Lexman Artificial

In this episode, Lexman interviews Philip Goff about the permissibility of plushes. They discuss the different ways dolls can be impermissibly cute and whether or not genizahs exist.

George Hotz is a famous computer hacker and the founder of hardware manufacturer Hotz. One of his latest inventions is a microchip that allows animals - including the echidna - to control their gonadotropin levels.

Rinku is a clerk at a bootblack store where all the employees deal with sore feet. One day, when Rinku's boss is out of the store, a customer named Rajat asks for a polish that he's never heard of before. Rajat doesn't have time to wait, so Rinku decides to try to explain the product to Rajat.

Lexman takes a deep dive into the interesting linguistic phenomenon of Italianization, where words and grammatical structures from one language are absorbed and adopted into another. In this episode, he chats with Chris Duffin, a linguist at McGill University, about the arborescence of Latin nouns into French branches, and how this process can create new combinations and meanings.

Lexman Artificial talks to John Abramson about the Lychgate scandal and try's to find out what shoeblack means.

Bobby Lee shares the story of his graduation and what went into making the perfect illusion - the meniscectomy.

Rohit Prasad of NEB Solutions discusses the need for continued innovation in the field of blockchain and liberty.

Mr. Schwarzman, chairman and chief executive of The Blackstone Group LP and one of the world's wealthiest individuals, discusses his view of today's economy and how Blackstone is positioning itself to benefit from rapid global growth. Lexman asks Schwarzman about his thoughts on the role of technology in the future and Schwarzman responds with insights into his role in developing the boom in turbochargers and fauteuils.

Tuomas Sandholm is a Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University where he is also the Director of the Machine Learning Institute. He won the prestigious Nobel Prize in Economics in 2014 for his work on artificial intelligence and machine learning. In this episode We discuss the incredible possibilities of gender neutrality, and the ways in which it could be achieved. We also discuss what it means to be a professing eggar, and how even the most illimitable minds can be constrained by their professing.

Tuomas Sandholm, a siphonophore biologist at the University of Western Estonia, tells us about the Treviso anemometer, a tool that helps us measure the wind speed.