In this episode Byron and Roman discuss the future of jobs, Roman’s new field of study, “Intellectology”, consciousness and more. In this episode Byron and Roman discuss the future of jobs, Roman’s new field of study, “Intellectology”, consciousness and more. Guest Dr. Roman V. Yampolskiy is a Tenured Associate Professor in the department of Computer Engineering and Computer Science at the Speed School of Engineering, University of Louisville. He is …
In this episode, Byron and James talk about jobs, human vs. artificial intelligence, and more. In this episode, Byron and James talk about jobs, human vs. artificial intelligence, and more. Guest Award-winning documentary filmmaker James Barrat is the author of the groundbreaking nonfiction book, Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era (Thomas Dunne, 2013). Named a Huffington Post Definitive Tech Book of 2013, Our Final …
In this episode, Byron and Robert talk about human life extension, conscious computers, the future of jobs and more. In this episode, Byron and Robert talk about human life extension, conscious computers, the future of jobs and more. Guest Robert J. Sawyer is a science fiction author who has published 23 titles, exploring the themes of human consciousness, science, and religion. He has won various awards, including the Nebula Award, …
In this episode, Byron and Daniel talk about magic, robots, Alexa, optimism, and ELIZA. In this episode, Byron and Daniel talk about magic, robots, Alexa, optimism, and ELIZA. Guest Daniel H. Wilson is a Cherokee citizen and author of the New York Times bestselling Robopocalypse and its sequel Robogenesis, as well as seven other books, including How to Survive a Robot Uprising, A Boy and His Bot, and Amped. He …
In this episode Byron and Martin talk about the future of jobs, AGI, consciousness and more. In this episode Byron and Martin talk about the future of jobs, AGI, consciousness and more. Guest Martin Ford is a futurist and the author of the New York Times bestselling “Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future” (winner of the 2015 Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year …
In this episode, Byron and Bryan talk about sentience, transfer learning, speech recognition, autonomous vehicles, and economic growth. In this episode, Byron and Bryan talk about sentience, transfer learning, speech recognition, autonomous vehicles, and economic growth. Guest Bryan Catanzaro is vice president of Applied Deep Learning Research at NVIDIA, where he leads a team solving problems in fields ranging from video games to chip design. Catanzaro initially worked at NVIDIA …
In this episode, Byron and Scott talk about algorithms, transfer learning, human intelligence, and pain and suffering. In this episode, Byron and Scott talk about algorithms, transfer learning, human intelligence, and pain and suffering. Guest Scott is co-founder and CEO of SigOpt, a YC and a16z backed “Optimization as a Service” startup in San Francisco that helps firms tune their ML and AI pipelines. Scott has been applying optimal learning …
In this episode, Byron and Gregory talk about consciousness, jobs, data science, transfer learning. In this episode, Byron and Gregory talk about consciousness, jobs, data science, transfer learning. Guest Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro is a data scientist, co-founder of KDD conferences and ACM SIGKDD association for Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining. Transcript Byron Reese: This is “Voices in AI”, brought to you by Gigaom. I’m Byron Reese. Today our guest is Gregory Piatetsky. He’s a leading voice in Business …
In this episode, Byron and Suchi talk about understanding, data, medicine, and waste. In this episode, Byron and Suchi talk about understanding, data, medicine, and waste. Guest Suchi Saria is an Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins. Her interests include machine learning, computational statistics and its applications. Transcript Byron Reese: This is “Voices in AI” brought to you by Gigaom. I am Byron Reese. Today, my guest is Suchi Saria. Where …
In this episode, Byron and Soumith talk about transfer learning, child development, pain, neural networks, and adversarial networks. In this episode, Byron and Soumith talk about transfer learning, child development, pain, neural networks, and adversarial networks. Guest Soumith Chintala is a Researcher at Facebook AI Research, where he works on deep learning, reinforcement learning, generative image models, agents for video games and large-scale high-performance deep learning. Prior to joining Facebook …
In this episode Byron and Esther talk about intelligence, jobs, her experience in being a backup cosmonaut and more. In this episode Byron and Esther talk about intelligence, jobs, her experience in being a backup cosmonaut and more. Guest Esther Dyson is a journalist, author, investor and philanthropist. She is the Chairman of EDventure Holdings. She invests in startups with a focus on healthcare, human capital and aerospace. Transcript Byron …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
