Episode 7: A Conversation with Jared Ficklin

In this episode, Byron and Jared talk about rights for machines, empathy, ethics, singularity, designing AI experiences, transparency, and a return to the Victorian era. In this episode, Byron and Jared talk about rights for machines, empathy, ethics, singularity, designing AI experiences, transparency, and a return to the Victorian era. Guest Jared Ficklin is a designer and technologist with two decades experience creating products and visions for major companies. Jared …

Episode 6: A conversation with Nick Bostrom

In this episode Byron and Nick talk about human consciousness, superintelligence, agi, and the future of jobs and more. In this episode Byron and Nick talk about human consciousness, superintelligence, agi, and the future of jobs and more. Guest Nick Bostrom is a Swedish philosopher at the University of Oxford. He is most noted for his work on existential risk, human enhancement ethics, superintelligent risk and more. Bostrom is also …

Episode 5: A Conversation with Daphne Koller

In this episode, Byron and Daphne talk about consciousness, personalized medicine, and transfer learning. In this episode, Byron and Daphne talk about consciousness, personalized medicine, and transfer learning. Guest Daphne Koller is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University and is the co-founder of Coursera. Her general research area is artificial intelligence and its applications in the biomedical sciences. Transcript Byron Reese: This is Voices in …

Episode 4: A Conversation with Jeff Dean

In this episode, Byron and Jeff talk about AGI, machine learning, and healthcare. In this episode, Byron and Jeff talk about AGI, machine learning, and healthcare. Guest Jeff Dean is a Google Senior Fellow, as well as the co-founder and leader of Google’s deep learning and research team. He currently leads the Google Brain project. Transcript Byron Reese: Hello, this is Voices in AI brought to you by Gigaom. I …

Episode 3: A Conversation with Mark Rolston

In this episode, Byron and Mark talk about computer versus human creativity, connectivity with digital systems, AGI, and the workforce. In this episode, Byron and Mark talk about computer versus human creativity, connectivity with digital systems, AGI, and the workforce. Guest Mark Rolston, Cofounder and Chief Creative Officer of argodesign, is a renowned designer with a 25-year career of creating for the world’s largest and most innovative companies. An early …

Episode 2: A Conversation with Oren Etzioni

In this episode, Byron and Oren talk about AGI, Aristo, the future of work, conscious machines, and Alexa. In this episode, Byron and Oren talk about AGI, Aristo, the future of work, conscious machines, and Alexa. Guest Oren Etzioni is a professor of Computer Science and CEO of the Allen Institue for Artificial Intelligence. He is also a venture partner at the Madrona Venture Group. Transcript Byron Reese: This is …

Episode 1: A Conversation with Yoshua Bengio

In this episode, Byron and Yoshua talk about knowledge, unsupervised learning, how the brain learns, creativity, and machine translation. In this episode, Byron and Yoshua talk about knowledge, unsupervised learning, how the brain learns, creativity, and machine translation. Guest Yoshua Bengio received a PhD in Computer Science from McGill University in Canada in 1991. After two post-doctoral years, one at MITand one at AT&T Bell Labs, he became professor at …