Talking Machines

Talking Machines


Latest Episodes

Exploring MARS and Getting back to Bayesics
April 11, 2019

In episode seven of season five of we chat about MARS and Re: MARS OpenAI's status changes and We talk with Jasper Snoek of Google Brain

The Sweetness of a Bitter Lesson and Bringing ML and Healthcare Closer
March 28, 2019

In episode six of season five we talk about Richard Sutton's A Bitter Lesson. Chat about IEEE's new Ethical Guidelines and talk with Andrew Beam Senior Fellownn at Flagship Pioneering, Head of Machine Learning for Flagship VL57 and Assistant Professor, D

Slowed Down Conferences and Even More Summer Schools
March 14, 2019

In episode five of season five we talk about the Stu Hunter conference, Summer schools options (DLRLSS!) and chat with Adrian Weller of the Alan Turing Institute

Jupyter Notebooks and Modern Model Distribution
February 28, 2019

In episode four of season five we talk about Jupyter Notebooks and Neil's dream of a world craft software and devices, we take a listener question about the conversation surrounding Open AI's GPT-2 its announcement and the coverage and we hear an intervie

The Pace of Change and The Public View of ML
October 05, 2017

In episode ten of season three we talk about the rate of change (prompted by Tim Harford), take a listener question about the power of kernels, and talk with Peter Donnelly in his capacity with the Royal Society's Machine Learning Working Group about the

The Long View and Learning in Person
September 21, 2017

In episode nine of season three we chat about the difference between models and algorithms, take a listener question about summer schools and learning in person as opposed to learning digitally, and we chat with John Quinn of the United Nations Global P

Machine Learning in the Field and Bayesian Baked Goods
September 07, 2017

In episode eight of season three we return to the epic (or maybe not so epic) clash between frequentists and bayesians, take a listener question about the ethical questions generators of machine learning should be asking of themselves (not just their tool

Data Science Africa with Dina Machuve
August 10, 2017

In episode seven of season three we take a minute to break way from our regular format and feature a conversation with Dina Machuve of the Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology we cover everything from her work to how cell phone acces

The Church of Bayes and Collecting Data
July 27, 2017

In episode six of season three we chat about the difference between frequentists and Bayesians, take a listener question about techniques for panel data, and have an interview with Katherine Heller of Duke

Getting a Start in ML and Applied AI at Facebook
July 13, 2017

In episode five of season three we compare and contrast AI and data science, take a listener question about getting started in machine learning, and listen to an interview with Joaquin Quiñonero Candela. For a great place to get started with foundational