Is there a gap between life sciences and data science?What's the situation when it comes to interdisciplinary research?In this episode I am with Laura Harris, Director of Training for the Institute of Cyber-Enabled Research (ICER) at Michigan State University (MSU), and we try to answer some of those questions.
You can contact Laura at training@msu.edu or ... Show More
Oct 26
I wrote a chess engine and still can't play chess: AI coding and skill decay (Ep. 317)
I wrote a chess engine that beats real players. I still can't play chess. Developers who hand their coding to AI are heading the same way: they can build the machine but can't play the game. We go through the evidence (Anthropic, METR, Microsoft/CMU), the best counterarguments, a ... Show More
34m 48s
Oct 20
"Rust Is Amazing, as Long as Nobody Looks at It" - Fact-Checking DHH (Ep. 316)
DHH told Rails World that hand-written code is over, that HEY's backend is being AI-rewritten in Rust ("amazing, as long as you never look at it"), and that developer happiness no longer matters. This episode checks his statements. Struggling with AI and Software? Here is my new ... Show More
22m 56s
Oct 13
AI coding agents have a Mythical Man-Month problem (Ep. 315)
Fifty years ago Fred Brooks showed why adding more people to a late project makes it later. Today we do the same thing with tokens — more context, more autonomy, same myth, different currency. Struggling with AI and Software? Here is my new book available for purchase on https:// ... Show More
17m 29s
Jul 2017
067: Latest Developments in the Field of AI and How it is Changing the World
In this episode of the SuperDataScience Podcast, I chat with Vice President of Research at Sentient AI, Risto Miikkulainen. You will hear about the applications of AI across multiple fields, learn about the 2 types of AI - the Evolutionary Algorithms and Reinforcement Learning Al ... Show More
38m 57s
May 2024
Lisa Gevelber on Technology and AI for Good
In this episode, Brené and Lisa discuss how we can work to close the digital divide and ensure more people have access to technology, what it means in AI speak to have a human in the loop, and the incredible ways teachers, business owners, and regular people are using AI. Learn m ... Show More
50m 15s
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"> Greetings Listeners!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> Time to tune in to another episode of the @Soci ... Show More