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GPU dev environments that just work

GPU dev environments that just work

Creating and sharing reproducible development environments for AI experiments and production systems is a huge pain. You have all sorts of weird dependencies, and then you have to deal with GPUs and NVIDIA drivers on top of all that! brev.dev is attempting to mitigate this pain and create delightful GPU dev…

40 MinutesPractical AI

Machine learning at small organizations

Machine learning at small organizations

Why is ML is so poorly adopted in small organizations (hint: it’s not because they don’t have enough data)? In this episode, Kirsten Lum from Storytellers shares the patterns she has seen in small orgs that lead to a successful ML practice. We discuss how the job of a ML Engineer/Data Scientist is different in that…

50 MinutesPractical AI

ChatGPT goes prime time!

ChatGPT goes prime time!

Daniel and Chris do a deep dive into OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which is the first LLM to enjoy direct mass adoption by folks outside the AI world. They discuss how it works, its effect on the world, ramifications of its adoption, and what we may expect in the future as these types of models continue to evolve. Featuring…

45 MinutesPractical AI

Supporting Food Security in Africa Using ML with Catherine Nakalembe - #611

Supporting Food Security in Africa Using ML with Catherine Nakalembe - #611

Today we conclude our coverage of the 2022 NeurIPS series joined by Catherine Nakalembe, an associate research professor at the University of Maryland, and Africa Program Director under NASA Harvest. In our conversation with Catherine, we take a deep dive into her talk from the ML in the Physical Sciences workshop…

1h 06mThe TWIML AI Podcast

NLP research by & for local communities

NLP research by & for local communities

While at EMNLP 2022, Daniel got a chance to sit down with an amazing group of researchers creating NLP technology that actually works for their local language communities. Just Zwennicker (Universiteit van Amsterdam) discusses his work on a machine translation system for Sranan Tongo, a creole language that is spoken…

37 MinutesPractical AI

Service Cards and ML Governance with Michael Kearns - #610

Service Cards and ML Governance with Michael Kearns - #610

Today we conclude our AWS re:Invent 2022 series joined by Michael Kearns, a professor in the department of computer and information science at UPenn, as well as an Amazon Scholar. In our conversation, we briefly explore Michael’s broader research interests in responsible AI and ML governance and his role at Amazon. We…

39 MinutesThe TWIML AI Podcast

Reinforcement Learning for Personalization at Spotify with Tony Jebara - #609

Reinforcement Learning for Personalization at Spotify with Tony Jebara - #609

Today we continue our NeurIPS 2022 series joined by Tony Jebara, VP of engineering and head of machine learning at Spotify. In our conversation with Tony, we discuss his role at Spotify and how the company’s use of machine learning has evolved over the last few years, and the business value of machine learning…

41 MinutesThe TWIML AI Podcast

Will ChatGPT take my job? - #608

Will ChatGPT take my job? - #608

More than any system before it, ChatGPT has tapped into our enduring fascination with artificial intelligence, raising in a more concrete and present way important questions and fears about what AI is capable of and how it will impact us as humans. One of the concerns most frequently voiced, whether sincerely or…

37 MinutesThe TWIML AI Podcast

Geospatial Machine Learning at AWS with Kumar Chellapilla - #607

Geospatial Machine Learning at AWS with Kumar Chellapilla - #607

Today we continue our re:Invent 2022 series joined by Kumar Chellapilla, a general manager of ML and AI Services at AWS. We had the opportunity to speak with Kumar after announcing their recent addition of geospatial data to the SageMaker Platform. In our conversation, we explore Kumar’s role as the GM for a diverse…

37 MinutesThe TWIML AI Podcast