Chris sits down with Ankur Goyal to talk about DocQuery , Impira’s new open source ML model. DocQuery lets you ask questions about semi-structured data (like invoices) and unstructured documents (like contracts) using Large Language Models (LLMs). Ankur illustrates many of the ways DocQuery can help people tame documents, and references Chris’s real life tasks as a non-profit director to demonstrate that DocQuery is indeed practical AI. Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, g...
Oct 12, 2022•42 min•Ep. 196
It’s one thing to gather some labels for your data. It’s another thing to integrate data labeling into your workflows and infrastructure in a scalable, secure, and useful way. Mark from Xelex joins us to talk through some of what he has learned after helping companies scale their data annotation efforts. We get into workflow management, labeling instructions, team dynamics, and quality assessment. This is a super practical episode! Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get cl...
Sep 27, 2022•32 min•Ep. 195
WeightWatcher, created by Charles Martin, is an open source diagnostic tool for analyzing Neural Networks without training or even test data! Charles joins us in this episode to discuss the tool and how it fills certain gaps in current model evaluation workflows. Along the way, we discuss statistical methods from physics and a variety of practical ways to modify your training runs. Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join...
Sep 20, 2022•45 min•Ep. 194
The new stable diffusion model is everywhere! Of course you can use this model to quickly and easily create amazing, dream-like images to post on twitter, reddit, discord, etc., but this technology is also poised to be used in very pragmatic ways across industry. In this episode, Chris and Daniel take a deep dive into all things stable diffusion. They discuss the motivations for the work, the model architecture, and the differences between this model and other related releases (e.g., DALL·E 2). ...
Sep 13, 2022•44 min•Ep. 193
AI is increasingly being applied in creative and artistic ways, especially with recent tools integrating models like Stable Diffusion. This is making some artists mad. How should we be thinking about these trends more generally, and how can we as practitioners release and license models anticipating human impacts? We explore this along with other topics (like AI models detecting swimming pools 😊) in this fully connected episode. Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get clos...
Sep 06, 2022•44 min•Ep. 192
In this Fully-Connected episode, Daniel and Chris discuss concerns of privacy in the face of ever-improving AI / ML technologies. Evaluating AI’s impact on privacy from various angles, they note that ethical AI practitioners and data scientists have an enormous burden, given that much of the general population may not understand the implications of the data privacy decisions of everyday life. This intentionally thought-provoking conversation advocates consideration and action from each listener ...
Aug 30, 2022•43 min•Ep. 191
Differentiating between what is real versus what is fake on the internet can be challenging. Historically, AI deepfakes have only added to the confusion and chaos, but when labeled and intended for good, deepfakes can be extremely helpful. But with all of the misinformation surrounding deepfakes, it can be hard to see the benefits they bring. Lior Hakim, CTO at Hour One, joins Chris and Daniel to shed some light on the practical uses of deepfakes. He addresses the AI technology behind deepfakes,...
Aug 24, 2022•43 min•Ep. 190
Daniel and Chris cover the AI news of the day in this wide-ranging discussion. They start with Truss from Baseten while addressing how to categorize AI infrastructure and tools. Then they move on to transformers (again!), and somehow arrive at an AI pilot model from CMU that can navigate crowded airspace (much to Chris’s delight). Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring: Chris Benson – Website , GitHub ,...
Aug 16, 2022•41 min•Ep. 189
AlphaFold is an AI system developed by DeepMind that predicts a protein’s 3D structure from its amino acid sequence. It regularly achieves accuracy competitive with experiment, and is accelerating research in nearly every field of biology. Daniel and Chris delve into protein folding, and explore the implications of this revolutionary and hugely impactful application of AI. Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! F...
Aug 09, 2022•45 min•Ep. 188
Every year Mozilla releases an Internet Health Report that combines research and stories exploring what it means for the internet to be healthy. This year’s report is focused on AI. In this episode, Solana and Bridget from Mozilla join us to discuss the power dynamics of AI and the current state of AI worldwide. They highlight concerning trends in the application of this transformational technology along with positive signs of change. Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get...
Aug 02, 2022•43 min•Ep. 187
In this Fully-Connected episode, Chris and Daniel explore the geopolitics, economics, and power-brokering of artificial intelligence. What does control of AI mean for nations, corporations, and universities? What does control or access to AI mean for conflict and autonomy? The world is changing rapidly, and the rate of change is accelerating. Daniel and Chris look behind the curtain in the halls of power. Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make...
Jul 26, 2022•46 min•Ep. 186
In this Fully-Connected episode, Daniel and Chris explore DALL-E 2, the amazing new model from Open AI that generates incredibly detailed novel images from text captions for a wide range of concepts expressible in natural language. Along the way, they acknowledge that some folks in the larger AI community are suggesting that sophisticated models may be approaching sentience, but together they pour cold water on that notion. But they can’t seem to get away from DALL-E’s images of raccoons in spac...
Jul 19, 2022•41 min•Ep. 185
Coqui is a speech technology startup that making huge waves in terms of their contributions to open source speech technology, open access models and data, and compelling voice cloning functionality. Josh Meyer from Coqui joins us in this episode to discuss cloning voices that have emotion, fostering open source, and how creators are using AI tech. Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring: Josh Meyer – Git...
Jul 12, 2022•52 min•Ep. 184
Drausin Wulsin, Director of ML at Immunai , joins Daniel & Chris to talk about the role of AI in immunotherapy, and why it is proving to be the foremost approach in fighting cancer, autoimmune disease, and infectious diseases. The large amount of high dimensional biological data that is available today, combined with advanced machine learning techniques, creates unique opportunities to push the boundaries of what is possible in biology. To that end, Immunai has built the largest immune datab...
Jun 28, 2022•49 min•Ep. 183
While scaling up machine learning at Instacart, Montana Low and Lev Kokotov discovered just how much you can do with the Postgres database. They are building on that work with PostgresML, an extension to the database that lets you train and deploy models to make online predictions using only SQL. This is super practical discussion that you don’t want to miss! Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring: Mont...
Jun 22, 2022•49 min•Ep. 182
Could we create a digital human that processes data in a variety of modalities and detects emotions? Well, that’s exactly what NTT DATA Services is trying to do, and, in this episode, Theresa Kushner joins us to talk about their motivations, use cases, current systems, progress, and related ethical issues. Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring: Theresa Kushner – LinkedIn , X Daniel Whitenack – Website ...
Jun 14, 2022•42 min•Ep. 181
In this “fully connected” episode of the podcast, we catch up on some recent developments in the AI world, including a new model from DeepMind called Gato. This generalist model can play video games, caption images, respond to chat messages, control robot arms, and much more. We also discuss the use of AI in the entertainment industry (e.g., in new Top Gun movie). Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring:...
Jun 07, 2022•41 min•Ep. 180
Hugging Face is increasingly becomes the “hub” of AI innovation. In this episode, Merve Noyan joins us to dive into this hub in more detail. We discuss automation around model cards, reproducibility, and the new community features. If you are wanting to engage with the wider AI community, this is the show for you! Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring: Merve Noyan – GitHub , X Chris Benson – Website , ...
May 31, 2022•47 min•Ep. 179
Don’t all AI methods need a bunch of data to work? How could AI help document and revitalize endangered languages with “human-in-the-loop” or “active learning” methods? Sarah Moeller from the University of Florida joins us to discuss those and other related questions. She also shares many of her personal experiences working with languages in low resource settings. Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring:...
May 17, 2022•49 min•Ep. 178
AI is discovering new drugs. Sound like science fiction? Not at Absci! Sean and Joshua join us to discuss their AI-driven pipeline for drug discovery. We discuss the tech along with how it might change how we think about healthcare at the most fundamental level. Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Changelog++ – You love our content and you want to take it to the next level by showing your support. We...
May 03, 2022•48 min•Ep. 177
We all hear a lot about MLOps these days, but where does MLOps end and DevOps begin? Our friend Luis from OctoML joins us in this episode to discuss treating AI/ML models as regular software components (once they are trained and ready for deployment). We get into topics including optimization on various kinds of hardware and deployment of models at the edge. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 2 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Changelog...
Apr 26, 2022•46 min•Ep. 176
In the fourth “AI in Africa” spotlight episode, we welcome Leonida Mutuku and Godliver Owomugisha, two experts in applying advanced technology in agriculture. We had a great discussion about ending poverty, hunger, and inequality in Africa via AI innovation. The discussion touches on open data, relevant models, ethics, and more. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 2 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Fastly – Our bandwidth partner. Fastly ...
Apr 19, 2022•51 min•Ep. 175
Abubakar Abid joins Daniel and Chris for a tour of Gradio and tells them about the project joining Hugging Face. What’s Gradio? The fastest way to demo your machine learning model with a friendly web interface, allowing non-technical users to access, use, and give feedback on models. Join the discussion Changelog++ members get a bonus 2 minutes at the end of this episode and zero ads. Join today! Sponsors: Fastly – Our bandwidth partner. Fastly powers fast, secure, and scalable digital experienc...
Apr 05, 2022•42 min•Ep. 174
This last week has been a big week for AI news. BigScience is training a huge language model (while the world watches), and NVIDIA announced their latest “Hopper” GPUs. Chris and Daniel discuss these and other topics on this fully connected episode! Join the discussion Changelog++ members get a bonus 2 minutes at the end of this episode and zero ads. Join today! Sponsors: Fastly – Our bandwidth partner. Fastly powers fast, secure, and scalable digital experiences. Move beyond your content delive...
Mar 29, 2022•41 min•Ep. 173
The term “foundation” model has been around since about the middle of last year when a research group at Stanford published the comprehensive report On the Opportunities and Risks of Foundation Models . The naming of these models created some strong reactions, both good and bad. In this episode, Chris and Daniel dive into the ideas behind the report. Join the discussion Changelog++ members get a bonus 2 minutes at the end of this episode and zero ads. Join today! Sponsors: Fastly – Our bandwidth...
Mar 23, 2022•41 min•Ep. 172
What happens when your data operations grow to Internet-scale? How do thousands or millions of data producers and consumers efficiently, effectively, and productively interact with each other? How are varying formats, protocols, security levels, performance criteria, and use-case specific characteristics meshed into one unified data fabric? Chris and Daniel explore these questions in this illuminating and Fully-Connected discussion that brings this new data technology into the light. Join the di...
Mar 16, 2022•46 min•Ep. 171
Daniel and Chris talk with Lukas Egger, Head of Innovation Office and Strategic Projects at SAP Business Process Intelligence. Lukas describes what it takes to bring a culture of innovation into an organization, and how to infuse product development with that innovation culture. He also offers suggestions for how to mitigate challenges and blockers. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 3 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Fastly – Our bandw...
Mar 08, 2022•52 min•Ep. 170
Alon from Greeneye and Moses from ClearML blew us away when they said that they are training 1000’s of models a year that get deployed to Kubernetes clusters on tractors. Yes… we said tractors, as in farming! This is a super cool discussion about MLOps solutions at scale for interesting use cases in agriculture. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 2 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Fastly – Our bandwidth partner. Fastly powers fast, secu...
Mar 01, 2022•51 min•Ep. 169
From MIT researchers who have an AI system that rapidly predicts how two proteins will attach, to Facebook’s first high-performance self-supervised algorithm that works for speech, vision, and text, Daniel and Chris survey the AI landscape for notable milestones in the application of AI in industry and research. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 3 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Fastly – Our bandwidth partner. Fastly powers fast, secu...
Feb 15, 2022•45 min•Ep. 168
In the third of the “AI in Africa” spotlight episodes, we welcome Kathleen Siminyu, who is building Kiswahili voice tools at Mozilla. We had a great discussion with Kathleen about creating more diverse voice and language datasets, involving local language communities in NLP work, and expanding grassroots ML/AI efforts across Africa. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 3 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Fastly – Our bandwidth partner. Fas...
Feb 09, 2022•44 min•Ep. 167
