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Have you heard our first episode? The team sat down almost a year ago and recorded the very first episode of the FLINT Talks podcast - FLINT Talks: AI for Social Good. Take a listen on Spotify below, or search @FLINT Talks wherever you get your podcasts! #FLINTTalks #techpodcast #FLINT #podcast #AI Derrick Qais Caitlin

Yes, you see comments from Johan Cedmar-Brandstedt in practically every LinkedIn post about AI, sparring with and raging against the generative AI cultural firehose.  But what does he sound like?  Did he actually start the #degenerativeai hashtag?  Is he really Swedish?  People, this is the podcast interview you didn’t even know you were asking for. #ai #podcasting #artificialintelligence #podcast #generativeai #technology

So many executives repeat utilising AI in their business without knowing how, or from where to start. This podcast explains how to begin using AI #ai #aiforbusiness

Julie Alig, Ph.D. - the Data Diva - joined me on AI for Helpers and Changemakers. You can listen to our conversation about how we use #data in nonprofits and business and how generative AI is changing everything - even for someone like Julie who has been well versed in #AI and #machine learning for a long time. This episode goes a little deeper into explaining AI and the difference between Generative AI and earlier types of artificial intelligence. #podcast https://lnkd.in/gY7223nJ

𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗔𝗜 as a whole have leapfrogged while many of us watched from the sidelines, trying to catch up. With countless concepts and acronyms, it feels daunting - but there's so much opportunity to learn, build, and grow. With AI moving so fast, it is a good idea to map the terrain before diving in. The journey starts with understanding—and what an exciting one it is! Thankfully, Emily Laird podcast 𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑨𝑰 101 gave that starting point! Her short, insightful episodes are perfect for grasping the big picture — history, evolution, key concepts, and the current landscape. Emily’s witty comments and relatable analogies make complex ideas accessible, and her sign-off, ‘you know more [𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤] now than you did when you arrived,’ couldn’t be truer. Highly recommend this starter pack for anyone exploring GenAI! Thank you, Emily, for making learning so fun and engaging. 🙌 #generativeai #artificialintelligence #techtrends #aiinnovation #learningjourney #aiapplications #futureoftech #continuouslearning #aiexploration #techcommunity #podcast FYI The podcast is available on amazon, audible, spotify and many other sources.

When it comes to AI adoption, is your organization a consumer, integrator, or creator? Our in-house expert on the topic, Douglas Smith, explored this spectrum with us on the latest #podcast episode, out now! Give it a listen and let me know your thoughts 🤗🎧

Joscha Bach, AI Strategist, discusses artificial intelligence, consciousness, and the nature of reality (2020). Bach explains that consciousness is fundamentally a simulation created by the mind, where the brain generates a narrative of the self and its interactions with the world. He challenges traditional views of materialism and idealism, suggesting that intelligence emerges from modeling and problem-solving, while consciousness arises from a self-reflective attention mechanism. Key Points: 🧠 Consciousness as Simulation: Consciousness is a narrative constructed by the brain, a simulated experience that helps the brain model its interactions with the world. 🧠 AI and Intelligence: Intelligence is the ability to model and predict patterns, and AI today is largely advanced information processing, automating statistics to achieve this. 🧠 Dualism vs. Idealism: Dualism separates the mind and body into two substances, while idealism suggests that the mind is primary and reality is a mental construct. Bach argues these distinctions are less clear in reality. 🧠 Emergent Complexity: Intelligence and life are deeply connected through complexity. Intelligence is the control mechanism that allows organisms to harness complexity and order from chaos. 🧠 Limitations of Neural Networks: Bach emphasizes that modern AI lacks the ability to integrate all experiences into a unified model, which limits its ability to achieve general intelligence. 🧠 Self-Reflection in AI: Bach posits that for AI to achieve general intelligence, it must develop self-awareness and the ability to reflect on its own processes and purpose, similar to how humans model themselves. 🧠 The Future of AI: AI research should focus on meta-learning and evolving its architectures to automatically discover solutions to problems, advancing beyond current neural network paradigms. 🧠 Life as Complexity Generator: Life’s purpose is to create complexity, allowing it to capture and use energy from its environment. Intelligence serves as a tool for managing and expanding this complexity. 🧠 Human Intelligence and Society: Bach suggests that much of human intelligence is limited by our biological and social constraints, and that future AI systems could potentially surpass these limitations through improved models and learning mechanisms. 🧠 Meaning and Purpose: The discussion touches on philosophical questions about meaning, with Bach arguing that meaning is generated by the mind’s identification with its purposes and its engagement with the world, rather than being an inherent quality of life. #learningdispatch #aieducation #ai #artificialintelligence #machinelearning #businessintelligence #technology #futureofwork #innovation #automation #aitools https://lnkd.in/g6hKqibn

Was chatting with another investor today on a call, and mentioned Tim Urban's Wait But Why Blog post, "The AI Revolution" and how prescient it was. Given that it was written in 2015, decided to flex AI's latest muscles to give it a new venue: a podcast. Podcast here: https://lnkd.in/gW8Dh89U Pretty easy to do: Step 1: Save the posts as PDFs. Step 2: Upload to NotebookLM, have it create a podcast. Step 3: Upload to Descript, give it captions. Step 4: Export, publish to Youtube. Total time to create the podcast: ~25 minutes. To generate this podcast and publish it even a few years ago would have taken >8 hours. Love the future (Original posts: https://lnkd.in/gW-PQXE7, https://lnkd.in/gg-nRvxz) #AIRevolution #GenerativeAI #WaitButWhy #TimUrban #NotebookLM #AIContentCreation #Podcasting #Descript #ArtificialIntelligence #ContentFlex #ProductivityHacks #FutureOfAI #AIinMinutes #TechEfficiency #AIandCreativity #YouTubePodcast #InnovationInContent #vibecap #vibecapital

The bigger the LLM, the better the performance, right? So, how do we fit today's gigantic foundational models onto smaller local systems? One way is through quantizing the model? But what does that really mean? In today's AIFoundry.org podcast, Jan Akhremchik walks us through the math behind quantization, explaining how it works, and what the tradeoffs are. Join us for this approachable but still geeky session: https://lu.ma/abufr778

Over 100 people registered for our recent webinar on the impact of Artificial Intelligence on crisis management, which goes to show this is a hot topic for crisis management pros right now. With this in mind, my recommendation for crisis management afficonados this week is the BBC podcast, 'The Artificial Human', and in particular, the episode on the role of AI in decision making. In a crisis, timely and well judged decision making is a critical determinant of success or failure. So could AI make this task quicker and easier? Have a listen to the podcast and make your own mind up. #crisismanagement #decisionmaking #artificialintelligence https://lnkd.in/egN-xqm2