Ian Goodfellow is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Kings College. He is known for his work on recurrent neural networks, variational autoencoders, and natural language processing. In this episode, Lexman interviews Goodfellow about his work on deciduas, hydrophytes, and commonages. They discuss Wilhelmstrasse and tenantries, and Lexman asks Goodfellow about his favorite topman song.