Talking Machines

Talking Machines


Latest Episodes

Prioritizing Problems and 100 episodes
March 20, 2020

Episode four of season six is our 100th episode! (Well it's Katherine's). We take a break from our regular format for Neil and Katherine to chat about the current situation around Covid-19, understanding exponentials, and what impact this might have on ho

The Great AI Fallacy
March 05, 2020

In this episode we talk about the Great AI Fallacy, take a listener question about Federated Learning, and catch up with Ross Goodwin and Oscar Sharp  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If a Machine Could Predict Your Death, Should it?
February 20, 2020

in episode two of season six we hear Ziad Obermeyer's talk from TedX Boston entitled If a Machine Could Predict Your Death, Should it? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Predicting the Decade and Distributing Conferences
February 06, 2020

In episode one of season six we make some predictions about what will happen in the field in the next decade and talk with Margot Gerritsen about her work and WiDS You can listen to the WiDS podcast here!

Debating Project Debater and Hello NeurIPS
November 21, 2019

In our last episode for season five Katherine and Neil debate his debating project debater and talk about whats coming up at NeurIPS. Hope to see you there!

De-Enchanting AI with the Law
November 07, 2019

in episode twenty two of season five we hear a talk from Kenneth Anderson on how the field of AI and the law can work together to form regulation from TedX Boston

How to Ask an Actionable Question
October 24, 2019

In Episode 21 of Season five we sit down with Marzyeh Ghassemi to talk about her work and how she's refined her focus.

Children are the Future and Ada Lovelace Day
October 10, 2019

In episode twenty of season five we talk with Neil about a discussion he had about the impact of ML tools on children talk about the new Diversity Dashboard from the Turing Institute in response to a question about cool things for Ada Lovelace day plus

News from Neil and Updates from DALI
September 26, 2019

In episode eighteen of season five we talk about DALI, get some big news about the next thing for Neil and talk with Benjamin Akera.

A Cooperative Path to Artificial Intelligence
September 12, 2019

In episode eighteen of season five we hear Michael Littman's talk A Cooperative Path to Artificial Intelligence