

Talking AI, Seymour Papert, and Learning Sciences with Northwestern Professor Uri Wilensky
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PCWB - A Professor & a Comedian Walk Into a Bar by Sepehr Vakil, Mike Knight & Samir Abdul
S2 ยท E11
May 13, 2026
01:00:26
Episode notes
In this episode of PCWB, we talk with Northwestern Professor Uri Wilensky, recent recipient of the Yidan Prize. We discuss his intellectual journey, the evolution of learning sciences, agent-based modeling and computational thinking, and how computers can help us better understand complex societal problems.
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SAMIR ABDUL:๐ https://www.samirabdul.com
MIKE KNIGHT: ๐ https://www.mikeknightcomedy.com/
SEPEHR VAKIL:๐ https://sites.northwestern.edu/sepehrvakil/
Keywords
AI
Education
Comedy
Northwestern
technology