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Aug 2024
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809: Agentic AI, with Shingai Manjengwa

Jon Krohn
About this episode

Agentic AI is revolutionizing the tech landscape, and Shingai Manjengwa from ChainML is here to tell us why. Discover how AI agents are becoming an integral part of our lives, automating tasks like travel bookings and daily inspiration. Shingai explains the power of multi-agent systems, where AI agents collaborate to solve complex challenges, and highlights how blockchain technology is enhancing AI transparency and trust. Plus, get an inside look at ChainML’s innovative Theoriq protocol and the groundbreaking Council Analytics tool.


This episode is brought to you by Gurobi, the Decision Intelligence Leader, and by ODSC, the Open Data Science Conference. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.


In this episode you will learn:

• What A.I. agents are [10:51]

• How blockchain technology helps humans trust A.I. agents [18:27]

• The Theoriq protocol developed by ChainML [34:05]

• How Council Analytics lets you “speak” to their dataset with natural language [39:00]

• A future of multi-agent systems [50:42]

• Challenges and risks associated with agentic AI [1:04:17]


Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/809

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