AI isn’t the app, it’s the UI
A realistic understanding of generative AI can guide us to its ideal use case: not a decision-maker or unsupervised agent tucked away from the end user, but an interface between humans and machines.
The worst coder in the world tries an AI sidekick
Look out, world! The worst coder is back and ready to create code he doesn't understand.
Ben Popper
Director of Content
Is this the AI renaissance? (Ep. 564)
Paul van der Boor is a Senior Director of Data Science at Prosus and a member of its internal AI group. He talks with Ben about what’s happening in the world of generative AI, the power of collective discovery, and the gap between a shiny proof of concept and a product that people will actually use.
Eira May
Senior Content Marketer
After crypto’s reality check, an investor remains cautiously optimistic (Ep. 553)
Kenny Hearn, Fund Manager and Head of Research at SwissOne Capital, tells Ben about his path from traditional asset management to Web3 specialist and why he remains optimistic about the future of the market.
Eira May
Senior Content Marketer
Let’s talk large language models (Ep. 550)
The home team unpacks their complicated feelings about AI, the Beyoncé deepfake that got kpop hopes up, and the pandemic’s ripple effects on today’s teenagers. Ben, the world’s worst coder, tells Cassidy and Ceora about building a web app with an AI assistant.
Eira May
Senior Content Marketer
After the buzz fades: What our data tells us about emerging technology sentiment
Why open source is the model for every emerging tech out there.
How Intuit democratizes AI development across teams through reusability
We found success in a blended approach to product development—a marriage of the skills and expertise of data, AI, analytics, and software engineering teams—to build a platform powered by componentized AI.
Yi Ng and Clarence Huang
ML and AI consulting-as-a-service (Ep. 542)
The home team talks with Jaclyn Rice Nelson, cofounder and CEO of Tribe AI, about the explosion of hype surrounding generative AI, what it’s like to work at a startup after working at Google, and how Tribe is leveraging the power of a specialist network.
Eira May
Senior Content Marketer
Does your professor pass the Turing test? (Ep. 537)
How can educators (and students) adapt to the inevitable rise of AI?
Eira May
Senior Content Marketer
The AI that writes music from text (Ep. 535)
The home team discusses why it seems like everybody needs subtitles now, the AI that generates music from text, and a list of open-source data engineering projects for you to contribute to.
Eira May
Senior Content Marketer
Taming multiple design systems with a single plugin (Ep. 526)
We chat about how their design system is evolving into a platform, how AI keeps their brand consistent, and why a design system doesn’t have to solve every use case.
