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More Intelligent Tomorrow: a DataRobot Podcast

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More Intelligent Tomorrow is a wide ranging exploration of the potential impact of AI on the world around us. On the podcast we meet some of the most extraordinary experts in the industry to discuss curious topics from aliens to AI consciousness as well as the practical changes in healthcare, business and society at large.

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Writer, philosopher, and futurist - Gary F. Bengier

August 10, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 45.3 MB

How does the will to survive bring clarity to the human experience? What would you sacrifice to achieve social justice? How do we find meaning and purpose in a world dominated by technology? These are the kinds of spiritual, social, and philosophical questions posed by today’s guest in his futuristic novel, Unfettered Journey, which follows the story of an AI scientist who seeks to create true robot consciousness. We’re joined today by writer, philosopher, and technologist, Gary F. Bengier,...

Video prospecting with AI, creating videos with your own personal touch, and safeguards against deep fake abuse - Kanad Bahalkar

August 10, 2022 14:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MB

Synthetic media may sound like a suave, futuristic idea. But it is happening right now and the concept is a simple one. Synthetic media can be defined as creating videos, audio, and text content using AI or any other software tools. However intriguing synthetic media may seem, very few people understand the gravity of this technology and just how awesome and scary it can be.  Joining us is the Chief Product Office and Co-Founder of Potion, Kanad Bahalkar. Potion is a synthetic media platfor...

Shifting the Landscape of Food Insecurity - Mick Ebeling, Sanjay Srivastava

July 14, 2022 12:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MB

What if the solution to food insecurity is technology? In today’s conversation, host Ari Kaplan sits down with Mick Ebeling, Founder /CEO of Not Impossible Labs and Bento and Sanjay Srivastava, Chief Digital Officer of Genpact, to discuss how technological innovation is helping solve food insecurity amongst at-risk populations. Not Impossible Labs is a global innovation lab that has spent the last decade tackling issues they call “absurdities” and building solutions aptly named “technology ...

Shifting the Landscape of Food Insecurity - Mick Ebeling, Sanjay Srivastava

July 14, 2022 12:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MB

What if the solution to food insecurity is technology? In today’s conversation, host Ari Kaplan sits down with Mick Ebeling, Founder /CEO of Not Impossible Labs and Bento and Sanjay Srivastava, Chief Digital Officer of Genpact, to discuss how technological innovation is helping solve food insecurity amongst at-risk populations. Not Impossible Labs is a global innovation lab that has spent the last decade tackling issues they call “absurdities” and building solutions aptly named “technology ...

Creating Rhythm with Algorithms - Alex Mitchell

July 07, 2022 12:00 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MB

Technology has always played a key role in the world of music, with things like digital production software, loop pedals, and multi-track recording transforming the industry forever. Artificial intelligence (AI), however, is about to be the most disruptive technology in music. In today’s episode, Ben Taylor sits down with Alex Mitchell, Founder, and CEO of Boomy, to discuss the future of AI in music. Boomy is an industry leader, using artificial intelligence to create "instant music.” Alex...

Data is Only as Good as its Ability to Drive Value - Dan Merzlyak

June 30, 2022 12:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MB

“Data is only as good as its ability to drive value,” is the core belief of today’s guest, Dan Merzlyak, Head of Business Intelligence at BlackRock. BlackRock is the world’s largest asset management firm with over $10 trillion in assets and Dan is focusing on building a new data conversion and business intelligence strategy for the company’s core alternatives platform offering.   The three different types of analytics that can be used to drive a business are descriptive, predictive, and pre...

Seeking Deeper Connection through Augmented Reality - Nicolas Robbe

June 24, 2022 12:00 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MB

Nicolas Robbe is the CEO of Hoverlay in Acton, Massachusetts. In 2016, he left his job as Chief Marketing Officer at Dynatrace and re-engaged with one of his passions—augmented reality. The space was going through a profound transformation, and his goal was to create new technology and cool new tools for the public.  In this episode of More Intelligent Tomorrow, host Dave Anderson talks to Nicolas about his work bringing augmented reality to screens. Nicolas describes how AR can bring deepe...

You Can't Be in Business and Not Take Risks - H.P. Bunaes

June 14, 2022 12:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MB

This episode of More Intelligent Tomorrow brings together H.P. Buanes, the Executive Director for AI. & Machine Learning at JPMorgan Chase and Diego Oppenheimer, the Executive Vice President of Machine Learning Ops at DataRobot for a conversation about artificial intelligence, machine learning, and their roles in the financial services industry.  Data analytics and AI/ML wasn't a thing in 1983 when H.P. Buanes started his career. But since then, it’s become a core element for businesses who...

Applied AI - Innovation That Matters - Debanjan Saha

June 09, 2022 12:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MB

In this episode of More Intelligent Tomorrow, we hear from Debanjan Saha, the President and Chief Operating Officer for DataRobot. He sat down with host Ben Taylor to discuss how he got to where he is and what he thinks is in store for artificial intelligence and machine learning. Ben starts off by asking Debanjan about the unique journey that brought him to the world of AI/ML. While Debanjan had originally planned to be a professor, a summer job at IBM Research started him on a climb up t...

More Intelligent Retail: The Cost and Complexity of Last Mile Delivery - Dr. Matthias Winkenbach

June 01, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 43.5 MB

If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s the value of having goods delivered right to our front door. From fast food ordered on an app, to next day shipping from an online store, the distance from click to delivery is getting shorter all the time. What most of us don’t realize is that the hardest part of delivering an order is the last mile. More Intelligent Tomorrow host Ben Taylor asked researcher Dr. Matthias Winckenbach to explain what he means by “the last mile” and why it’s so dif...

The Cost and Complexity of Last Mile Delivery - Dr. Matthias Winkenbach

June 01, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 43.5 MB

If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s the value of having goods delivered right to our front door. From fast food ordered on an app, to next day shipping from an online store, the distance from click to delivery is getting shorter all the time. What most of us don’t realize is that the hardest part of delivering an order is the last mile. More Intelligent Tomorrow host Ben Taylor asked researcher Dr. Matthias Winckenbach to explain what he means by “the last mile” and why it’s so dif...

Disrupting a Market is Rarely an Overnight Transformation - Peter Coffee

May 20, 2022 12:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MB

Disrupting a market is rarely an overnight transformation. And the right leaders see disruption as an ongoing process, not a one-time event. Peter Coffee was the first person at Salesforce with the word “platform” in his title. This was in an era where the idea of cloud computing was still in its infancy. He’s spent the last 15 years helping transform Salesforce from a company that sold CRM software into one that offers an entire cloud platform designed to enable companies to offer complete ...

Having Your Own Genetic Personal Trainer - FOXO Technologies

May 13, 2022 12:00 - 40 minutes - 28.2 MB

More Intelligent Tomorrow host Dave Anderson got a chance to catch up with FOXO Technologies’ Tyler Danielson and Nichole Rigby to discuss longevity, epigenetics, and rethinking life insurance. Tyler Danielson is the Chief Technology Officer at FOXO Technologies with a history of working in the financial services and commerce industries. Nichole Rigby is the Director of Data Science and Bioinformatics at FOXO Technologies. She’s a data scientist specializing in analyzing genetic and other b...

Health Data is Medicine - CEO & Co-Founder of Seqster, Ardy Arianpour

May 06, 2022 11:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MB

In a world where companies like Meta, Google, and Apple collect and benefit from vast amounts of data about you, what would it be like if you were in control of your data instead? Specifically, what would it be like if you were in control of your health data? And what if you had it all in one easy to access place? CEO and Co-Founder Ardy Arianpour came on the podcast to tell Dave Anderson how and why Seqster is giving people that kind of control over their own health data. Adry says patient...

The New Economy Will Require Empathy - Brian Solis

April 28, 2022 13:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MB

More Intelligent Tomorrow host Dave Anderson sits down with Brain Solis to talk about interesting ways to get creative solutions to our long-standing challenges.  Dave Anderson is a keynote speaker, tech evangelist, and podcast host with a refreshing perspective on marketing, analytics, and technology. Brian Solis is a digital analyst, speaker, and author. Brian currently serves as the Global Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce. His work focuses on thought leadership and research into stud...

Anticipating the Singularity - Daniel Hulme

April 21, 2022 12:00 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MB

Singularities have been explored in science fiction; authors such as William Gibson and Phillip K. Dick have speculated what life could be like in a world beyond them, and video games such as Cyberpunk 2077 have invited us to experience them firsthand. Singularities may have once been a philosophical flight of fancy, but today they are an important topic for consideration by scientists, politicians, and other thought leaders. In this episode of More Intelligent Tomorrow, artificial intelli...

From the Menial and Mundane to the Meaningful and Humane - Anders Sörman-Nilsson

April 13, 2022 12:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MB

Host Dave Anderson recently sat down with Anders Sörman-Nilsson, a Swedish-Australian Global Futurist, and made a striking observation about the very table where they were having their chat—there was no spittoon. This may not seem surprising in 2022, but prior to the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918, most restaurants and bars would have featured a spittoon next to the bar.  “So things do change. I do think we're going to see that same change to the physical infrastructure, but also who's going ...

Building Augmented Reality Into a Contact Lens - Mike Wiemer, Brian Lemoff, Mojo Vision

April 07, 2022 13:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MB

In this episode of More Intelligent Tomorrow, Global AI Evangelist, Ari Kaplan, sits down with Brian Lemoff, Fellow and Head of Optics at Mojo Vision, and Mike Wiemer, CTO at Mojo Vision, to discuss augmented reality, the future of wearable technology and the technology behind building a contact lens with built in display.  Brian and Mike work for Mojo Vison, a company hard at work developing the first smart contact lens. The technology behind Mojo Lens is staggering, with the lens containi...

Building Augmented Reality Into a Contact Lens - Mike Weimer, Brain Lemoff, Mojo Vision

April 07, 2022 13:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MB

In this episode of More Intelligent Tomorrow, Global AI Evangelist, Ari Kaplan, sits down with Brian Lemoff, Fellow and Head of Optics at Mojo Vision, and Mike Weimer, CTO at Mojo Vision, to discuss augmented reality, the future of wearable technology and the technology behind building a contact lens with built in display.  Brian and Mike work for Mojo Vison, a company hard at work developing the first smart contact lens. The technology behind Mojo Lens is staggering, with the lens containi...

Changing the DNA of How We Serve Customers - Harveer Singh

April 01, 2022 13:00 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MB

In this episode of More Intelligent tomorrow, Global AI Evangelist, Ari Kaplan, sits down with Harveer Singh, Chief Data Architect and Head of Data Engineering and Architecture at Western Union to discuss the customer experience, blockchain and cryptocurrency, and how to digitally transform a 170 year old company. Harveer was born in India and has traveled the world through his career - first moving to Sydney for his masters degree, then to various cities in the United States and is now in ...

Can Science Fiction Save Humanity? - David Brin

March 24, 2022 12:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MB

Soylent Green, the movie based on Harry Harrison's novel, Make Room! Make Room!, interpreted what a future of pollution, poverty, overpopulation, and depleted resources could mean for humanity and ended up recruiting millions of people to environmentalism. Nineteen Eighty-Four was a cautionary tale about the consequences of totalitarianism that alerted hundreds of millions of people around the world to fear “big brother”. Movies like Dr. Strangelove, War Games, and The Day After portended th...

Sharing the Mic in Cybersecurity - Lauren Zabierek

March 18, 2022 12:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MB

In this episode of More Intelligent tomorrow, Global AI Evangelist, Ari Kaplan, sits down with Lauren Zabierek, Executive Director of the Cyber Project at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center, and Sean Plankey, Director of Cyber Missions for DataRobot, to discuss the cybersecurity landscape, broadening the field of cyber security, and how to build a cybersecurity career.  Both Lauren and Sean started their careers in the US government and military before pivoting to cybersecurity, with La...

Why “Know Thy Data” Is a Rallying Cry in Retail - Danielle Crop

March 11, 2022 13:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MB

Danielle Crop is Chief Data Officer (CDO) at Albertsons Companies, a recent transition from her nine-year term as CDO for American Express. Throughout her career, she has orchestrated big data projects that have exponentially increased customer conversion rates and helped millions of customers make smarter purchasing decisions.  In this episode of More Intelligent Tomorrow, Ben Taylor talks to Danielle about the role of creative design thinking in data, how ethics can help us avoid unconsci...

Bringing History and Foresight to Ethical AI - Meg Mitchell

March 02, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 43.5 MB

In this episode of More Intelligent Tomorrow, Meg talks to Michael Gilday about the opportunities in machine learning to create a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive future. Dr. Margaret Mitchell (Meg) is a researcher in ethics-informed AI with a focus on natural language generation, computer vision, and other augmentative and assistive technologies.   Foresight is an indispensable tool for shaping and evaluating AI project outcomes. Instead of focusing on creating technology to improve...

How AI Evolves with National Intelligence - Robert Cardillo

February 22, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 42.9 MB

Robert Cardillo, former director of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency joins Ben Taylor for this episode of the More Intelligent Tomorrow podcast. Robert Cardillo has delivered dozens of intelligence assessments that informed vitally important decisions on US national security. In his 35 years serving the intelligence community, he advised President George H.W. Bush during Panama’s Noriega regime, President Obama during the search for Osama bin Laden, and to understand North Korea’...

Making Data Science Bilingual - Najat Khan

February 15, 2022 10:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MB

Featuring:  Dr Najat Khan, Chief Data Science Officer, Janssen Global sits down with Ari Kaplan, AI Evangelist, DataRobot, for this episode of the More Intelligent Tomorrow podcast.  Najat Khan thrives in her mission to solve the world's most challenging health problems. With data science, AI, and machine learning, she endeavors to bring critical medicines to the public with efficiency, effectiveness, and inclusivity.  When COVID-19 hit, working for Janssen Global and with Johnson and Joh...

From Retrospective to Prospective Analytics - Ikechi Okoronkwo

February 10, 2022 10:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MB

Ari Kaplan sits down with Ikechi Okoronkwo of Mindshare for this episode to discuss using predictive analytics to make key future decisions. Mindshare is a global media agency dedicated to forging competitive marketing advantage for global clients like Unilever, General Mills, and Ford. Ikechi Okoronkwo heads Mindshare’s Business Intelligence & Analytics team, which is lauded in the industry for their fresh approach to analytics. His mission is to simplify and refine decision-making proce...

How the United States Will Shape the Future of AI - Robert Work

February 01, 2022 14:00 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MB

In 2018, the US government established the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence. Robert (Bob) Work, former US Deputy Secretary of Defence, is one of 15 commissioners of a 750 page document outlining the four priority areas in need of attention for the “advance … of artificial intelligence, machine learnings and associated technologies to comprehensively address the national security and defence needs of the United States." In this episode of More Intelligent Tomorrow, Chi...

Reshaping Reality Through Citizenship - Baratunde Thurston

January 25, 2022 14:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MB

On our Season 2 premiere episode, new host Dave Anderson sits down with Writer, Activist & Comedian Baratunde Thurston to discuss taking a more proactive role in how technology serves us. Technology is changing every aspect of our lives, but we often don’t give it much of a thought as we go about our day-to-day: how it helps us get from point A to point B, communicate with friends and family, procure what we need with relative ease, or monitor our health.  As such, we don’t often think abo...

Season 2 Trailer - More Intelligent Tomorrow Podcast

January 21, 2022 19:00 - 2 minutes - 1.46 MB

More Intelligent Tomorrow Podcast Season 2 coming January 25th, 2022. Check out MoreIntelligent.ai for a deeper dive.

Unlocking Scientific Breakthroughs with AI - Anima Anandkumar

January 03, 2022 19:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MB

Anima Anandkumar is a world-renowned AI researcher with brilliant answers to some of the most complicated AI questions. In this episode of More Intelligent Tomorrow, we talk about AI’s role in science and how future AGI systems might behave.

Exploring the Third Horizon of Innovation - Admiral James “Sandy” Winnefeld

December 22, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 44.5 MB

In this episode of More Intelligent Tomorrow podcast, Admiral James “Sandy” Winnefeld discusses innovation and its role in war. He breaks down three horizons of innovation and how federal primes are world-class with first and second horizon innovations but struggle with third horizon innovation.

Order in the AI Court - Joshua Walker

December 10, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 43.6 MB

In this episode of More Intelligent Tomorrow podcast, together with Joshua Walker, Chief Product Officer for Aon IPS and author of On Legal AI, we discuss how AI will disrupt law as we know it today. 

Order in the AI Court - Joshua Walker

December 10, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 43.6 MB

In this episode of More Intelligent Tomorrow podcast, together with Joshua Walker, Chief Product Officer for Aon IPS and author of On Legal AI, we discuss how AI will disrupt law as we know it today. 

A Legacy of Military Intelligence - Gen. David H. Petraeus

December 07, 2021 15:00 - 51 minutes - 35.3 MB

General David Petraeus has been one of the most influential military leaders in U.S. history, from being the CIA director to commanding armed forces in Iraq and the coalition of forces in Afghanistan. In this episode, recorded in March 2021, he speaks on human and augmented intelligence in warfare, cybersecurity, deep fakes, AI trust, and his ongoing work with the KKR Global Institute.

Intelligently Transforming Healthcare and Social Care for Millions - Graham Beales

December 03, 2021 15:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MB

In this episode of More Intelligent Tomorrow podcast, together with Graham Beales we discuss how a major city region transforms, innovates, and supports the healthcare and social care of 2.8 million residents through AI and BI. 

Creating The Future of Food on Mars - Thomas Jonas, Nature's Fynd

December 01, 2021 15:00 - 54 minutes - 37.8 MB

In this episode of More Intelligent Tomorrow podcast, we interview Thomas Jonas, CEO of Nature's Fynd, a revolutionary company that has developed a new kind of microbe-based protein. Using this protein, first discovered in geothermal springs, can we change the ways we eat, and save the planet in the process?

Moving Past Artificial Intelligence to Augmented Intelligence - Dan Wright - DataRobot

November 22, 2021 14:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MB

In this episode of More Intelligent Tomorrow, together with Dan Wright, CEO at DataRobot, we discuss how companies can gain confidence about the accuracy, fairness, governance, and lack of bias in their models. Hear how DataRobot partners with them to build that confidence.

Lost Moments - Robert Sweeney

November 18, 2021 14:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MB

In this episode of More Intelligent Tomorrow podcast, Robert Sweeney discusses getting fired as the Founder/CEO of Numetric, his rise in the influencer space, and his views on work/life balance.

The Coming AI Economic Evolution - Ilan Gleiser

November 17, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MB

In this episode of More Intelligent Tomorrow podcast, Ilan Gleiser, Founder and CEO at Synarchy, shares his view on how nearly every aspect of civilization is going to be affected by AI, and the fundamentals of the global economy will undergo major changes. Hear what will happen in the coming years as AI automates much of the world. 

Shiny AI Toys on Real-World Problems - Cindi Howson

October 14, 2021 09:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MB

We sit down with Cindi Howson, Chief Data Strategy Officer at ThoughtSpot and Host of The Data Chief Podcast, to explore why AI projects fail and the potential risk of amplifying bias as we look to a future of hyperscaling AI applications.

Tracking Space Hammers with AI - Kayhan Space

August 25, 2021 13:00 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MB

With over 3,000 satellites orbiting and 10,000+ more on the horizon, the issue of space junk has become increasingly important. Humans could face a future where we become trapped by our own space junk debri. Thankfully, Araz and Siamak are working to track and avoid these flying hammers.

Tracking space hammers with AI - Kayhan Space

August 25, 2021 13:00 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MB

With over 3,000 satellites orbiting and 10,000+ more on the horizon, the issue of space junk has become increasingly important. Humans could face a future where we become trapped by our own space junk debri. Thankfully, Araz and Siamak are working to track and avoid these flying hammers.

What Will Influence the Influencers? - Ricky Ray Butler

August 20, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 48.5 MB

Nobody knows more about influencer marketing than Ricky Ray Butler, the CEO of Branded Entertainment Networking. In this conversation, we explore the reality of ad exhaustion and discuss AI’s role in helping to navigate the influencer marketing space.

What Will Influence the Influencers? - Ricky Ray Butler

August 20, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 48.5 MB

Nobody knows more about influencer marketing than Ricky Ray Butler, the CEO of Branded Entertainment Networking. In this conversation, we explore the reality of ad exhaustion and discuss AI’s role in helping to navigate the influencer marketing space.

Applying the Lessons of the Pandemic to Public Health - Michael Mina, MD, PhD

August 18, 2021 15:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MB

In this episode of More Intelligent Tomorrow podcast, Michael Mina, MD, PhD, and guest host, Sally Embrey, discuss the applications of the lessons of the pandemic to public health. How do we build the infrastructure to scale up rapid testing for future pandemics? What the world needs to mitigate the spread of a virus is not expensive medical diagnostic testing; it’s public health testing, and there are multiple types of public health testing

Luminary of Modern Human Genetics - Dr. Lee Hood

August 16, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 59.8 MB

Dr. Lee Hood shares his vision on how human and artificial intelligence collaborate to unravel the human genome and impact the future of wellness and disease through the power of AI.

Luminary of Modern Human Genetics - Dr. Lee Hood

August 16, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 59.8 MB

Dr. Lee Hood shares his vision on how human and artificial intelligence collaborate to unravel the human genome and impact the future of wellness and disease through the power of AI.

The Space Generation - Alyssa Carson

August 11, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MB

In this episode, we meet with Alyssa Carson, the @NasaBlueberry, whose goal is to become the youngest astronaut. Her background in astrobiology and her obsession about space is infectious. Space travel isn’t just necessary to prevent our existential risk, it can help heal international conflict.

The Space Generation - Alyssa Carson

August 11, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MB

In this episode, we meet with Alyssa Carson, the @NasaBlueberry, whose goal is to become the youngest astronaut. Her background in astrobiology and her obsession about space is infectious. Space travel isn’t just necessary to prevent our existential risk, it can help heal international conflict.