We interview Shri Santhanam, VP of AI and Analytics with Experian about how AI is transforming credit, ratings agencies, loans, and how they are using AI to help during the COVID-19 pandemic. Follow us and leave a rating! Skill Share Patreon

AI at the Speed of Light with Patrick Bowen

Apr 24th, 2020 41m 17s

We're joined by Dr. Patrick Bowen, CEO of Neurophos - a company working to bring optical computing to AI inference. We cover optical, analog computation, metamaterials and heaps of fascinating physics and how that interfaces with artificial in

104: COVID-19 Data and Research with Patrick Bowen

Apr 23rd, 2020 42m 12s

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The AI-Powered Enterprise with Seth Earley

Apr 6th, 2020 50m 50s

We interview Seth Earley of Earley Information Sciences, a data science consulting firm out of Boston. There are heaps of great information that we get into here covering AI applications for HR, supply chain, best practices, and the key ingred

COVID-19, Location Data, and more with Max Sklar

Apr 4th, 2020 54m 9s

We're joined by Max Sklar, Foursquare engineer and host of the Local Maximum podcast, to discuss the data issues around COVID-19, what it's like in New York right now, and some of the latest developments from Foursquare. Links Local Maximum Po

The Bubble is Popping!

Mar 21st, 2020 47m 28s

This has been a wild few weeks: COVID-19 has spread around the world, people are getting shelter in place orders, and the markets are reacting violently to the news. Last October, we recorded an episode predicting this bubble would pop soon. H

A Spell to Make AI for Everyone with Serkan Piantino

Mar 19th, 2020 44m 32s

We talk with CEO and founder of Spell, Serkan Piantino. Spell is a New York-based startup that is making AI better and easier for everyone involved by automating your experiments, deployment, and resources. We discuss his past experience at Fa

Can AI Help Save you From the Coronavirus?

Mar 2nd, 2020 44m 13s

The coronavirus is inescapable - at least if you're watching the news. It is spreading around the world and worrying travelers, markets, and governments. Advances in machine learning, however, may help combat the spread and potentially offer p

I Can't Wait for Robots to Take My Job with Antony Sammeroff

Feb 17th, 2020 40m 28s

Fresh off a decisive debate victory over Martin Ford, Antony and I discuss the debate, future of work, and some of the great things about an automated society. Also, Antony issues the challenge to others (*Andrew Yang*) who want to debate the

Is there Bias in Facial Recognition?

Feb 10th, 2020 35m 15s

A recent NIST study investigates the bias in many commercially available facial-recognition algorithms. They results provide very interesting findings that challenge the dominant narrative surrounding AI and bias. Links NIST Face Vendor Recog

95: Artificial Humans and AI Sightings

Jan 20th, 2020 27m 25s

Neon CEO explains tech behind his overhyped 'artificial humans' Neon Test Video Free E-Book Follow us and leave a rating! Skill Share Patreon iTunes Homepage Twitter @artlyintelly Facebook Learn Economics at Liberty Classroom

The AI Future is Bright!

Jan 7th, 2020 30m 29s

A new decade is upon us, but the future of AI and work is still being debated. We review a recent debate in New York between Antony Sammeroff and Martin Ford on whether or not we should prepare for a coming jobs apocalypse. Links Ep 78: UBI w

State of Machine Learning

Dec 23rd, 2019 44m 26s

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AI's Fake News Problem

Dec 9th, 2019 41m 32s

The AI hype train rolls on through 2019 with trumpeted breakthrough's in autonomous vehicles, natural language processing, robotics, and more. We take a look at some of the most outlandish stories and reports of the year to try to bring some b

The Algorithm that Solved the Market

Dec 2nd, 2019 50m 34s

Renaissance Technology has returned an incredible amount of cash to its investors over the years - far outperforming all other hedge funds in the industry. Their secret has been the early adoption of machine learning and hiring talents from IB

Can AI predict if you're a criminal?

Nov 18th, 2019 39m 13s

Whether Epstein killed himself or not, his death has brought a number of AI companies focused on data collection and predictive policing to the public's attention. He was an investor in Carbyne911 - an Israeli company offering next gen 911 res

89: MegaFace: Could you get paid for your face?

Nov 11th, 2019 38m 8s

You could get thousands of dollars for your face being used in a data set published by the University of Washington to train facial recognition algorithms. MegaFace is the data set in question, which was put together by Yahoo and Flickr in 201

Robots and Rubik's Cubes

Nov 4th, 2019 38m 15s

OpenAI recently announced a new achievement, solving a Rubik's Cube with a one-handed robot using reinforcement learning! After all of the fanfare, a lot of people are pushing back on their paper and results, arguing that the claims are highly

The Coming Crash of Tech Bubble 2.0

Oct 14th, 2019 38m 15s

2019 has been the worst year for IPO's and more companies that rely on technology and AI have been struggling. Is this the coming of AI Winter III and the end of the tech bubble? What can you do if you're working as a data scientist or machine

Siraj Raval and AI Education

Oct 7th, 2019 41m 23s

Siraj Raval, a prominent YouTuber and AI educator has come under fire for allegedly plagiarizing code across his popular YouTube channel and on a course that he offered through the AI School. Siraj isn't alone in this. Many AI "gurus" lack the

Bitcoin, Digital Currency, Global Reserves, and Facebook

Sep 30th, 2019 50m 59s

Facebook's digital currency announcement has been met with a myriad of responses ranging from the euphoric to apocalyptic. We discuss Libra, what it is, how it's different from Bitcoin, and what it means from a monetary policy perspective. Lin

OpenAI's "Emergent" AI Agents

Sep 28th, 2019 38m 20s

OpenAI has published a great blog showing the development of complex strategies from their RL agents while playing hide-and-seek. We talk about what was achieved as well as the state of current RL research and, more importantly, applications.

AI Superpowers

Sep 16th, 2019 33m 57s

The US and China have been locked in an epic struggle for AI dominance - whatever that may mean. Kai-Fu Lee's latest book, AI Superpowers provides a unique look at the development of AI from a Chinese perspective. Additionally, a recent report

Voice Mimicking Software Swindles Company

Sep 11th, 2019 29m 32s

A British energy firm lost about $240k due to an AI system imitating a managing director in the company. The fraudsters instructed a lower level employee to transfer funds to a Hungarian account after mimicking their boss' voice, intonation, a

The Musk and Ma Debate!

Sep 4th, 2019 25m 39s

This past week in Shanghai, Elon Musk and Jack Ma shared the debate stage to discuss the future of artificial intelligence. Jobs, Mars, simulation theory, and the end of the world were all discussed. Links Ma and Musk Debate Bostrom's Sim