Month: January 2022

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Lex Fridman Podcast - #258 – Yann LeCun: Dark Matter of Intelligence and Self-Supervised Learning

Yann LeCun is the Chief AI Scientist at Meta, professor at NYU, Turing Award winner, and one of the seminal researchers in the history of machine learning. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Books and resources mentioned:
Self-supervised learning (article): https://bit.ly/3Aau1DQ

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OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(06:58) – Self-supervised learning
(17:17) – Vision vs language
(23:08) – Statistics
(28:55) – Three challenges of machine learning
(34:45) – Chess
(42:47) – Animals and intelligence
(52:31) – Data augmentation
(1:13:51) – Multimodal learning
(1:25:40) – Consciousness
(1:30:25) – Intrinsic vs learned ideas
(1:34:37) – Fear of death
(1:42:29) – Artificial Intelligence
(1:56:18) – Facebook AI Research
(2:12:56) – NeurIPS
(2:29:08) – Complexity
(2:37:33) – Music
(2:42:28) – Advice for young people

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Motley Fool Money - The Fundamentals of Financial Data, with Tom Gardner and Ayal Cusner

Understanding the math can help you weather the storm as a stock investor. Ayal Cusner, Investing AI & Automation lead at The Motley Fool, joins CEO and co-founder Tom Gardner to talk about the data that can give you more peace of mind when the market goes sideways. In this episode they discuss:  - The math behind stock volatility  - The fundamentals of owning growth-oriented companies  - The potential long-term rewards of going on stock investing’s wild ride To learn more: How to Calculate Volatility of a Stock - https://www.fool.com/investing/how-to-invest/stocks/how-to-calculate-stock-volatility/ Understanding Portfolio Diversification - https://www.fool.com/investing/how-to-invest/portfolio-diversification/ Host: Tom Gardner Guest:  Ayal Cusner Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Rick Engdahl, Dan Boyd

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: What Happened at Congress’ Bitcoin Energy Hearing?

Was it FUD or was progress made? 

This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Abra and FTX US.  

This week on the “Weekly Recap,” NLW breaks down the House hearing on energy in the crypto industry. He looks at problems with the advance memo and provides refutations of some of the misunderstandings. 

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai Eruption

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On January 15, 2022, one of the biggest geologic events in the last 30 years occurred. 

The Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcano in the nation of Tonga erupted. It wasn’t just a volcanic eruption, however, 

It was an event that actually had repercussions all around the world. 

Learn more about the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption, why it happened, and what it means for Tonga and the world, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: COVID Testing Questions Answered

Now that every American household can sign up to get four at-home COVID-19 tests from the federal government for free, we’re talking all about COVID testing. We’re answering some top questions about when to use each type of test, their accuracy, and their availability.

Our expert today has been tracking the development of COVID-19 tests throughout this pandemic: Dr. Gigi Gronvall is an immunologist and senior scholar at Johns Hopkins University. She’s clearing up misconceptions about at-home testing, sharing her take on the CDC’s latest isolation guidelines, and more.

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It Could Happen Here - It Could Happen Here Weekly 18

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.


Join us on 2/17 for a live digital experience of Behind the Bastards (plus Q&A) featuring Robert Evans, Propaganda, & Sophie Lichterman. If you can't make it, the show will be available for replay until 2/24!

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