Super Data Science: ML & AI Podcast with Jon Krohn
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738: Engineering Biomaterials with Generative AI, with Dr. Pierre Salvy
8 december 2023 · 23 min
Bioengineering and Generative AI converge under the visionary leadership of Dr. Pierre Salvy at Cambrium GmbH, propelling material science into uncharted territories. He sits down with Jon Krohn live at Merantix A.I. Campus in Berlin to discuss how he's transforming material design, exemplified by his swift development of NovaColl, a vegan collagen crafted within two years.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/738Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. Lees meer
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737: scikit-learn's Past, Present and Future, with scikit-learn co-founder Dr. Gaël Varoquaux
5 december 2023 · 1 uur 30 min
scikit-learn co-founder Gaël Varoquaux and Jon Krohn are live at the historic Sorbonne in Paris, where they discuss the evolution of scikit-learn. From its origins as a memory-efficient Python implementation of support vector machines to its present-day status as a pivotal resource in machine learning, Gaël paints a vivid picture of its remarkable growth. Join us for a glimpse into scikit-learn's evolution, the realm of open-source collaboration, and the transformative power of data-driven insights in today's dynamic data landscape.This episode is brought to you by Gurobi, the Decision Intelligence Leader, by Data Universe, the out-of-this-world data conference, and by CloudWolf, the Cloud Skills platform. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:• The early beginnings and growth of scikit-learn [05:34]• Development principles of scikit-learn [18:05]• How to apply scikit-learn to your ML problem [21:16]• Resource-efficiency and scikit-learn development [25:32]• How to contribute to an open-source project like scikit-learn yourself [38:21]• The future of scikit-learn [51:13]• Gaël on the social-impact data projects in his Soda lab [1:02:33]• Why domain expertise and statistical rigor are more important than ever [1:11:24]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/737 Lees meer
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736: How to Officially Certify your AI Model, with Jan Zawadzki
1 december 2023 · 15 min
AI certification and EU regulation: Jan Zawadzki, CTO and CO Managing Director of Certif.ai, talks to Jon Krohn about the future of certification for AI startups and keeping within rigorous international regulations. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/736Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. Lees meer
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735: A.I. Product Management, with Google DeepMind's Head of Product, Mehdi Ghissassi
28 november 2023 · 1 uur 22 min
Artificial General Intelligence, AlphaGo, and Google DeepMind: Jon Krohn speaks to Mehdi Ghissassi, Director of Product Management at Google DeepMind, about the ethics and social impact of AI, keeping up with AI releases with safety in mind, and other pressing AI problems that keep him awake at night. In this episode, Mehdi and Jon also take a broader look at the current AI landscape, the opportunities for AI investors and startups, and what AI product managers need to get ahead.This episode is brought to you by Gurobi, the Decision Intelligence Leader, and by CloudWolf, the Cloud Skills platform. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:• How DeepMind seeks to ‘solve intelligence’ [05:14]• The impact of AGI’s capabilities on medicine [16:37]• How the general public might come to apply future AI systems [28:09]• How working on product development for Africa has shaped Mehdi’s perspective on AI’s potential and challenges [37:17]• How to stay on top of rapid changes in AI [39:17]• What investors look for in AI startups [59:16]• Tips for product managers [1:03:34]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/735 Lees meer
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734: Humanoid Robot Soccer, with the Dutch RoboCup Team
24 november 2023 · 17 min
Robot Soccer takes center stage as Jon Krohn and Dário Catarrinho, Secretary of the Dutch Nao Team and an AI student at the University of Amsterdam, discuss the intricate machine learning that enables robots to navigate the field, make decisions in real-time, respond to sound, and compete against each other in a gripping display of skill and strategy.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/734Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. Lees meer
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733: OpenAssistant: The Open-Source ChatGPT Alternative, with Dr. Yannic Kilcher
21 november 2023 · 1 uur 40 min
Yannic Kilcher, a leading ML YouTuber and DeepJudge CTO, teams up with Jon Krohn this week to delve into the open-source ML community, the technology powering Yannic’s Swiss-based startup, and the significant implications of adversarial examples in ML. Tune in as they also unpack Yannic's approach to tracking ML research, future AI prospects and his startup challenges.This episode is brought to you by Gurobi, the Decision Intelligence Leader, and by CloudWolf, the Cloud Skills platform. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:• About OpenAssistant project [03:39]• Alignment issues in open-source vs closed-source [08:36]• Alternative formulas vital for crafting superior LLMs [20:29]• Strategies to foster open-source LLM ecosystems [27:07]• Yannic's pioneering work in legal document processing at DeepJudge [31:31]• Comprehensive overview of adversarial examples [1:04:02]• The future AI's landscape [1:18:08]• Startup challenges [1:25:35]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/733 Lees meer
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732: Data Science for Astronomy, with Dr. Daniela Huppenkothen
17 november 2023 · 44 min
Exploring our vast universe, in this episode Jon Krohn meets with Daniela Huppenkothen at the University of Amsterdam's astronomy department for a wide-ranging discussion about building instrumentation for telescopes, collecting data from outer space and how to sort astronomy’s problem of enormous amounts of data.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/732Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. Lees meer
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731: A.I. Agents Will Develop Their Own Distinct Culture, with Nell Watson
14 november 2023 · 1 uur 29 min
Ethics and machine intelligence pioneer Nell Watson speaks to host Jon Krohn about the differences between AI ethics and AI safety, how crying wolf may result in future complications for AI development and the importance of ensuring IEEE standards to mitigate and regulate AI risks. She also touches on what she considers a “second Enlightenment”, in which we may start to form intimate relationships with AI—to both parties’ benefit.This episode is brought to you by Gurobi, the Decision Intelligence Leader, and by CloudWolf, the Cloud Skills platform. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:• AI ethics and AI safety [05:30]• How "moving fast" could break the world [18:07]• The shifting relationship between humans and machines [29:54]• International ethics standards, and their review process [52:10]• Current and future ethical standards [1:05:31]• Building a universal basic income with AI [1:19:23]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/731 Lees meer
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730: How GitHub Operationalizes AI for Teamwide Collaboration and Productivity
10 november 2023 · 19 min
In this episode, Kyle Daigle, COO of GitHub, joins Jon Krohn to discuss the transformative impact of generative AI tools like GitHub Copilot. Learn how these tools streamline software development, enhance collaboration, and accelerate code reviews. Discover innovative approaches to collaboration and innersourcing, reshaping the future of teamwork in the digital age.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/730Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. Lees meer
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729: Universal Principles of Intelligence (Across Humans and Machines), with Prof. Blake Richards
7 november 2023 · 1 uur 46 min
Dr. Blake Richards discusses the world of AI and human cognition this week. Learn about the essence of intelligence, the ways AI research informs our understanding of the human brain, and discover the potential future scenarios where AI and humanity might intersect.This episode is brought to you by Gurobi, the Decision Intelligence Leader, and by CloudWolf, the Cloud Skills platform. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:• Blake's research and his take on intelligence [09:56]• How we can evaluate progress in artificial general intelligence [15:54]• Blake's thoughts on biomimicry [20:57]• Why Blake thinks the fears regarding AI are overdone [25:38]• The most effective strategies to mitigate AI fears without hindering innovation [35:31]• What steps can we take to ensure that AI supports human flourishing [45:23]• The importance of interpreting neuroscience data through the lens of ML [55:08]• Backpropagation, gradient descent and the brain [1:17:32]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/729 Lees meer
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728: Use Contrastive Search to get Human-Quality LLM Outputs
3 november 2023 · 6 min
Learn how to achieve human-like outputs from LLMs in this week’s Five-Minute Friday with Jon Krohn. Understand the various current methods available to decode and generate text, as well as the differences between them. Find out about greedy search, beam search, sampling, and contrastive search, and how you can use them to create incredibly useful LLMs.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/728Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. Lees meer
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727: Unmasking A.I. Injustice, with Dr. Joy Buolamwini
31 oktober 2023 · 1 uur 45 min
Coded bias, intersectionality in AI, and computer vision: Founder of the Algorithmic Justice League Joy Buolamwini talks to host Jon Krohn about the impact of exclusion and inclusion in datasets, the need to address intersectionality when identifying racial, age, or gender-based prejudice in machine learning tools, protections for artists and creative practitioners against AI, and the role that AI may have in combating systemic racism.This episode is brought to you by Gurobi, the Decision Intelligence Leader, and by CloudWolf, the Cloud Skills platform. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:• What coded bias is [06:49]• The problem with bias in machine learning datasets [18:41]• The Incoding Movement [42:08]• About the Pilot Parliaments Benchmark [52:07]• Ethics and the future of AI [1:20:10]• The potential for AI to end systemic racism [1:32:59]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/727 Lees meer
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726: Seven Factors for Successful Data Leadership
27 oktober 2023 · 33 min
Ben Jones, CEO of Data Literacy, discusses the seven crucial components of effective data leadership. From ethics to technology and fostering a data-centric culture, Jones provides actionable insights and practical examples. Tune in to empower your organization with purposeful and ethical data strategies from day one.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/726Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. Lees meer
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725: Neuroscience + Machine Learning, with Google DeepMind's Dr. Kim Stachenfeld
24 oktober 2023 · 1 uur 59 min
Dr. Kim Stachenfeld, Research Scientist at Google DeepMind and Affiliate Professor at Columbia University, delves into the realms of AI and neuroscience as she discusses computer-based simulations of the human brain, the efficiency of language in compression, and the neuroscience theories shaping the future of artificial intelligence. Discover the secrets behind memory formation, cognitive enhancement, and the potential of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) in this thought-provoking episode.This episode is brought to you by Gurobi, the Decision Intelligence Leader, and by ODSC, the Open Data Science Conference. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:• The importance of simulations in the context of human intelligence [05:44]• The basic approach to simulating human intelligence or physical systems [09:30]• Will simulations help us realize AGI? [37:21]• The cross-disciplinary potential of LLMs [40:20]• The special role of our brain’s hippocampus in memory formation [1:05:15]• Kim's research on reinforcement learning and neural representation [1:15:02]• Compression in representation learning [1:38:51]• What skills should an aspiring computational neuroscientist hone [1:50:30]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/725 Lees meer
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724: Decoding Speech from Raw Brain Activity, with Dr. David Moses
20 oktober 2023 · 42 min
In this Friday episode, host Jon Krohn talks to UCSF’s David Moses about BRAVO (Brain-Computer Interface Restoration of Arm and Voice), a study led by Edward Chang and Karunesh Ganguly that helps patients who have lost the ability to speak to communicate once again via a speech neuroprosthesis. Postdoctoral engineer David Moses, who is a part of BRAVO, reveals the data and machine learning models that help BRAVO predict the words and facial expressions that a paralyzed patient is trying to form via their brain activity, crucially helping patients to communicate with medical practitioners and loved ones.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/724Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. Lees meer
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723: Mathematical Optimization, with Jerry Yurchisin
17 oktober 2023 · 1 uur 38 min
Mathematical optimization should be known to every data scientist: Jon Krohn speaks to Jerry Yurchisin, Data Science Strategist at Gurobi, the decision-making technology and best-kept secret of 80% of America’s leading enterprises.This episode is brought to you by the Zerve data science dev environment, by ODSC, the Open Data Science Conference, and by CloudWolf, the Cloud Skills platform. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:• What mathematical optimization is [04:27]• How Gurobi solver works [29:01]• How to use Gurobi with Python [36:08]• Coding and algebra resources [41:14]• When to use mathematical optimization and machine learning together [54:23]• Using mathematical optimization in natural language processing [1:01:00]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/723 Lees meer
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722: AI Emits Far Less Carbon Than Humans (Doing the Same Task)
13 oktober 2023 · 8 min
This episode delves into an intriguing research paper from top institutions like UC Irvine and MIT, analyzing the carbon emissions of AI-driven writing and illustrating versus traditional human methods. The findings might surprise you. Is AI the more eco-friendly option? Listen now to explore this compelling intersection of technology and sustainability.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/722Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. Lees meer
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721: Quantum Machine Learning, with Dr. Amira Abbas
10 oktober 2023 · 1 uur 43 min
Dr. Amira Abbas, Quantum Computing Researcher at the University of Amsterdam, explores the captivating world of Quantum Machine Learning. Learn about the distinct characteristics of qubits and the vital processes of Quantum ML. For those keen on exploring further, Amira offers noteworthy ML tools suggestions to kickstart your journey in Quantum Computing.This episode is brought to you by Gurobi, the Decision Intelligence Leader, by ODSC, the Open Data Science Conference, and by CloudWolf, the Cloud Skills platform. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:• Quantum computing vs classical computing [03:42]• What is quantum entanglement [11:45]• What is a qubit [15:07]• The best problems for quantum ML [30:08]• Three distinct steps in quantum ML and its potential [39:06]• Quantum neural networks [49:03]• What Amira's working on at the moment [1:10:20]• How to get started in quantum ML [1:21:06]• Amira's recommended ML tools for quantum computing [1:30:39]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/721 Lees meer
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720: OpenAI’s DALL-E 3, Image Chat and Web Search
6 oktober 2023 · 12 min
DALL-E may be playing second fiddle to Midjourney no longer with OpenAI’s latest model for generative AI art, DALL-E 3. Host Jon Krohn breaks down the newest model’s capabilities to go beyond producing incredible artistic images, and that follows your written brief to the letter.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/720Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. Lees meer
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719: Computational Mathematics and Fluid Dynamics, with Prof. Margot Gerritsen
3 oktober 2023 · 1 uur 48 min
In this episode, Margot Gerritsen and Jon Krohn discuss the fundamentals of computational mathematics and its application in studying fluid dynamics. Margot also talks about how her synesthesia led to a lifelong interest in math, using computational mathematics to predict airflow, and why it is so important that underrepresented groups in data science become more visible through organizations like Women in Data Science.This episode is brought to you by the Zerve data science dev environment, by Gurobi, the Decision Intelligence Leader, and by ODSC, the Open Data Science Conference. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:• About computational mathematics and its relation to data science [03:19]• Margot’s current research into emissions simulation [15:05]• Computational Mathematics: Real-World Applications [33:18]• The importance of wind tunnels in testing designs [47:54]• The beauty of linear algebra [1:05:59]• Synesthesia: Seeing Numbers as Colors [1:16:33]• About Women in Data Science [1:24:59]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/719 Lees meer
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718: ChatGPT Custom Instructions: A Major, Easy Hack for Data Scientists
29 september 2023 · 5 min
Elevate your ChatGPT game with a useful custom instruction. Tune in to hear Jon’s trick for maximizing ChatGPT’s potential.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/718Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. Lees meer
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717: Overcoming Adversaries with A.I. for Cybersecurity, with Dr. Dan Shiebler
26 september 2023 · 1 uur 21 min
Dr. Dan Shiebler, Head of ML at Abnormal Security, joins Jon Krohn this week and unveils the intricacies of cybercrime detection and email protection, and the role of AI in future challenges.This episode is brought to you by Grafbase, the unified data layer, by ODSC, the Open Data Science Conference, and by Modelbit, for deploying models in seconds. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:• The heuristic and “intermediate” ML models that they develop at Abnormal Security [07:08]• How Dan uses LLMs at Abnormal Security [15:46]• How false negatives are individually the biggest classification error to avoid in cybersecurity [20:49]• How head-to-head competitor analysis helps refine models [34:34]• Resilient ML in cybersecurity [38:36]• Abnormal Security’s routine for updating their models [52:37]• AI's impact on the urban world [1:09:57]• How to stay updated in data science and AI [1:13:46]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/717 Lees meer
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716: Happiness and Life-Fulfillment Hacks
22 september 2023 · 14 min
Jon Krohn's 94-year-old grandmother, Annie, who's bursting with life and wisdom, shares her recipe to lifelong happiness and how relationships and daily intentions play an integral role. Annie also shares her curious take on modern technology. Get inspired by her infectious joy and perspective on life.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/716Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. Lees meer
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715: Make Better Decisions with Data, with Dr. Allen Downey
19 september 2023 · 1 uur 56 min
Join us as Dr. Allen Downey, renowned author and professor, shares insights from his upcoming book 'Probably Overthinking It,' breaking down underused techniques like Survival Analysis, explaining common paradoxes, and discussing the dynamic Overton Window.This episode is brought to you by the Zerve data science dev environment, by Modelbit, for deploying models in seconds, and by Grafbase, the unified data layer. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:• Why interpreting data is not always easy [06:21]• What is Survival Analysis [15:32]• Preston's Paradox [22:09]• Are you Normal? [36:52]• How to better prepare for rare “Black Swan” events [42:48]• What is an Overton Window? [53:06]• What is the base rate fallacy? [1:23:31]• How to protect yourself from biased samples [1:33:39]• Simpson’s Paradox [1:42:43]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/715 Lees meer
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714: Using A.I. to Overcome Blindness and Thrive as a Data Scientist
15 september 2023 · 37 min
In this Friday episode, guest Tim Albiges explores with host Jon Krohn how people with blindness can have a lucrative and fulfilling career in data science, how Tim’s PhD thesis applied machine learning to help diagnose chronic respiratory diseases, and the communication tools that blind people can use to live a full and independent life.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/714Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. Lees meer
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713: Llama 2, Toolformer and BLOOM: Open-Source LLMs with Meta's Dr. Thomas Scialom
12 september 2023 · 1 uur 26 min
Artificial General Intelligence, RLHF’s application in AI, and how entrepreneurs can enter the AI industry: Meta’s AI Research Scientist Thomas Scialom gives us behind-the-scenes insights into developing Llama 2 and what’s in the works for Llama 3. With host Jon Krohn, he discusses the future of Artificial General Intelligence, why the Galactica science-focused LLM was taken down, and what he learned from it.This episode is brought to you by AWS Inferentia, by Grafbase, the unified data layer, and by Modelbit, for deploying models in seconds. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:• Llama 2: Behind the Scenes of Today’s Top Open-Source LLM [05:04]• Responsible use of Llama 2 [15:26]• Toolformer: LLM That Learns How to Use External Tools [24:57]• Galactica: The Science-Specific LLM and Why It Was Brought Down [36:57]• Is AGI Around the Corner? [57:03]• Advice for AI entrepreneurs [1:05:46]• How Thomas develops and manages large-scale AI projects [1:14:42]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/713 Lees meer
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712: Code Llama
8 september 2023 · 7 min
Code Llama might just be starting the revolution for how data scientists code. In this Five-Minute Friday, host Jon Krohn investigates the suite of models under the free-to-use Code Llama and how to find the best fit for your project’s needs.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/712Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. Lees meer
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711: Image, Video and 3D-Model Generation from Natural Language, with Dr. Ajay Jain
5 september 2023 · 1 uur 26 min
In this episode, host Jon Krohn explores with his guest Ajay Jain, Co-Founder of Genmo.ai, how creative general intelligence could take the video industry by storm. They also discuss the models that got Genmo to this point, the applications of NeRF, and how understanding human psychology is so essential to developing models that output high-fidelity video.This episode is brought to you by the Zerve data science dev environment, by Grafbase, the unified data layer, and by Modelbit, for deploying models in seconds. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:• About Genmo.ai and the term “creative general intelligence” [03:47]• Why Ajay started Genmo.ai [09:26]• The increased performance of multimodal models [21:12]• All about Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models (DDPMs) [31:03]• The application of Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) [55:26]• Predicting pedestrian behavior at Uber [1:01:50]• How to save money in the process of training models [1:12:42]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/711 Lees meer
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710: LangChain: Create LLM Applications Easily in Python
1 september 2023 · 1 uur 3 min
Discover the power of Large Language Models with Kris Ograbek as he unravels the intricacies of LangChain and showcases a chatbot in action, all while putting our host Jon Krohn in the hot seat!Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/710Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. Lees meer
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709: Big A.I. R&D Risks Reap Big Societal Rewards, with Meta's Dr. Laurens van der Maaten
29 augustus 2023 · 1 uur 21 min
Meta's Senior Research Director, Dr. Laurens van der Maaten, takes center stage to unravel the captivating realm of AI innovation. Learn about his groundbreaking contributions, including pioneering the t-SNE dimensionality reduction technique and harnessing AI for novel protein synthesis, climate change mitigation, and wearable materials simulation. Join us to explore the transformative power of AI across diverse domains and gain a glimpse into its future societal implications.This episode is brought to you by AWS Inferentia, by Modelbit, for deploying models in seconds, and by Grafbase, the unified data layer. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:• Large-scale learning of image recognition models on web data [05:05]• Evolutionary Scale Modeling protein models [16:45]• Fighting climate change by building an A.I. model [29:49]• The CrypTen privacy-preserving ML framework [38:36]• Concerns about adversarial examples [53:25]• Laurens’ t-SNE algorithm [58:56]• How to make a big impact [1:07:25]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/709 Lees meer
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708: ChatGPT Code Interpreter: 5 Hacks for Data Scientists
25 augustus 2023 · 23 min
On this week’s Five-Minute Friday, host Jon Krohn gives five reasons why he is so excited about ChatGPT’s Code Interpreter and walks listeners through its capabilities with a practical example.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/708Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. Lees meer
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707: Vicuña, Gorilla, Chatbot Arena and Socially Beneficial LLMs, with Prof. Joey Gonzalez
22 augustus 2023 · 1 uur 47 min
LLM Vicuña, Chatbot Arena, and the race to increase LLM context windows: This episode’s guest Joey Gonzalez talks to Jon Krohn about developing models and platforms that leverage and improve LLMs, as well as the future of AI development and access.This episode is brought to you by the AWS Insiders Podcast, by Modelbit, for deploying models in seconds, and by Grafbase, the unified data layer. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:• Vicuña: How the revolutionary LLM came to be [03:35]• Chatbot Arena: The leading LLM leaderboard [09:47]• Trusting LLM results [17:54]• Gorilla: The open-source ChatGPT plugin alternative [32:13]• About LMSYS and long context windows [47:48]• Open- vs closed-source LLMs: Which is better? [1:01:39]• Aqueduct [1:16:49]• Founding GraphLab [1:27:02]• How AI will positively impact society in the coming decades [1:32:31]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/707 Lees meer
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706: Large Language Model Leaderboards and Benchmarks
18 augustus 2023 · 33 min
In this episode, Caterina Constantinescu dives deep into Large Language Models (LLMs), spotlighting top leaderboards, evaluation benchmarks, and real-world user perceptions. Plus, discover the challenges of dataset contamination and the intricacies of platforms like HELM and Chatbot Arena.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/706Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. Lees meer
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705: Feeding the World with ML-Powered Precision Agriculture
15 augustus 2023 · 1 uur 29 min
Join Jon Krohn as he chats with Syngenta Group's Feroz Sheikh, Jeremy Groeteke, and Thomas Jung about the digital revolution in agriculture. Learn how data science is evolving farming, from precision techniques to global food solutions. A compelling blend of tech meets nature.This episode is brought to you by AWS Inferentia and by Modelbit, for deploying models in seconds. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:• What is precision agriculture? [09:43]• What is computational agronomy? [12:30]• How Syngenta helps growers optimize yields [21:37]• How to bridge the gap between R&D and out in the real world [33:58]• What is generative chemistry? [37:52]• How generative chemistry accelerates the discovery of new compounds [41:55]• How you could make a big social impact in agriculture with data science [56:22]• How to go about designing ML models for agriculture [1:00:27]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/705 Lees meer
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704: Jon’s “Generative A.I. with LLMs” Hands-on Training
11 augustus 2023 · 5 min
Take on the world of GPT and learn to develop your own, commercially successful Large Language Models (LLMs) with Jon Krohn’s comprehensive, guided training video for generative AI. Get to grips with the technology, learn which tools to use, and find out how to get an eye for business-viable models with Jon’s (ad-)free educational video.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/704Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. Lees meer
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703: How Data Happened: A History, with Columbia Prof. Chris Wiggins
8 augustus 2023 · 1 uur 9 min
Statistics history, interdisciplinarity, and data and society. Chris Wiggins talks with Jon Krohn about the power dynamics of data, the transformation of the field of biology through data-driven approaches to genetic sequencing, and the New York Times’ data science team’s cutting-edge approach to accommodating its tech stack.This episode is brought to you by the AWS Insiders Podcast and by Modelbit, for deploying models in seconds. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:• The importance of the humanities in data science [09:18]• How data science “rearranges” power [17:19]• An overview of How Data Happened [20:36]• The controversial nature of Bayes theorem [29:16]• Why we need to consider data ethics [34:00]• How biology came to adopt data science into its field [45:44]• The data science tech stack at the New York Times [49:18]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/703 Lees meer
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702: Llama 2 — It's Time to Upgrade your Open-Source LLM
4 augustus 2023 · 11 min
This week, Jon Krohn is examining Meta's newly released open-source large language model, Llama 2, highlighting its commercial prospects, immense capacity, model variety, and unique 'time awareness' feature. He also discusses its innovative two-stage RLHF approach that enhances its performance.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/702Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. Lees meer
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701: Generative A.I. without the Privacy Risks (with Prof. Raluca Ada Popa)
1 augustus 2023 · 1 uur 21 min
Dr. Raluca Ada Popa, renowned computer scientist, entrepreneur, and President of Opaque Systems, joins Jon Krohn to share her insights on securely interacting with AI APIs like OpenAI's GPT-4, the pros and cons of open vs. closed-source AI development, and the seamless operation of compute pipelines across multiple clouds.This episode is brought to you by AWS Inferentia and by Modelbit, for deploying models in seconds. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:• What is a confidential computing platform? [04:31]• How to get started with confidential computing [12:10]• The challenges of confidential computing and LLMs [21:11]• How to safeguard your data while using commercial LLMs like GPT-4 [38:00]• Open-source vs closed-source [52:28]• Raluca's PreVail cybersecurity company [1:01:50]• Combining entrepreneurship and academic career [1:04:03]• DARE Program [1:10:39]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/701 Lees meer
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700: "The Dream of Life" by Alan Watts
28 juli 2023 · 5 min
Yoga and Hindu mythology: This special episode continues the thread of our centenary episodes, SDS 500: Yoga Nidra with Jes Allen and SDS 600: Yoga Nidra Practice with Steve Fazzari, which talked through guided meditation techniques to help improve posture, sleep, and expand consciousness. Inspired by these sessions, host Jon Krohn explores Hindu mythology via Alan Watts’ “The Dream of Life”.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/700Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. Lees meer
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699: The Modern Data Stack, with Harry Glaser
25 juli 2023 · 51 min
Model deployment, data warehouse options for running models, and how to best leverage BI tools: Harry Glaser and Jon Krohn discuss Modelbit’s capabilities to automate ML models from notebooks into production-ready models, reducing the time and effort in ‘translating’ information from one mode to another. Harry’s conversation with host Jon Krohn expanded on the importance of automating this task, and how developments in ML modeling have widened access to entire teams to analyze data, whatever their level of expertise.This episode is brought to you by the AWS Insiders Podcast. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:• What the modern data stack is [03:28]• Version control for data scientists [13:30]• CI/CD, load balancing and logging [20:38]• Snowflake vs. Redshift [30:10]• How tools like Looker and Tableau help monitor models [35:26]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/699 Lees meer
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698: How Firms Can Actually Adopt A.I., with Rehgan Avon
21 juli 2023 · 28 min
Company-wide AI adoption can take a lot of persuasion. Rehgan Avon talks to host Jon Krohn about why AI has become necessary for forward-thinking businesses and the steps to implement AI in an institution so that everyone benefits.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/698Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. Lees meer
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697: The (Short) Path to Artificial General Intelligence, with Dr. Ben Goertzel
18 juli 2023 · 1 uur 27 min
AI visionary and CEO of SingularityNET Dr. Ben Goertzel provides a deep dive into the possible realization of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) within 3-7 years. Explore the intriguing connections between self-awareness, consciousness, and the future of Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI) and discover the transformative societal changes that could arise.This episode is brought to you by AWS Inferentia, by the AWS Insiders Podcast, and by Modelbit, for deploying models in seconds. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:• Decentralized and benevolent AGI [03:13] • The SingularityNET ecosystem [13:10]• Dr. Goertzel's vision for realizing AGI - combining DL with neuro-symbolic systems, genetic algorithms and knowledge graphs [25:50]• How reaching AGI will trigger Artificial Super Intelligence [38:51]• Dr. Goertzel's approach to AGI using OpenCog Hyperon [42:34]• Why Dr. Goertzel believes AGI will be positive for humankind [53:07]• How to ensure the AGI is benevolent [1:06:43]• How AGI or ASI may act ethically [1:13:50]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/697 Lees meer
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696: Brain-Computer Interfaces and Neural Decoding, with Prof. Bob Knight
14 juli 2023 · 1 uur 3 min
Jon Krohn welcomes Professor Dr. Bob Knight to explore human intelligence, the prefrontal cortex, and the transformative potential of brain implants for data collection. Discover the pivotal role of machine learning in treating Parkinson's and delve into exciting future advancements.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/696Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. Lees meer
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695: NLP with Transformers, feat. Hugging Face's Lewis Tunstall
11 juli 2023 · 1 uur 38 min
What are transformers in AI, and how do they help developers to run LLMs efficiently and accurately? This is a key question in this week’s episode, where Hugging Face’s ML Engineer Lewis Tunstall sits down with host Jon Krohn to discuss encoders and decoders, and the importance of continuing to foster democratic environments like GitHub for creating open-source models.This episode is brought to you by the AWS Insiders Podcast, by WithFeeling.ai, the company bringing humanity into AI, and by Modelbit, for deploying models in seconds. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:• What a transformer is, and why it is so important for NLP [04:34]• Different types of transformers and how they vary [11:39]• Why it’s necessary to know how a transformer works [31:52]• Hugging Face’s role in the application of transformers [57:10]• Lewis Tunstall’s experience of working at Hugging Face [1:02:08]• How and where to start with Hugging Face libraries [1:18:27]• The necessity to democratize ML models in the future [1:25:25]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/695 Lees meer
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694: CatBoost: Powerful, efficient ML for large tabular datasets
7 juli 2023 · 8 min
Modeling tabular data and spreadsheets doesn’t have to be tedious with CatBoost’s open-source tree-boosting algorithm. CatBoost does what it says on the tin, blending categories with boosting that allows you to train your models faster and handle large datasets for ML tasks across multiple GPUs. In this week’s Five-Minute Friday, host Jon Krohn gets to grips with the technical components of CatBoost that give it the speed and accuracy so acclaimed by its users.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/694Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. Lees meer
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693: YOLO-NAS: The State of the Art in Machine Vision, with Harpreet Sahota
4 juli 2023 · 1 uur 20 min
Harpreet Sahota, a data science expert and deep learning developer at Deci AI, joins Jon Krohn to explore the fascinating realm of object detection and the revolutionary YOLO-NAS model architecture. Discover how machine vision models have evolved and the techniques driving compute-efficient edge device applications..This episode is brought to you by AWS Inferentia, by WithFeeling.ai, the company bringing humanity into AI, and by Modelbit, for deploying models in seconds. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:• What is machine vision? [07:02]• Object detection and YOLO architectures [13:00]• Deci's YOLO-NAS: Optimal object detection model architecture [23:39]• Developer Relations [1:00:16]• Harpreet's 'top-down' approach to learning Deep Learning [1:06:50]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/693 Lees meer
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692: Lossless LLM Weight Compression: Run Huge Models on a Single GPU
30 juni 2023 · 8 min
Join Jon as he navigates listeners through the innovative SpQR approach—a cutting-edge, lossless LLM weight compression technique that harnesses the power of quantization. Tune in as Jon delves into the four steps behind this groundbreaking method in this week's episode.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/692Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. Lees meer
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691: A.I. Accelerators: Hardware Specialized for Deep Learning
27 juni 2023 · 1 uur 35 min
GPUs vs CPUs, chip design and the importance of chips in AI research: This highly technical episode is for anyone who wants to learn what goes into chip development and how to get into the competitive industry of accelerator design. With advice from expert guest Ron Diamant, Senior Principal Engineer at AWS, you’ll get a breakdown of the need-to-know technical terms, what chip engineers need to think about during the design phase and what the future holds for processing hardware.This episode is brought to you by Posit, the open-source data science company, by the AWS Insiders Podcast, and by WithFeeling.ai, the company bringing humanity into AI. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:• What CPUs and GPUs are [05:29]• The differences between accelerators used for deep learning [14:31]• Trainium and Inferentia: AWS's A.I. Accelerators [22:10]• If model optimizations will lead to lower demand for hardware to process them [43:14]• How a chip designer goes about production [48:34]• Breaking down the technical terminology for chips (accelerator interconnect, dynamic execution, collective communications) [55:29]• The importance of AWS Neuron, a software development kit [1:15:42]• How Ron got his foot in the door with chip design [1:26:40]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/691 Lees meer
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690: How to Catch and Fix Harmful Generative A.I. Outputs
23 juni 2023 · 26 min
Krishna Gade, the founder and CEO of Fiddler.AI, discusses the challenges faced by Large Language Models (LLMs) in Generative AI, including inaccuracies, biases, and privacy risks. He emphasizes the importance of monitoring to build trust in AI and highlights Fiddler's explainability algorithms and pre-built bias detection tools as vital solutions.Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/690Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. Lees meer
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689: Observing LLMs in Production to Automatically Catch Issues
20 juni 2023 · 1 uur 18 min
Arize's Amber Roberts and Xander Song join Jon Krohn this week, sharing invaluable insights into ML Observability, drift detection, retraining strategies, and the crucial task of ensuring fairness and ethical considerations in AI development.This episode is brought to you by Posit, the open-source data science company, by AWS Inferentia, and by Anaconda, the world's most popular Python distribution. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:• What is ML Observability [05:07]• What is Drift [08:18]• The different kinds of model drift [15:31]• How frequently production models should be retrained? [25:15]• Arize's open-source product, Phoenix [30:49]• How ML Observability relates to discovering model biases [50:30]• Arize case studies [57:13]• What is a developer advocate [1:04:51]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/689 Lees meer