Conversations
Our conversations with some of the great minds at the intersection of minds meeting machines.
Rodrigo Liang: SambaNova and Generative AI in the Enterprise
An interview with SambaNova Systems CEO, Rodrigo Liang.
Mechanistic Interpretability & Memory vs. Margins
In this episode, we provide updates from our Artificiality Pro presentation, including key developments in mechanistic interpretability for understanding AI models and considerations around the costs of large language models: aka memory vs margins.
Stephen Fleming: Consciousness & AI
In this episode, we speak with cognitive neuroscientist Stephen Fleming about theories of consciousness and how they relate to artificial intelligence.
Google's new AI model, Gemini
In this episode, we dive into the exciting announcement of Google's new foundation model for AI, Gemini, exploring three key aspects of this important, new technology.
Steven Sloman: LLMs and Deliberative Reasoning
An interview with Steven Sloman, professor of cognitive, linguistic, and psychological sciences at Brown University, about LLMs and deliberative reasoning.
Julia Rhodes Davis: Advancing Racial Equity in AI
In this episode, we speak with Julia Rhodes Davis, a Senior Advisor at Data & Society, about her recent report "Advancing Racial Equity Through Technology Policy" published by the AI Now Institute.
Alicia Juarrero: Context Changes Everything
Grounding her work in the problem of causation, Alicia Juarrero challenges previously held beliefs that only forceful impacts are causes. Constraints, she claims, bring about effects as well, and they enable the emergence of coherence.
Jai Vipra: Computational Power & AI
Jai Vipra is a research fellow at the AI Now Institute where she focuses on competition issues in frontier AI models. She recently published the report Computational Power and AI which focuses on compute as a core dependency in building large-scale AI.
Wendy Wong: We, the Data, and Human Rights
An interview with University of British Columbia professor, Wendy Wong, about her book We, the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age.
Chris Summerfield: Natural General Intelligence
An interview with Chris Summerfield about his book Natural General Intelligence.
Michael Bungay Stanier: How to Work with (Almost) Anyone
An interview with Michael Bungay Stanier about his book How to Work with (Almost Anyone).
Synthesis & Generative AI
An exploration of how we might conceptualize the design of AGI within the context of human left and right brains.