Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST)
156 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago -Welcome! We engage in fascinating discussions with pre-eminent figures in the AI field. Our flagship show covers current affairs in AI, cognitive science, neuroscience and philosophy of mind with in-depth analysis. Our approach is unrivalled in terms of scope and rigour – we believe in intellectual diversity in AI, and we touch on all of the main ideas in the field with the hype surgically removed. MLST is run by Tim Scarfe, Ph.D (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ecsquizor/) and features regular appearances from MIT Doctor of Philosophy Keith Duggar (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-keith-duggar/).
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New 50% ARC result and current winners interviewed
June 18, 2024 21:57 - 2 hours - 185 MBThe ARC Challenge, created by Francois Chollet, tests how well AI systems can generalize from a few examples in a grid-based intelligence test. We interview the current winners of the ARC Challenge—Jack Cole, Mohammed Osman and their collaborator Michael Hodel. They discuss how they tackled the ARC (Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus) Challenge using language models and neural networks. We also discuss the new "50%" approach announced today from Redwood Research. Jack and Mohammed explain the...
New "50%" ARC result and current winners interviewed
June 18, 2024 21:57 - 2 hours - 185 MBThe ARC Challenge, created by Francois Chollet, tests how well AI systems can generalize from a few examples in a grid-based intelligence test. We interview the current winners of the ARC Challenge—Jack Cole, Mohammed Osman and their collaborator Michael Hodel. They discuss how they tackled ARC (Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus) using language models. We also discuss the new "50%" public set approach announced today from Redwood Research (Ryan Greenblatt). Jack and Mohammed explain their wi...
Cohere co-founder Nick Frosst on building LLM apps for business
June 16, 2024 12:00 - 41 minutes - 57.3 MBNick Frosst, co-founder of Cohere, on the future of LLMs, and AGI. Learn how Cohere is solving real problems for business with their new AI models. This is the first podcast from our new Cohere partnership! Nick talks about his journey at Google Brain, working with AI legends like Geoff Hinton, and the amazing things his company, Cohere, is doing. From creating the must useful language models for businesses to making tools for developers, Nick shares a lot of interesting insights. He even ...
What’s the Magic Word? A Control Theory of LLM Prompting.
June 05, 2024 20:22 - 1 hour - 106 MBThese two scientists have mapped out the insides or “reachable space” of a language model using control theory, what they discovered was extremely surprising. Please support us on Patreon to get access to the private Discord server, bi-weekly calls, early access and ad-free listening. https://patreon.com/mlst YT version: https://youtu.be/Bpgloy1dDn0 Aman Bhargava from Caltech and Cameron Witkowski from the University of Toronto to discuss their groundbreaking paper, “What’s the Magic Wo...
CAN MACHINES REPLACE US? (AI vs Humanity) - Maria Santacaterina
May 06, 2024 10:48 - 2 hours - 208 MBMaria Santacaterina, with her background in the humanities, brings a critical perspective on the current state and future implications of AI technology, its impact on society, and the nature of human intelligence and creativity. She emphasizes that despite technological advancements, AI lacks fundamental human traits such as consciousness, empathy, intuition, and the ability to engage in genuine creative processes. Maria argues that AI, at its core, processes data but does not have the capab...
Dr. Thomas Parr - Active Inference Book
May 01, 2024 21:24 - 1 hour - 134 MBThomas Parr and his collaborators wrote a book titled "Active Inference: The Free Energy Principle in Mind, Brain and Behavior" which introduces Active Inference from both a high-level conceptual perspective and a low-level mechanistic, mathematical perspective. Active inference, developed by the legendary neuroscientist Prof. Karl Friston - is a unifying mathematical framework which frames living systems as agents which minimize surprise and free energy in order to resist entropy and persi...
Connor Leahy - e/acc, AGI and the future.
April 21, 2024 15:05 - 1 hour - 109 MBConnor is the CEO of Conjecture and one of the most famous names in the AI alignment movement. This is the "behind the scenes footage" and bonus Patreon interviews from the day of the Beff Jezos debate, including an interview with Daniel Clothiaux. It's a great insight into Connor's philosophy. At the end there is an unreleased additional interview with Beff. Support MLST: Please support us on Patreon. We are entirely funded from Patreon donations right now. Patreon supports get private di...
Prof. Chris Bishop's NEW Deep Learning Textbook!
April 10, 2024 14:50 - 1 hour - 114 MBProfessor Chris Bishop is a Technical Fellow and Director at Microsoft Research AI4Science, in Cambridge. He is also Honorary Professor of Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh, and a Fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge. In 2004, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, in 2007 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and in 2017 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society. Chris was a founding member of the UK AI Council, and in 2019 he was appoint...
Philip Ball - How Life Works
April 07, 2024 16:24 - 2 hours - 178 MBDr. Philip Ball is a freelance science writer. He just wrote a book called "How Life Works", discussing the how the science of Biology has advanced in the last 20 years. We focus on the concept of Agency in particular. He trained as a chemist at the University of Oxford, and as a physicist at the University of Bristol. He worked previously at Nature for over 20 years, first as an editor for physical sciences and then as a consultant editor. His writings on science for the popular press hav...
Dr. Paul Lessard - Categorical/Structured Deep Learning
April 01, 2024 12:53 - 1 hour - 150 MBDr. Paul Lessard and his collaborators have written a paper on "Categorical Deep Learning and Algebraic Theory of Architectures". They aim to make neural networks more interpretable, composable and amenable to formal reasoning. The key is mathematical abstraction, as exemplified by category theory - using monads to develop a more principled, algebraic approach to structuring neural networks. We also discussed the limitations of current neural network architectures in terms of their ability ...
Can we build a generalist agent? Dr. Minqi Jiang and Dr. Marc Rigter
March 20, 2024 18:36 - 1 hour - 161 MBDr. Minqi Jiang and Dr. Marc Rigter explain an innovative new method to make the intelligence of agents more general-purpose by training them to learn many worlds before their usual goal-directed training, which we call "reinforcement learning". Their new paper is called "Reward-free curricula for training robust world models" https://arxiv.org/pdf/2306.09205.pdf https://twitter.com/MinqiJiang https://twitter.com/MarcRigter Interviewer: Dr. Tim Scarfe Please support us on Patreon, Tim i...
Prof. Nick Chater - The Language Game (Part 1)
March 01, 2024 19:37 - 1 hour - 143 MBNick Chater is Professor of Behavioural Science at Warwick Business School, who works on rationality and language using a range of theoretical and experimental approaches. We discuss his books The Mind is Flat, and the Language Game. Please support me on Patreon (this is now my main job!) - https://patreon.com/mlst - Access the private Discord, networking, and early access to content. MLST Discord: https://discord.gg/machine-learning-street-talk-mlst-937356144060530778 https://twitter.c...
Kenneth Stanley created a new social network based on serendipity and divergence
February 28, 2024 10:26 - 3 hours - 269 MBSee what Sam Altman advised Kenneth when he left OpenAI! Professor Kenneth Stanley has just launched a brand new type of social network, which he calls a "Serendipity network". The idea is that you follow interests, NOT people. It's a social network without the popularity contest. We discuss the phgilosophy and technology behind the venture in great detail. The main ideas of which came from Kenneth's famous book "Why greatness cannot be planned". See what Sam Altman advised Kenneth when he...
Dr. Brandon Rohrer - Robotics, Creativity and Intelligence
February 13, 2024 21:39 - 1 hour - 126 MBBrandon Rohrer who obtained his Ph.D from MIT is driven by understanding algorithms ALL the way down to their nuts and bolts, so he can make them accessible to everyone by first explaining them in the way HE himself would have wanted to learn! Please support us on Patreon for loads of exclusive content and private Discord: https://patreon.com/mlst (public discord) https://discord.gg/aNPkGUQtc5 https://twitter.com/MLStreetTalk Brandon Rohrer is a seasoned data science leader and educator...
Showdown Between e/acc Leader And Doomer - Connor Leahy + Beff Jezos
February 03, 2024 21:00 - 3 hours - 248 MBThe world's second-most famous AI doomer Connor Leahy sits down with Beff Jezos, the founder of the e/acc movement debating technology, AI policy, and human values. As the two discuss technology, AI safety, civilization advancement, and the future of institutions, they clash on their opposing perspectives on how we steer humanity towards a more optimal path. Watch behind the scenes, get early access and join the private Discord by supporting us on Patreon. We have some amazing content going...
Mahault Albarracin - Cognitive Science
January 14, 2024 14:16 - 1 hour - 154 MBWatch behind the scenes, get early access and join the private Discord by supporting us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/mlst (public discord) https://discord.gg/aNPkGUQtc5 https://twitter.com/MLStreetTalk YT version: https://youtu.be/n8G50ynU0Vg In this interview on MLST, Dr. Tim Scarfe interviews Mahault Albarracin, who is the director of product for R&D at VERSES and also a PhD student in cognitive computing at the University of Quebec in Montreal. They discuss a range of topics rela...
$450M AI Startup In 3 Years | Chai AI
January 09, 2024 22:11 - 29 minutes - 68.2 MBChai AI is the leading platform for conversational chat artificial intelligence. Note: this is a sponsored episode of MLST. William Beauchamp is the founder of two $100M+ companies - Chai Research, an AI startup, and Seamless Capital, a hedge fund based in Cambridge, UK. Chaiverse is the Chai AI developer platform, where developers can train, submit and evaluate on millions of real users to win their share of $1,000,000. https://www.chai-research.com https://www.chaiverse.com https://t...
DOES AI HAVE AGENCY? With Professor. Karl Friston and Riddhi J. Pitliya
January 07, 2024 19:37 - 1 hour - 86 MBWatch behind the scenes, get early access and join the private Discord by supporting us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/mlst (public discord) https://discord.gg/aNPkGUQtc5 https://twitter.com/MLStreetTalk DOES AI HAVE AGENCY? With Professor. Karl Friston and Riddhi J. Pitliya Agency in the context of cognitive science, particularly when considering the free energy principle, extends beyond just human decision-making and autonomy. It encompasses a broader understanding of how all living...
Understanding Deep Learning - Prof. SIMON PRINCE [STAFF FAVOURITE]
December 26, 2023 20:33 - 2 hours - 174 MBWatch behind the scenes, get early access and join private Discord by supporting us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/mlst https://discord.gg/aNPkGUQtc5 https://twitter.com/MLStreetTalk In this comprehensive exploration of the field of deep learning with Professor Simon Prince who has just authored an entire text book on Deep Learning, we investigate the technical underpinnings that contribute to the field's unexpected success and confront the enduring conundrums that still perplex AI resea...
Prof. BERT DE VRIES - ON ACTIVE INFERENCE
November 20, 2023 22:08 - 2 hours - 203 MBWatch behind the scenes with Bert on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bert-de-vries-93230722 https://discord.gg/aNPkGUQtc5 https://twitter.com/MLStreetTalk Note, there is some mild background music on chapter 1 (Least Action), 3 (Friston) and 5 (Variational Methods) - please skip ahead if annoying. It's a tiny fraction of the overall podcast. YT version: https://youtu.be/2wnJ6E6rQsU Bert de Vries is Professor in the Signal Processing Systems group at Eindhoven University. His resea...
MULTI AGENT LEARNING - LANCELOT DA COSTA
November 05, 2023 15:15 - 49 minutes - 68.6 MBPlease support us https://www.patreon.com/mlst https://discord.gg/aNPkGUQtc5 https://twitter.com/MLStreetTalk Lance Da Costa aims to advance our understanding of intelligent systems by modelling cognitive systems and improving artificial systems. He's a PhD candidate with Greg Pavliotis and Karl Friston jointly at Imperial College London and UCL, and a student in the Mathematics of Random Systems CDT run by Imperial College London and the University of Oxford. He completed an MRes in Br...
THE HARD PROBLEM OF OBSERVERS - WOLFRAM & FRISTON [SPECIAL EDITION]
October 29, 2023 22:38 - 1 hour - 164 MBPlease support us! https://www.patreon.com/mlst https://discord.gg/aNPkGUQtc5 https://twitter.com/MLStreetTalk YT version (with intro not found here) https://youtu.be/6iaT-0Dvhnc This is the epic special edition show you have been waiting for! With two of the most brilliant scientists alive today. Atoms, things, agents, ... observers. What even defines an "observer" and what properties must all observers share? How do objects persist in our universe given that their material composition...
DR. JEFF BECK - THE BAYESIAN BRAIN
October 16, 2023 10:47 - 1 hour - 96.3 MBSupport us! https://www.patreon.com/mlst MLST Discord: https://discord.gg/aNPkGUQtc5 YT version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4praCiy9qU Dr. Jeff Beck is a computational neuroscientist studying probabilistic reasoning (decision making under uncertainty) in humans and animals with emphasis on neural representations of uncertainty and cortical implementations of probabilistic inference and learning. His line of research incorporates information theoretic and hierarchical statistical an...
Prof. Melanie Mitchell 2.0 - AI Benchmarks are Broken!
September 10, 2023 18:28 - 1 hour - 84.9 MBPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/mlst Discord: https://discord.gg/ESrGqhf5CB Prof. Melanie Mitchell argues that the concept of "understanding" in AI is ill-defined and multidimensional - we can't simply say an AI system does or doesn't understand. She advocates for rigorously testing AI systems' capabilities using proper experimental methods from cognitive science. Popular benchmarks for intelligence often rely on the assumption that if a human can perform a task, an AI that performs the ta...
Autopoitic Enactivism and the Free Energy Principle - Prof. Friston, Prof Buckley, Dr. Ramstead
September 05, 2023 21:39 - 1 hour - 130 MBWe explore connections between FEP and enactivism, including tensions raised in a paper critiquing FEP from an enactivist perspective. Dr. Maxwell Ramstead provides background on enactivism emerging from autopoiesis, with a focus on embodied cognition and rejecting information processing/computational views of mind. Chris shares his journey from robotics into FEP, starting as a skeptic but becoming convinced it's the right framework. He notes there are both "high road" and "low road" vers...
STEPHEN WOLFRAM 2.0 - Resolving the Mystery of the Second Law of Thermodynamics
August 15, 2023 02:13 - 1 hour - 116 MBPlease check out Numerai - our sponsor @ http://numer.ai/mlst Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mlst Discord: https://discord.gg/ESrGqhf5CB The Second Law: Resolving the Mystery of the Second Law of Thermodynamics Buy Stephen's book here - https://tinyurl.com/2jj2t9wa The Language Game: How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World by Morten H. Christiansen and Nick Chater Buy here: https://tinyurl.com/35bvs8be Stephen Wolfram starts by discussing the second law of thermodynam...
Prof. Jürgen Schmidhuber - FATHER OF AI ON ITS DANGERS
August 14, 2023 11:12 - 1 hour - 111 MBPlease check out Numerai - our sponsor @ http://numer.ai/mlst Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mlst Discord: https://discord.gg/ESrGqhf5CB Professor Jürgen Schmidhuber, the father of artificial intelligence, joins us today. Schmidhuber discussed the history of machine learning, the current state of AI, and his career researching recursive self-improvement, artificial general intelligence and its risks. Schmidhuber pointed out the importance of studying the history of machine learning to ...
Can We Develop Truly Beneficial AI? George Hotz and Connor Leahy
August 04, 2023 00:10 - 1 hour - 124 MBPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/mlst Discord: https://discord.gg/ESrGqhf5CB George Hotz and Connor Leahy discuss the crucial challenge of developing beneficial AI that is aligned with human values. Hotz believes truly aligned AI is impossible, while Leahy argues it's a solvable technical challenge. Hotz contends that AI will inevitably pursue power, but distributing AI widely would prevent any single AI from dominating. He advocates open-sourcing AI developments to democratize access. Leah...
Dr. MAXWELL RAMSTEAD - The Physics of Survival
July 16, 2023 00:23 - 2 hours - 173 MBPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/mlst Discord: https://discord.gg/ESrGqhf5CB Join us for a fascinating discussion of the free energy principle with Dr. Maxwell Ramsted, a leading thinker exploring the intersection of math, physics, and philosophy and Director of Research at VERSES. The FEP was proposed by renowned neuroscientist Karl Friston, this principle offers a unifying theory explaining how systems maintain order and their identity. The free energy principle inverts traditional survi...
MUNK DEBATE ON AI (COMMENTARY) [DAVID FOSTER]
July 02, 2023 18:02 - 2 hours - 176 MBPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/mlst Discord: https://discord.gg/ESrGqhf5CB The discussion between Tim Scarfe and David Foster provided an in-depth critique of the arguments made by panelists at the Munk AI Debate on whether artificial intelligence poses an existential threat to humanity. While the panelists made thought-provoking points, Scarfe and Foster found their arguments largely speculative, lacking crucial details and evidence to support claims of an impending existential threat. ...
[SPONSORED] The Digitized Self: AI, Identity and the Human Psyche (YouAi)
June 29, 2023 08:25 - 1 hour - 146 MBSponsored Episode - YouAi What if an AI truly knew you—your thoughts, values, aptitudes, and dreams? An AI that could enhance your life in profound ways by amplifying your strengths, augmenting your weaknesses, and connecting you with like-minded souls. That is the vision of YouAi. YouAi founder Dmitri Shapiro believes digitizing our inner lives could unlock tremendous benefits. But mapping the human psyche also poses deep questions. As technology mediates our self-understanding, what risk...
Joscha Bach and Connor Leahy on AI risk
June 20, 2023 01:14 - 1 hour - 83.7 MBSupport us! https://www.patreon.com/mlst MLST Discord: https://discord.gg/aNPkGUQtc5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/MLStreetTalk The first 10 mins of audio from Joscha isn't great, it improves after. Transcript and longer summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TUJhlSVbrHf2vWoe6p7xL5tlTK_BGZ140QqqTudF8UI/edit?usp=sharing Dr. Joscha Bach argued that general intelligence emerges from civilization, not individuals. Given our biological constraints, humans cannot achieve a high level of g...
Neel Nanda - Mechanistic Interpretability
June 18, 2023 13:52 - 4 hours - 229 MBIn this wide-ranging conversation, Tim Scarfe interviews Neel Nanda, a researcher at DeepMind working on mechanistic interpretability, which aims to understand the algorithms and representations learned by machine learning models. Neel discusses how models can represent their thoughts using motifs, circuits, and linear directional features which are often communicated via a "residual stream", an information highway models use to pass information between layers. Neel argues that "superpositi...
Prof. Daniel Dennett - Could AI Counterfeit People Destroy Civilization? (SPECIAL EDITION)
June 04, 2023 23:49 - 1 hour - 103 MBPlease check out Numerai - our sponsor using our link @ http://numer.ai/mlst Numerai is a groundbreaking platform which is taking the data science world by storm. Tim has been using Numerai to build state-of-the-art models which predict the stock market, all while being a part of an inspiring community of data scientists from around the globe. They host the Numerai Data Science Tournament, where data scientists like us use their financial dataset to predict future stock market performance....
Decoding the Genome: Unraveling the Complexities with AI and Creativity [Prof. Jim Hughes, Oxford]
May 31, 2023 23:05 - 42 minutes - 59 MBSupport us! https://www.patreon.com/mlst MLST Discord: https://discord.gg/aNPkGUQtc5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/MLStreetTalk In this eye-opening discussion between Tim Scarfe and Prof. Jim Hughes, a professor of gene regulation at Oxford University, they explore the intersection of creativity, genomics, and artificial intelligence. Prof. Hughes brings his expertise in genomics and insights from his interdisciplinary research group, which includes machine learning experts, mathematicians...
ROBERT MILES - "There is a good chance this kills everyone"
May 21, 2023 16:42 - 2 hours - 167 MBPlease check out Numerai - our sponsor @ https://numerai.com/mlst Numerai is a groundbreaking platform which is taking the data science world by storm. Tim has been using Numerai to build state-of-the-art models which predict the stock market, all while being a part of an inspiring community of data scientists from around the globe. They host the Numerai Data Science Tournament, where data scientists like us use their financial dataset to predict future stock market performance. Support u...
AI Senate Hearing - Executive Summary (Sam Altman, Gary Marcus)
May 16, 2023 22:00 - 49 minutes - 68.3 MBSupport us! https://www.patreon.com/mlst MLST Discord: https://discord.gg/aNPkGUQtc5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/MLStreetTalk In a historic and candid Senate hearing, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Professor Gary Marcus, and IBM's Christina Montgomery discussed the regulatory landscape of AI in the US. The discussion was particularly interesting due to its timing, as it followed the recent release of the EU's proposed AI Act, which could potentially ban American companies like OpenAI and Google f...
Future of Generative AI [David Foster]
May 11, 2023 16:44 - 2 hours - 208 MBGenerative Deep Learning, 2nd Edition [David Foster] https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/generative-deep-learning/9781098134174/ Support us! https://www.patreon.com/mlst MLST Discord: https://discord.gg/aNPkGUQtc5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/MLStreetTalk In this conversation, Tim Scarfe and David Foster, the author of 'Generative Deep Learning,' dive deep into the world of generative AI, discussing topics ranging from model families and auto regressive models to the democratization o...
PERPLEXITY AI - The future of search.
May 08, 2023 18:58 - 59 minutes - 82.1 MBhttps://www.perplexity.ai/ https://www.perplexity.ai/iphone https://www.perplexity.ai/android Interview with Aravind Srinivas, CEO and Co-Founder of Perplexity AI – Revolutionizing Learning with Conversational Search Engines Dr. Tim Scarfe talks with Dr. Aravind Srinivas, CEO and Co-Founder of Perplexity AI, about his journey from studying AI and reinforcement learning at UC Berkeley to launching Perplexity – a startup that aims to revolutionize learning through the power of conversation...
#114 - Secrets of Deep Reinforcement Learning (Minqi Jiang)
April 16, 2023 18:00 - 2 hours - 230 MBPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/mlst Discord: https://discord.gg/ESrGqhf5CB Twitter: https://twitter.com/MLStreetTalk In this exclusive interview, Dr. Tim Scarfe sits down with Minqi Jiang, a leading PhD student at University College London and Meta AI, as they delve into the fascinating world of deep reinforcement learning (RL) and its impact on technology, startups, and research. Discover how Minqi made the crucial decision to pursue a PhD in this exciting field, and learn from his valua...
Unlocking the Brain's Mysteries: Chris Eliasmith on Spiking Neural Networks and the Future of Human-Machine Interaction
April 10, 2023 18:07 - 1 hour - 151 MBPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/mlst Discord: https://discord.gg/ESrGqhf5CB Twitter: https://twitter.com/MLStreetTalk Chris Eliasmith is a renowned interdisciplinary researcher, author, and professor at the University of Waterloo, where he holds the prestigious Canada Research Chair in Theoretical Neuroscience. As the Founding Director of the Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience, Eliasmith leads the Computational Neuroscience Research Group in exploring the mysteries of the brain and its ...
#112 AVOIDING AGI APOCALYPSE - CONNOR LEAHY
April 02, 2023 18:00 - 2 hours - 220 MBSupport us! https://www.patreon.com/mlst MLST Discord: https://discord.gg/aNPkGUQtc5 In this podcast with the legendary Connor Leahy (CEO Conjecture) recorded in Dec 2022, we discuss various topics related to artificial intelligence (AI), including AI alignment, the success of ChatGPT, the potential threats of artificial general intelligence (AGI), and the challenges of balancing research and product development at his company, Conjecture. He emphasizes the importance of empathy, dehumaniz...
#111 - AI moratorium, Eliezer Yudkowsky, AGI risk etc
April 01, 2023 18:45 - 26 minutes - 24.9 MBSupport us! https://www.patreon.com/mlst MLST Discord: https://discord.gg/aNPkGUQtc5 Send us a voice message which you want us to publish: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/machinelearningstreettalk/message In a recent open letter, over 1500 individuals called for a six-month pause on the development of advanced AI systems, expressing concerns over the potential risks AI poses to society and humanity. However, there are issues with this approach, including global competition, unstop...
#110 Dr. STEPHEN WOLFRAM - HUGE ChatGPT+Wolfram announcement!
March 23, 2023 20:59 - 57 minutes - 79 MBHUGE ANNOUNCEMENT, CHATGPT+WOLFRAM! You saw it HERE first! YT version: https://youtu.be/z5WZhCBRDpU Support us! https://www.patreon.com/mlst MLST Discord: https://discord.gg/aNPkGUQtc5 Stephen's announcement post: https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/03/chatgpt-gets-its-wolfram-superpowers/ OpenAI's announcement post: https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt-plugins In an era of technology and innovation, few individuals have left as indelible a mark on the fabric of modern science as our ...
#109 - Dr. DAN MCQUILLAN - Resisting AI
March 20, 2023 08:56 - 2 hours - 235 MBYT version: https://youtu.be/P1j3VoKBxbc (references in pinned comment) Support us! https://www.patreon.com/mlst MLST Discord: https://discord.gg/aNPkGUQtc5 Dan McQuillan, a visionary in digital culture and social innovation, emphasizes the importance of understanding technology's complex relationship with society. As an academic at Goldsmiths, University of London, he fosters interdisciplinary collaboration and champions data-driven equity and ethical technology. Dan's career includes rol...
#108 - Dr. JOEL LEHMAN - Machine Love [Staff Favourite]
March 16, 2023 16:24 - 2 hours - 178 MBSupport us! https://www.patreon.com/mlst MLST Discord: https://discord.gg/aNPkGUQtc5 We are honoured to welcome Dr. Joel Lehman, an eminent machine learning research scientist, whose work in AI safety, reinforcement learning, creative open-ended search algorithms, and indeed the philosophy of open-endedness and abandoning objectives has paved the way for innovative ideas that challenge our preconceptions and inspire new visions for the future. Dr. Lehman's thought-provoking book, "Why G...
#107 - Dr. RAPHAËL MILLIÈRE - Linguistics, Theory of Mind, Grounding
March 13, 2023 22:45 - 1 hour - 143 MBSupport us! https://www.patreon.com/mlst MLST Discord: https://discord.gg/aNPkGUQtc5 Dr. Raphaël Millière is the 2020 Robert A. Burt Presidential Scholar in Society and Neuroscience in the Center for Science and Society, and a Lecturer in the Philosophy Department at Columbia University. His research draws from his expertise in philosophy and cognitive science to explore the implications of recent progress in deep learning for models of human cognition, as well as various issues in ethics ...
#106 - Prof. KARL FRISTON 3.0 - Collective Intelligence [Special Edition]
March 11, 2023 20:42 - 2 hours - 246 MBThis show is sponsored by Numerai, please visit them here with our sponsor link (we would really appreciate it) http://numer.ai/mlst Prof. Karl Friston recently proposed a vision of artificial intelligence that goes beyond machines and algorithms, and embraces humans and nature as part of a cyber-physical ecosystem of intelligence. This vision is based on the principle of active inference, which states that intelligent systems can learn from their observations and act on their environment ...
#105 - Dr. MICHAEL OLIVER [CSO - Numerai]
March 04, 2023 21:54 - 1 hour - 111 MBAccess Numerai here: http://numer.ai/mlst Michael Oliver is the Chief Scientist at Numerai, a hedge fund that crowdsources machine learning models from data scientists. He has a PhD in Computational Neuroscience from UC Berkeley and was a postdoctoral researcher at the Allen Institute for Brain Science before joining Numerai in 2020. He is also the host of Numerai Quant Club, a YouTube series where he discusses Numerai’s research, data and challenges. YT version: https://youtu.be/61s8lLU7s...
#104 - Prof. CHRIS SUMMERFIELD - Natural General Intelligence [SPECIAL EDITION]
February 22, 2023 00:13 - 1 hour - 204 MBSupport us! https://www.patreon.com/mlst MLST Discord: https://discord.gg/aNPkGUQtc5 Christopher Summerfield, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford is a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Oxford and a Research Scientist at Deepmind UK. His work focusses on the neural and computational mechanisms by which humans make decisions. Chris has just released an incredible new book on AI called "Natural General Intelligence". It's my favourite book on ...