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…
A violin prodigy and her trumpet player roommate must find her missing breakfast cereal before her debut performance with The Harvard Pops Orchestra. Tune in to this five episode musical mystery melodrama the likes of which you have never heard before. All of the music in this podcast was composed, arranged, recorded, and mixed by members of The Harvard Pops Orchestra. Producers: Georgiy Kent, Rachel Guo, Elida Kocharian, and Allen Feinstien Audio Editor: Georgiy Kent Cover Art by Rachel Guo Full Program: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dfIrfn_lP53zj9uvaQnRoZPlWMxRQd47cdCNfjDLvZo/view
A violin prodigy and her trumpet player roommate must find her missing breakfast cereal before her debut performance with The Harvard Pops Orchestra. Tune in to this five episode musical mystery melodrama the likes of which you have never heard before. All of the music in this podcast was composed, arranged, recorded, and mixed by members of The Harvard Pops Orchestra. Producers: Georgiy Kent, Rachel Guo, Elida Kocharian, and Allen Feinstien Audio Editor: Georgiy Kent Cover Art by Rachel Guo Full Program: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dfIrfn_lP53zj9uvaQnRoZPlWMxRQd47cdCNfjDLvZo/view
The concert is minutes away and the choco-pops have yet to be found! Will Thea and Seth find the cereal before the show starts? Will Thea make it through the performance? Will we ever learn the identity of the cereal thief? Find out on this final episode of Popscast: Cereal. Featured Music: Pops Theme: Rachel Guo, Orchestrated by Allen Feinstein Sabre Dance: Aram Kachaturian; Arranged by Georgiy Kent Concerto: Composed by Rachel Guo; Orchestrated by Allen Feinstein Voice Actors: Eve Crompton - Thea Thomas Kaminsky - Seth Bryce Reynolds - Ashley and Remy the Cat Harry Sage - Professor Treble Asher Specter - Dean Khurana Maya Bharara - Professor Spookyooky and the conductor Mireya Sanchez-Maes - Pledge 1 Anthony Lee - Pledge 2 Sebastian Garcia - Narrator Audio Editor: Georgiy Kent All music in Popscast Cereal was composed, arranged, recorded, and mixed by members of The Harvard Pops Orchestra…
Thea and Seth find themselves in the depths of Lamont Library facing off a gaggle of Gregorian ghouls. Will they survive this scary encounter? Will our heroes crack the case in the library stacks? Featured Music: Pops Theme: Rachel Guo, Orchestrated by Allen Feinstein Scooby Doo: Ted Nichols; Arranged by Elida Kocharian Anatomical Fugue: Inspired by Ernst Toch; Arranged by Sam Cohen Spooky Scary Skeletons: Andrew Gold; Arranged by Elida Kocharian Gregorian Chant: Arranged by Georgiy Kent; Lyrics by Harry Sage Voice Actors: Eve Crompton - Thea Thomas Kaminsky - Seth Michael Pak - Bones Kid Mireya Sanchez-Maes - Pledge 1 Anthony Lee - Pledge 2 Sebastian Garcia - Narrator Audio Editor - Georgiy Kent All of the music in Popscast: Cereal was composed, arranged, recorded, and mixed by members of the Harvard Pops Orchestra…
Remy the Cat leads Thea and Seth right to a cloaked figure in the the old cemetery in Harvard Square. Have our heroes walked right into their doom? Or will this encounter reveal something about the missing choco-pops? Featured Music Popscast: Theme - Rachel Guo; Orchestrated by Allen Feinstein Thriller - Rod Temperton; Arranged by Rachel Guo Halloween Theme - John Carpenter; Arranged by Sebastian Garcia Gregorian Chant - Arranged by Georgiy Kent; Lyrics by Harry Sage Voice Actors: Eve Crompton - Thea Thomas Kaminsky - Seth Maya Bharara - Professor Spookyooky Sebastian Garcia - Narrator Audio Editor: Georgiy Kent All music included Popcast: Cereal was composed, arranged, recorded, and mixed by members of the Harvard Pops Orchestra…
The prime suspect in the case of the missing cereal is Thea's arch-nemesis and rival, Horrendously Regular Orchestra (HRO) concert master Ashley. After Seth noticed some incriminating choco-dust on Ashley's clothes, our heroes are one step closer to solving this mystery. Featured Music: Popscast Theme - Rachel Guo; Orchestration by Allen Feinstein Addams Family Theme - Vic Mizzy; Arranged by Georgiy Kent X - Files Theme - Mark Snow; Arranged by Georgiy Kent Voice Actors: Eve Crompton - Thea Thomas Kaminsky - Seth Bryce Reynolds - Ashley and Remy the Cat Asher Specter - Dean Khurana Sebastian Garcia - Narrator Audio Editor: Georgiy Kent All music included Popcast: Cereal was composed, arranged, recorded, and mixed by members of the Harvard Pops Orchestra…
Thea's all important cereal goes missing the day of her debut performance with The Harvard Pops Orchestra. She and her trumpet playing roommate Seth must solve this mystery before she takes the stage. Where will this cereal hunt lead our protagonists? What wacky characters will they meet on their adventure? Tune in to find out... Featured Music: Popscast Theme - Rachel Guo; Orchestration by Allen Feinstein Inspector Gadget Theme - Shuki Levy and Haim Saban; Arranged by Georgiy Kent Imperial March - John Williams; Arranged by Maya Bharara Voice Actors: Eve Crompton - Thea Thomas Kaminsky - Seth Bryce Reynolds - Ashley Harry Sage - Professor Treble Sebastian Garcia - Narrator Audio Editor - Georgiy Kent All the music in Popscast: Cereal was composed, arranged, recorded, and mixed by members of The Harvard Pops Orchestra.…
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