.S094: Introduction to Deep Learning and Self-Driving Cars
“from a book that got me into artificial intelligence as a bright-eyed high school student they are artificial intelligence to modern approach”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Lex Fridman: MIT researcher and instructor of course 6.S094, Deep Learning for Self-Driving Cars, focused on driver-state sensing and autonomous vehicles. Lex Fridman's opening MIT lecture on deep learning for self-driving cars, framing driving as chess versus conversation.
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