Max talks to Jonathon Wright about what quality means for AI, and goes through a wide range of examples. Jonathon Wright is the Chief Technology Evangelist and heads up Solution Engineering (R&D) for Eggplant a Keysight Technologies company, and hosts the QA Lead Podcast. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe
On today's news update, Max and Aaron talk about several stories related to the consequences of confusing science and truth. - Alzheimer's research reported to have major setback after results from the 2000s found to be manipulated - Updates on the Google AI Saga - Facebook is de-emphasizing professional news Distribution of the day: Uniform Categorical Distribution Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe...
Max talks to Tony Olsen, founder of Freedomhaven about the idea of Seasteading, and the practical and theoretical issues it raises. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe
Max discusses a fascinating geometrical object - the simplex - that generalizes to many dimensions, and its connection to the categorical distribution. Starts with some thoughts about Elon Musk spurning the Twitter deal, and the future of Social Media. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe
Max and Aaron break down the cascade of liquidity crises affecting major crypto firms, the larger cycle and growth story of bitcoin, and announce a new segment for listeners to learn about probability distributions. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe
Max talks gives an intro course on inflation, what it is, it's causes, and its effects. He also talks about the history of the monetary system in the United States and how credit expansions, politics, and wars have contributed to the problem of inflation. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe
Max discusses the increasing centralization of AI research into large corporate institutions, with its causes and dangers. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe
An engineer in Google Research was put on leave after claiming that their Lambda AI Chatbot is sentient. Max breaks down the situation, and the long-term drama that comes out of Google's AI programs. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe
In a wide-ranging conversation, Max talks to Will Kurt, author of "Bayesian Statistics the Fun Way" about math, writing, philosophy, truth, and of course Bayesian techniques! Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe
Today's Episode is an interview Max gave on Learn Bayesian Statistics by Alex Andorra in 2019, covers the trajectory of his career and interests, and all the different uses of Bayesian Inference. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe
Max talks about Alphabet's DeepMind launch of Gato AI - a large scale transformer model. Some of the researchers believe that they are on the path to human level intelligence while others disagree. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe
One of the founders of podcasting itself, Adam Curry, joins The Local Maximum today to talk about podcasting 2.0, podcastindex.org , and how to keep podcasting decentralized. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe
Max talks about the financial tsunami predicted last year starting to come to fruition, and then dives into a 2001 article by Joel Spolsky and takes a more positive view of architecture astronauts. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe
Joel Valenzuela visits the Local Maximum studio to talk about how he lives off of cryptocurrencies, the value in coins like Dash over Bitcoin for this purpose, liberty in New Hampshire, and general analysis of recent developments. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe
We learn about corporate governance and corporate politics in order to understand Elon Musk's bid to takeover Twitter. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe
Max talks about Professor Johnathan Haidt's article in the Atlantic "Why the Past 10 Years of American Life have been Uniquely Stupid". We compare the techno-optimism of 2011 to the techno-pessimism of today, and contrast the different prescriptions on what to do about it. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe
Today’s guest is Dr. Alan Cowen, CEO of hume.ai , to discuss fascinating new research on human emotional states, and how machine learning and AI techniques can be used to distinguish between them. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe
Max responds to the news that Elon Musk has bought a considerable stake in Twitter. A recent blog post by Andrew Gelmans shows that while language models from OpenAI and Google are exciting, they still don't know what they are talking about! localmaxradio.com/220 Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe...
Max talks to René Morkos, CEO of ALICE Technologies about how AI is being used to make construction projects more efficient. localmaxradio.com/219 Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe
Max talks to Aaron about his newly published academic paper, "Sampling Bias Correction for Supervised Machine Learning". Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2203.06239.pdf localmaxradio.com/218 Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe
Max talks to and accepts submissions from Ukrainians who are living in that country and around the world to tell their stories about the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war. These uncensored stories give a different side to what's happening on the ground. localmaxradio.com/217 supportukrainenow.org Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe...
Today's guest is Alu Axelman, author of Corona-Fascism that excoriates policies and attitudes imposed to fight the coronavirus. Max talks about his strategy on covid. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe
Today's conversation is with Polina Shevchenko, who is a data analyst at Bolt in Tallinn. She grew up in Donetsk, which is one of the breakaway regions related to the Russia invasion. Max talks to Polina about growing up in Donetsk, and what the last week has been like for Ukrainians abroad and in their home country. localmaxradio.com/215 Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe...
In a late night discussion, Max and Aaron think about recent developments in Ukraine and Max's trip there a few years ago. Max finds headlines in the New York Times that are using the crisis to disparage cryptocurrencies and Duck Duck Go, while also getting some interesting information from those same articles. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe...
Max discusses the recent tweet by OpenAI scientist leaving open the possibility of their AI being a little bit conscious, and the ensuing ridicule and strong disagreement from the AI community. He goes in-depth on the philosophy and thinking that drives AI research, and how to frame the debate around consciousness and intelligence. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe...
Max talks to Bitcoin Audible host Guy Swann about the developing lightning network, including (recent) historical background and how to use it. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe
The drop in Meta stock shows the effects of increased competition over users, ad dollars, and privacy controls. Max talks about this along with other industry updates. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe
Max and Aaron discuss the hype around the metaverse with Microsoft's recently monster-sized acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Then, they move on the philosophical discussion of the axiom of infinite sets, and the meaning of numbers. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe
Max talks about the ultimately futile attempts by tech companies to silence their critics and political enemies. - includes a tweet storm that was recently banned even from the internet archive. localmaxradio.com/209 Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe
This interview with Brandon Quittem covers generational theory, the fourth turning, and Bitcoin. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe
