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 math that powers 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…
Welcome to "Here's The Pitch... With Mike Auriana", this podcast is a podcast all about movies. Every podcast episode will be both a detailed analysis/review and either an alternative pitch of the movie using the existing plot points but changing up the specifics or a pitch for the sequel that would be a direct continuation of the story from the selected movie. Hosted by Mike Auriana.
Welcome to "Here's The Pitch... With Mike Auriana", this podcast is a podcast all about movies. Every podcast episode will be both a detailed analysis/review and either an alternative pitch of the movie using the existing plot points but changing up the specifics or a pitch for the sequel that would be a direct continuation of the story from the selected movie. Hosted by Mike Auriana.
I watched Netflix's Desperados (2020) which was a really weird flick, but you should still take the time and watch it with me while I react and make fun of it and stuff! You can find Desperados on Netflix.
Today, I talk about how I deal with ideas and storytelling. This was a lot of fun for me to record and I had a great time talking about my personal experiences and thought processes involving ideas and stories.
I'm joined by my friend Ally to talk about the Netflix movie The Perfect Date. This movie was a weird and wild ride that was utterly bad. Everyone should see this film.
To kick off this podcast I discussed Detective Pikachu starring Ryan Reynolds directed by Rob Letterman. I provide my full in depth review and my own pitch for Detective Pikachu 2.
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