Creation: Part 1

Swords, Sorcery, and Socialism

MP3•Αρχική οθόνη επεισοδίου

1:14:43

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…

πριν περίπου ένα χρόνο 1:20:27

A crossover episode with Trevor from The History of Persia from a couple years ago. We discuss historicity, Zoroastrianism, and well, creation!

patreon.com/swordsandsocialism
Email: SwordsAndSocialismPod@protonmail.com
The Show: @SwordsNSocPod
Aurora: @Herbo_Anarchist
Ketho: @StupidPuma69

66 επεισόδια

#Books #Arts #Sci-Fi / Fantasy Stories #Audio Drama #Darius & Ketho

Swords, Sorcery, and Socialism

Creation: Part 1

Swords, Sorcery, and Socialism

published πριν περίπου ένα χρόνο

Μοίρασέ το

MP3•Αρχική οθόνη επεισοδίου

A crossover episode with Trevor from The History of Persia from a couple years ago. We discuss historicity, Zoroastrianism, and well, creation!

patreon.com/swordsandsocialism
Email: SwordsAndSocialismPod@protonmail.com
The Show: @SwordsNSocPod
Aurora: @Herbo_Anarchist
Ketho: @StupidPuma69

66 επεισόδια

#Books #Arts #Sci-Fi / Fantasy Stories #Audio Drama #Darius & Ketho

Semua episode

Swords, Sorcery, and Socialism

1
Annihilation 1:30:59

πριν 28 μέρες1:30:59

1:30:59

What happens when you can't trust your teammates, your senses, or even your own mind? Impenetrable secrets, deadly environments, and the nature of what can be known all await as Aurora and Ketho dive into the eerie and mind-bending scifi novella Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer. patreon.com/swordsandsocialism Email: SwordsAndSocialismPod@protonmail.com The Show: @SwordsNSocPod Aurora: @Herbo_Anarchist Ketho: @StupidPuma69…

Swords, Sorcery, and Socialism

1
A Psalm for the Wild Built 1:32:11

πριν 7 weeks1:32:11

1:32:11

In a utopian world where all your needs are met, what does it mean to try and find meaning? Between tea, robots, and the sound of crickets, Aurora and Ketho are joined by Theresa to talk about A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers. patreon.com/swordsandsocialism Email: SwordsAndSocialismPod@protonmail.com The Show: @SwordsNSocPod Aurora: @Herbo_Anarchist Ketho: @StupidPuma69…

Swords, Sorcery, and Socialism

1
City of Brass 2:08:13

πριν 17 weeks2:08:13

2:08:13

If you like djinn, magic, and the whole world teaming up to make one woman's life worse, then you'll enjoy Aurora and Trevor talking about City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty. Set far outside the Euro-centric confines of most fantasy, City of Brass mixes deep and interesting world building with characters we loved to hate. Also war crimes. patreon.com/swordsandsocialism Email: SwordsAndSocialismPod@protonmail.com The Show: @SwordsNSocPod Aurora: @Herbo_Anarchist Ketho: @StupidPuma69…

Swords, Sorcery, and Socialism

1
The Left Hand of Darkness 1:50:37

πριν 20 weeks1:50:37

1:50:37

It's time for a classic. We are joined by returning champion Trevor to discuss Ursula K. Le Guin's seminal work, The Left Hand of Darkness. We talk about gender, how you have states without war, and of course, the balance of light and dark. patreon.com/swordsandsocialism Email: SwordsAndSocialismPod@protonmail.com The Show: @SwordsNSocPod Aurora: @Herbo_Anarchist Ketho: @StupidPuma69…

Swords, Sorcery, and Socialism

1
Feed 1:40:30

πριν 28 weeks1:40:30

1:40:30

It's time for a little sci-fi horror! This episode we are joined by Bry and Fry from the Pontifacts pod to talk about Feed by Mira Grant. A near future were zombies are a fact of everyday life, bloggers are super important, and we look with post 2020 eyes at how someone in 2010 imagined we would react to a world wide deadly pandemic. Sometimes dystopia is actually more positive that reality. @pontifactspod https://pontifacts.podbean.com/ patreon.com/swordsandsocialism Email: SwordsAndSocialismPod@protonmail.com The Show: @SwordsNSocPod Aurora: @Herbo_Anarchist Ketho: @StupidPuma69…

Swords, Sorcery, and Socialism

1
Creation: Part 2 1:05:11

πριν 31 weeks1:05:11

1:05:11

A crossover episode with Trevor from The History of Persia from a couple years ago. We discuss historicity, Zoroastrianism, and well, creation! patreon.com/swordsandsocialism Email: SwordsAndSocialismPod@protonmail.com The Show: @SwordsNSocPod Aurora: @Herbo_Anarchist Ketho: @StupidPuma69

Swords, Sorcery, and Socialism

πριν 2 years1:53:44