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…
This gorgeous art of Dayo reassuring Tarisai that he's okay is by Moon's Haunted on tumblr and you can see it here! https://souldagger.tumblr.com/post/664616164349132800/tar-look-at-me-im-fine-a-not-so-quick-sketch These chapters are the ones in which Tarisai has to negotiate with an angry, volcanic alugbato to save a whole town, while the Crocodile sings a song to get it riled up. He doesn't seem to have much of a plan beyond "burn it all down" though, and Tarisai's plan turns out the be a little more ambitious than she's allowed without jumping through some hoops first. The song is Akadiole by Sekou Conde featuring Mamadama Conde. Sekou Conde is a teacher of West African traditional drumming, and you can find him on Facebook here, as well as virtually attend classes! https://www.facebook.com/faradalaconde/ Mamadama Conde is a member of Nimbaya!, an all-women Guinean drumming group practicing a drumming tradition that had previously only been permitted to be performed by men. You can find them on Facebook here! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063538394338 Here is the link to the song on iTunes! https://music.apple.com/us/album/akadiole-feat-mamadama-conde/1610165743?i=1610165751
This gorgeous art of Dayo reassuring Tarisai that he's okay is by Moon's Haunted on tumblr and you can see it here! https://souldagger.tumblr.com/post/664616164349132800/tar-look-at-me-im-fine-a-not-so-quick-sketch These chapters are the ones in which Tarisai has to negotiate with an angry, volcanic alugbato to save a whole town, while the Crocodile sings a song to get it riled up. He doesn't seem to have much of a plan beyond "burn it all down" though, and Tarisai's plan turns out the be a little more ambitious than she's allowed without jumping through some hoops first. The song is Akadiole by Sekou Conde featuring Mamadama Conde. Sekou Conde is a teacher of West African traditional drumming, and you can find him on Facebook here, as well as virtually attend classes! https://www.facebook.com/faradalaconde/ Mamadama Conde is a member of Nimbaya!, an all-women Guinean drumming group practicing a drumming tradition that had previously only been permitted to be performed by men. You can find them on Facebook here! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063538394338 Here is the link to the song on iTunes! https://music.apple.com/us/album/akadiole-feat-mamadama-conde/1610165743?i=1610165751
It's time for the final wonderful chapters of The Maid And The Crocodile, and we're hoping that we get a little bit more of this beautiful world somewhere down the line. Thanks for listening! If you'd like to support the show, please go to https://www.patreon.com/unspoiled and become a patron or just follow us for updates! The song is Akadiole by Sekou Conde featuring Mamadama Conde. Sekou Conde is a teacher of West African traditional drumming, and you can find him on Facebook here, as well as virtually attend classes! https://www.facebook.com/faradalaconde/ Mamadama Conde is a member of Nimbaya!, an all-women Guinean drumming group practicing a drumming tradition that had previously only been permitted to be performed by men. You can find them on Facebook here! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063538394338 Here is the link to the song on iTunes! https://music.apple.com/us/album/akadiole-feat-mamadama-conde/1610165743?i=1610165751 Wanna talk spoilers? Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/rEF2KfZxfV…
If you'd like to support the show, please go to https://www.patreon.com/unspoiled and become a patron or just follow us for updates! This illustration of Sanjeet and Tarisai is by Oksana Bulkevych and you can check out more art on their website here! https://www.behance.net/bulkevo38b4 These chapters are the ones in which the Crocodile confesses to Tarisai about stealing her voice, and she does a BOY BYE and ditches him to go stay with Ye Eun and Dele in the partially repaired flower shop. The song is Akadiole by Sekou Conde featuring Mamadama Conde. Sekou Conde is a teacher of West African traditional drumming, and you can find him on Facebook here, as well as virtually attend classes! https://www.facebook.com/faradalaconde/ Mamadama Conde is a member of Nimbaya!, an all-women Guinean drumming group practicing a drumming tradition that had previously only been permitted to be performed by men. You can find them on Facebook here! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063538394338 Here is the link to the song on iTunes! https://music.apple.com/us/album/akadiole-feat-mamadama-conde/1610165743?i=1610165751 Wanna talk spoilers? Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/rEF2KfZxfV…
This artwork of Tarisai and Sanjeet is by Oksana Bulkevych, and you can see more of her work here! https://www.behance.net/bulkevo38b4 These chapters of The Maid And The Crocodile are the ones in which Sade begins to grow from small to...well, not large, but at least more average-sized. She is still not really suspecting the thing that RoShawn and I think happened with her voice, but she does manage to make a point that the Crocodile seems to actually hear. For once. Thanks so much to you all for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode! If you'd like to support the show, please go to https://www.patreon.com/unspoiled and become a patron or just follow us for updates! The song is Akadiole by Sekou Conde featuring Mamadama Conde. Sekou Conde is a teacher of West African traditional drumming, and you can find him on Facebook here, as well as virtually attend classes! https://www.facebook.com/faradalaconde/ Mamadama Conde is a member of Nimbaya!, an all-women Guinean drumming group practicing a drumming tradition that had previously only been permitted to be performed by men. You can find them on Facebook here! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063538394338 Here is the link to the song on iTunes! https://music.apple.com/us/album/akadiole-feat-mamadama-conde/1610165743?i=1610165751…
If you'd like to support the show, please go to https://www.patreon.com/unspoiled and become a patron or just follow us for updates! This beautiful artwork of Tarisai making a deal with the Underworld is by Oksana Bulkevych and you can see their website here! https://www.behance.net/bulkevo38b4 These chapters of The Maid And The Crocodile are the ones where Small Sade has to flee Bekhina House when the "sin salon" idea goes horribly awry. RoShawn and I are very suspicious of whether the Crocodile was involved with Sade losing her voice, but that doesn't seem to have occurred to Sade! The song is Akadiole by Sekou Conde featuring Mamadama Conde. Sekou Conde is a teacher of West African traditional drumming, and you can find him on Facebook here, as well as virtually attend classes! https://www.facebook.com/faradalaconde/ Mamadama Conde is a member of Nimbaya!, an all-women Guinean drumming group practicing a drumming tradition that had previously only been permitted to be performed by men. You can find them on Facebook here! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063538394338 Here is the link to the song on iTunes! https://music.apple.com/us/album/akadiole-feat-mamadama-conde/1610165743?i=1610165751 Wanna talk spoilers? Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/rEF2KfZxfV…
If you'd like to support the show, please go to https://www.patreon.com/unspoiled and become a patron or just follow us for updates! These chapters are the ones in which Small Sade finds out that we are indeed dealing with The Crocodile, and she understandably freaks out a bit. Also, she is made to do the sin-eating of a new client, and it's absolutely horrific. She's expected to do this 20 more times. Thanks, we hate it! This illustration is actually for the Ukranian version of Raybearer, but since there isn't much art out there for The Maid And The Crocodile yet I hope you will forgive me. It's by Oksana Bulkevych and dyou can take a look at their website here! https://www.behance.net/bulkevo38b4 The song is Akadiole by Sekou Conde featuring Mamadama Conde. Sekou Conde is a teacher of West African traditional drumming, and you can find him on Facebook here, as well as virtually attend classes! https://www.facebook.com/faradalaconde/ Mamadama Conde is a member of Nimbaya!, an all-women Guinean drumming group practicing a drumming tradition that had previously only been permitted to be performed by men. You can find them on Facebook here! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063538394338 Here is the link to the song on iTunes! https://music.apple.com/us/album/akadiole-feat-mamadama-conde/1610165743?i=1610165751 Wanna talk spoilers? Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/rEF2KfZxfV…
If you'd like to support the show, please go to https://www.patreon.com/unspoiled and become a patron or just follow us for updates! This UK version of the cover art for The Maid And The Crocodile is by @micaelaalcainodesign and you can see their instagram here! https://www.instagram.com/micaelaalcainodesign/ These chapters are the ones in which Small Sade gets caught in her mistress's room without permission, and in order to keep from getting fired she does something really desperate...and really REALLY gross. The song is Akadiole by Sekou Conde featuring Mamadama Conde. Sekou Conde is a teacher of West African traditional drumming, and you can find him on Facebook here, as well as virtually attend classes! https://www.facebook.com/faradalaconde/ Mamadama Conde is a member of Nimbaya!, an all-women Guinean drumming group practicing a drumming tradition that had previously only been permitted to be performed by men. You can find them on Facebook here! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063538394338 Here is the link to the song on iTunes! https://music.apple.com/us/album/akadiole-feat-mamadama-conde/1610165743?i=1610165751 Wanna talk spoilers? Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/rEF2KfZxfV…
This lovely illustration of Sade and The Crocodile is by @kaitlyn.illustration and you can see it here! https://www.instagram.com/p/C9aFTj9gDrx/?hl=en&img_index=1 These chapters are the ones in which Sade is hired at Mamadele's inn, but Mamadele is only willing to hire Sade if she can accomplish a few minor miracles. In the meantime, Sade gets to know Dele and the Amenities, and finds that actually, she quite likes it here. Thank you so much for listening, and we will see you soon with a new episode! If you'd like to support the show, please go to https://www.patreon.com/unspoiled and become a patron or just follow us for updates! The song is Akadiole by Sekou Conde featuring Mamadama Conde. Sekou Conde is a teacher of West African traditional drumming, and you can find him on Facebook here, as well as virtually attend classes! https://www.facebook.com/faradalaconde/ Mamadama Conde is a member of Nimbaya!, an all-women Guinean drumming group practicing a drumming tradition that had previously only been permitted to be performed by men. You can find them on Facebook here! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063538394338 Here is the link to the song on iTunes! https://music.apple.com/us/album/akadiole-feat-mamadama-conde/1610165743?i=1610165751 Wanna talk spoilers? Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/rEF2KfZxfV…
If you'd like to support the show, please go to https://www.patreon.com/unspoiled and become a patron or just follow us for updates! It's time to reenter the world of Raybearer with Jordan Ifueko's latest novel, The Maid And The Crocodile! We're not in Tarisai's POV anymore though, we're seeing this world through brand new eyes, and Sade is coming from a very different social status and life experience to the one Tarisai has. But there is at least one familiar face (and posisbly a second one, though that remains to be seen) and the Anointed are still out there kicking around, so there's a chance we may see more. Thanks so much to you all for listening, and we will see you next week with a new episode! The song is Akadiole by Sekou Conde featuring Mamadama Conde. Sekou Conde is a teacher of West African traditional drumming, and you can find him on Facebook here, as well as virtually attend classes! https://www.facebook.com/faradalaconde/ Mamadama Conde is a member of Nimbaya!, an all-women Guinean drumming group practicing a drumming tradition that had previously only been permitted to be performed by men. You can find them on Facebook here! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063538394338 Here is the link to the song on iTunes! https://music.apple.com/us/album/akadiole-feat-mamadama-conde/1610165743?i=1610165751 Wanna talk spoilers? Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/rEF2KfZxfV…
In memory of Zuri I decided to use this gorgeous illustration of Tarisai and the king of Djibanti by @wantsgmarie which you can see on Jordan Ifueko's instagram here! https://www.instagram.com/p/CPPXVZULg99/ These are the final chapters of the book, in which Tarisai is INDEED betrayed by her mother like RoShawn (and most of us, I have to imagine) predicted. This leads to Tarisai getting confronted by the Abiku and having to make a difficult choice that I personally didn't see coming at all. Thanks so much for listening The song is Akadiole by Sekou Conde featuring Mamadama Conde. Sekou Conde is a teacher of West African traditional drumming, and you can find him on Facebook here, as well as virtually attend classes! https://www.facebook.com/faradalaconde/ Mamadama Conde is a member of Nimbaya!, an all-women Guinean drumming group practicing a drumming tradition that had previously only been permitted to be performed by men. You can find them on Facebook here! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063538394338 Here is the link to the song on iTunes! https://music.apple.com/us/album/akadiole-feat-mamadama-conde/1610165743?i=1610165751…
This art of Tarisai falling into the Underworld is by @lady_nefertitii on Instagram and you can see the animated version with spooky sounds here! https://www.instagram.com/p/CRr3F2VrcCW/ We are finally in the Underworld, and things are pretty wild round these parts. RoShawn is real mad at Tarisai, and I can't say as I blame her. The song is Akadiole by Sekou Conde featuring Mamadama Conde. Sekou Conde is a teacher of West African traditional drumming, and you can find him on Facebook here, as well as virtually attend classes! https://www.facebook.com/faradalaconde/ Mamadama Conde is a member of Nimbaya!, an all-women Guinean drumming group practicing a drumming tradition that had previously only been permitted to be performed by men. You can find them on Facebook here! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063538394338 Here is the link to the song on iTunes! https://music.apple.com/us/album/akadiole-feat-mamadama-conde/1610165743?i=1610165751…
This art of Tarisai and Sanjeet in the pool at the temple is by @wantsgmarie and you can see their Instagram here! https://www.instagram.com/wantsgmarie/ These chapters are the ones in which Zuri's revolution begins, and he finally connects to the Ray, only to reveal to Tarisai that he used to be connected with The Lady. RoShawn is NOT pleased. In happier news, Tarisai finally admits that she needs help, and is taken to a place where she can find peace. Of course, this is only temporary, and she's going to need to face her demons soon enough. The song is Akadiole by Sekou Conde featuring Mamadama Conde. Sekou Conde is a teacher of West African traditional drumming, and you can find him on Facebook here, as well as virtually attend classes! https://www.facebook.com/faradalaconde/ Mamadama Conde is a member of Nimbaya!, an all-women Guinean drumming group practicing a drumming tradition that had previously only been permitted to be performed by men. You can find them on Facebook here! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063538394338 Here is the link to the song on iTunes! https://music.apple.com/us/album/akadiole-feat-mamadama-conde/1610165743?i=1610165751…
This gorgeous art of Tarisai in her High Lady Judge regalia is by @offrostandflames and you can see their instagram here! https://www.instagram.com/offrostandflames/ These chapters are the ones where Tarisai has a conversation with the newly revealed Crocodile about revolution and his role in the kingdom, and she sees Woo In again! Also, we get to see how good Dayo is with babies and it's adorable. The song is Akadiole by Sekou Conde featuring Mamadama Conde. Sekou Conde is a teacher of West African traditional drumming, and you can find him on Facebook here, as well as virtually attend classes! https://www.facebook.com/faradalaconde/ Mamadama Conde is a member of Nimbaya!, an all-women Guinean drumming group practicing a drumming tradition that had previously only been permitted to be performed by men. You can find them on Facebook here! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063538394338 Here is the link to the song on iTunes! https://music.apple.com/us/album/akadiole-feat-mamadama-conde/1610165743?i=1610165751…
This lovely illustration of Tarisai and her sprites is by @ei.ei.jo on instagram! https://www.instagram.com/ei.ei.jo/ These chapters are the ones in which Tarisai finally decides to show her real, true memories to the people she's asking to join her council. The song is Akadiole by Sekou Conde featuring Mamadama Conde. Sekou Conde is a teacher of West African traditional drumming, and you can find him on Facebook here, as well as virtually attend classes! https://www.facebook.com/faradalaconde/ Mamadama Conde is a member of Nimbaya!, an all-women Guinean drumming group practicing a drumming tradition that had previously only been permitted to be performed by men. You can find them on Facebook here! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063538394338 Here is the link to the song on iTunes! https://music.apple.com/us/album/akadiole-feat-mamadama-conde/1610165743?i=1610165751…
These tarot card designs of Tarisai and Ekundayo were designed by lgions for Fairyloot, a merch and book subscription service. You can see lgions ' Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/lgions/ and check out Fairyloot here! https://us.fairyloot.com/ These chapters are the ones in which Tarisai takes her first step in the direction of annointing her own council by seeing the memories of others and sharing her own memories with them...but she can't help but edit the memories to make herself look more like the ideal Queen, and RoShawn is highly displeased. The song is Akadiole by Sekou Conde featuring Mamadama Conde. Sekou Conde is a teacher of West African traditional drumming, and you can find him on Facebook here, as well as virtually attend classes! https://www.facebook.com/faradalaconde/ Mamadama Conde is a member of Nimbaya!, an all-women Guinean drumming group practicing a drumming tradition that had previously only been permitted to be performed by men. You can find them on Facebook here! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063538394338 Here is the link to the song on iTunes! https://music.apple.com/us/album/akadiole-feat-mamadama-conde/1610165743?i=1610165751…
This gorgeous art of Dayo reassuring Tarisai that he's okay is by Moon's Haunted on tumblr and you can see it here! https://souldagger.tumblr.com/post/664616164349132800/tar-look-at-me-im-fine-a-not-so-quick-sketch These chapters are the ones in which Tarisai has to negotiate with an angry, volcanic alugbato to save a whole town, while the Crocodile sings a song to get it riled up. He doesn't seem to have much of a plan beyond "burn it all down" though, and Tarisai's plan turns out the be a little more ambitious than she's allowed without jumping through some hoops first. The song is Akadiole by Sekou Conde featuring Mamadama Conde. Sekou Conde is a teacher of West African traditional drumming, and you can find him on Facebook here, as well as virtually attend classes! https://www.facebook.com/faradalaconde/ Mamadama Conde is a member of Nimbaya!, an all-women Guinean drumming group practicing a drumming tradition that had previously only been permitted to be performed by men. You can find them on Facebook here! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063538394338 Here is the link to the song on iTunes! https://music.apple.com/us/album/akadiole-feat-mamadama-conde/1610165743?i=1610165751…
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