Conversations with the people building AI
Today we’re joined by Blaise Aguera y Arcas, a distinguished scientist at Google. We had the pleasure of catching up with Blaise at NeurIPS last month, where he was invited to speak on “Social Intelligence.” In our conversation, we discuss his role at Google, and his team’s approach to machine learning, and of course…
48 MinutesThe TWIML AI Podcast
One of the things people most associate with AI is automation, but how is AI actually shaping automation in manufacturing? Costas Boulis from Bright Machines joins us to talk about how they are using AI in various manufacturing processes and in their “microfactories.” He also discusses the unique challenges of…
47 MinutesPractical AI
Today we’re joined by Pablo Samuel Castro, Staff Research Software Developer at Google. We cover a lot of ground in our conversation, including his love for music, and how that has guided his work on the Lyric AI project, and a few of his papers including “A Geometric Perspective on Optimal Representations for…
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Today we close out AI Rewind 2019 joined by Amir Zamir, who recently began his tenure as an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Amir joined us back in 2018 to discuss his CVPR Best Paper winner, and in today’s conversation, we continue with the thread of Computer…
1h 37mThe TWIML AI Podcast
Chris and Daniel talk with Greg Allen, Chief of Strategy and Communications at the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC). The mission of the JAIC is “to seize upon the transformative potential of artificial intelligence technology for the benefit of America’s national security……
49 MinutesPractical AI
Today we continue the AI Rewind 2019 joined by friend-of-the-show Nasrin Mostafazadeh, Senior AI Research Scientist at Elemental Cognition. We caught up with Nasrin to discuss the latest and greatest developments and trends in Natural Language Processing, including Interpretability, Ethics, and Bias in NLP, how large…
1h 13mThe TWIML AI Podcast
Wow, 2019 was an amazing year for AI! In this fully connected episode, Chris and Daniel discuss their list of top 5 notable AI things from 2019. They also discuss the “state of AI” at the end of 2019, and they make some predictions for 2020. Sponsors: DigitalOcean – The simplest cloud platform for developers and teams…
58 MinutesPractical AI
Today we keep the 2019 AI Rewind series rolling with friend-of-the-show Timnit Gebru, a research scientist on the Ethical AI team at Google. A few weeks ago at NeurIPS, Timnit joined us to discuss the ethics and fairness landscape in 2019. In our conversation, we discuss diversification of NeurIPS, with groups like…
50 MinutesThe TWIML AI Podcast
Today we continue to review the year that was 2019 via our AI Rewind series, and do so with friend of the show Chelsea Finn, Assistant Professor in the CS Department at Stanford University. Chelsea’s research focuses on Reinforcement Learning, so we couldn’t think of a better person to join us to discuss the topic. In…
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Today we kick off our 2019 AI Rewind Series joined by Zack Lipton, Professor at CMU. You might remember Zack from our conversation earlier this year, “Fairwashing” and the Folly of ML Solutionism. In today's conversation, Zack recaps advancements across the vast fields of Machine Learning and Deep Learning, including…
1h 20mThe TWIML AI Podcast
Today we close out our 2019 NeurIPS series with Mohamed Sidahmed, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence R&D Manager at Shell. In our conversation, we discuss two papers Mohamed and his team submitted to the conference this year, Accelerating Least Squares Imaging Using Deep Learning Techniques, and FaciesNet…
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Today we’re joined by Daphne Koller, co-Founder and former co-CEO of Coursera and Founder and CEO of Insitro. In our conversation, discuss the current landscape of pharmaceutical drugs and drug discovery, including the current pricing of drugs, and an overview of Insitro’s goal of using ML as a “compass” in drug…
43 MinutesThe TWIML AI Podcast
