Artificial intelligence is evolving at an unprecedented pace—what does that mean for the future of technology, venture capital, business, and even our understanding of ourselves? Award-winning journalist and writer Anil Ananthaswamy joins us for our latest episode to discuss his latest book Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI . Anil helps us explore the journey and many breakthroughs that have propelled machine learning from simple perceptrons to the sophisticated algorithms shaping today’s AI revolution, powering GPT and other models. The discussion aims to demystify some of the underlying mathematical concepts that power modern machine learning, to help everyone grasp this technology impacting our lives–even if your last math class was in high school. Anil walks us through the power of scaling laws, the shift from training to inference optimization, and the debate among AI’s pioneers about the road to AGI—should we be concerned, or are we still missing key pieces of the puzzle? The conversation also delves into AI’s philosophical implications—could understanding how machines learn help us better understand ourselves? And what challenges remain before AI systems can truly operate with agency? If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform. Sign up for our newsletter at techsurgepodcast.com for exclusive insights and updates on upcoming TechSurge Live Summits. Links: Read Why Machines Learn, Anil’s latest book on the math behind AI https://www.amazon.com/Why-Machines-Learn-Elegant-Behind/dp/0593185749 Learn more about Anil Ananthaswamy’s work and writing https://anilananthaswamy.com/ Watch Anil Ananthaswamy’s TED Talk on AI and intelligence https://www.ted.com/speakers/anil_ananthaswamy Discover the MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellowship that shaped Anil’s AI research https://ksj.mit.edu/ Understand the Perceptron, the foundation of neural networks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptron Read about the Perceptron Convergence Theorem and its significance https://www.nature.com/articles/323533a0…
My name is Derick Fiedler, I’m a world traveler. When I backpack abroad I chose to stay in hostels, cheap lodging where one shares a room with multiple people of usually mixed gender. At first glance hostels come off as dirty, uncomfortable, and dangerous. If I tell an American I stay in hostels 9 times out of 10 they mention the horror movie “Hostel” and that’s about the only thing they know about them but there is a secret beauty underneath it all that deserves to be shared. Listen to my podcast to find out
My name is Derick Fiedler, I’m a world traveler. When I backpack abroad I chose to stay in hostels, cheap lodging where one shares a room with multiple people of usually mixed gender. At first glance hostels come off as dirty, uncomfortable, and dangerous. If I tell an American I stay in hostels 9 times out of 10 they mention the horror movie “Hostel” and that’s about the only thing they know about them but there is a secret beauty underneath it all that deserves to be shared. Listen to my podcast to find out
It’s not a challenge. There is no goal. There is no pass or fail. This man simply wants to live life to the fullest and experience the world from a Bicycle. Find out how he was able spend the past two years cycling from Florida through South America and what it taught him about life
In this episode I break into the not so well known world of solo women backpackers in the hopes that listens are inspired to experience the reward of solo traveling themselves and realize if they wait for someone else to travel with them they may never travel at all.
My First stop in Morocco is Marrakesh where I meet film photographer Byron Banasiak. We discuss the difference between a vacation and backpacking, having the courage to follow through with living out your dreams, bed bugs, biker gangs, and snake charmers. You can watch his videos at byronbanasiak.com…
Galápagos Islands, smuggled out of civil wars, racing cars, exploding deer, flying naked man, and drunk pilots ...i am a backpacker traveling the world. Although the things I do and see are incredible, it’s the people I meet and the stories they tell that by far surpass any other experience. I sit down with one of, if not the funniest and most interesting person I’ve ever met on the road. Enno’s life of traveling could fill up two more hours of podcasts. This is my first podcast and the end was cut off but it is still worth a listen! **warning: explicit language**…
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