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Artificial intelligence is evolving at an unprecedented pace—what does that mean for the future of technology, venture capital, business, and even our understanding of ourselves? Award-winning journalist and writer Anil Ananthaswamy joins us for our latest episode to discuss his latest book Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI . Anil helps us explore the journey and many breakthroughs that have propelled machine learning from simple perceptrons to the sophisticated algorithms shaping today’s AI revolution, powering GPT and other models. The discussion aims to demystify some of the underlying mathematical concepts that power modern machine learning, to help everyone grasp this technology impacting our lives–even if your last math class was in high school. Anil walks us through the power of scaling laws, the shift from training to inference optimization, and the debate among AI’s pioneers about the road to AGI—should we be concerned, or are we still missing key pieces of the puzzle? The conversation also delves into AI’s philosophical implications—could understanding how machines learn help us better understand ourselves? And what challenges remain before AI systems can truly operate with agency? If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform. Sign up for our newsletter at techsurgepodcast.com for exclusive insights and updates on upcoming TechSurge Live Summits. Links: Read Why Machines Learn, Anil’s latest book on the math behind AI https://www.amazon.com/Why-Machines-Learn-Elegant-Behind/dp/0593185749 Learn more about Anil Ananthaswamy’s work and writing https://anilananthaswamy.com/ Watch Anil Ananthaswamy’s TED Talk on AI and intelligence https://www.ted.com/speakers/anil_ananthaswamy Discover the MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellowship that shaped Anil’s AI research https://ksj.mit.edu/ Understand the Perceptron, the foundation of neural networks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptron Read about the Perceptron Convergence Theorem and its significance https://www.nature.com/articles/323533a0…

Nervous Habits with Ricky Rosen

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Nervous Habits - Summer Hiatus 18:05

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Nervous Habits - Episode 71: Law School Wrap-Up with Austin Lowe and Ezra Louvis 1:57:16

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Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by his law school classmates Austin Lowe and Ezra Louvis to recap their law school experiences on the eve of their graduation.

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Nervous Habits - BONUS EPISODE on Eradicating Filler Words from Conversation, Living The Rest of Your Life Inside the Metaverse, Thought-to-Text Typing, Love Is Blind, and Lunch in the School… 1:51:58

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Nervous Habits - Episode 70: The Museum of Broken Relationships, The Minister of Loneliness, and a Pill for Heartbreak with Journalist Florence Williams 1:55:43

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Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by journalist Florence Williams. Florence and I explore issues including… —How a molecular analysis of your blood sample can show whether you have the cells of a lonely person… —The ways in which heartbreak impacts the immune system, and whether you can literally die from a broken heart… —Roughly how much time it takes for one’s emotional and physical health to return to baseline after a break-up… —Why you should consider sending artifacts from your exes to the Museum of Broken Relationships, and finally… —Why rebounding after a relationship might actually be good for your health.…

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Nervous Habits - Episode 69: Funhouse of Impressions ft. Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Jeff Bezos and More (with Comedian Austin Nasso) 59:57

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Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump, former Governor Andrew Cuomo, Founder and CEO of Amazon Jeffrey Bezos, and political commentator Ben Shapiro - all voiced by the immensely talented comedian and impressionist Austin Nasso.

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Nervous Habits - Episode 68: WTF Is In Our Food? The Dangers of Artificial Sweeteners, Fat-Replacers, and Vitamins with Journalist and Author of the End of Craving, Mark Schatzker 1:56:05

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Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by Author and Journalist Mark Schatzker. Mark and I explore issues including… —Why the rate in obesity in Northern Italy is more than five times lower than in America, despite the fact that Northern Italians indulge in pastas, fried cheeses, fatty meats, and rich desserts… —Why every diet only works for a set amount of time, then our body reverts to a set point… —Why satiation, the feeling of being full, only happens if food is swallowed, and if food is spat out, your hunger persists… —How artificial sweeteners, vitamins, and fat replacers in our processed foods are a major contributing factor to the obesity epidemic in America, and finally… —Whether seeing the amount of calories next to a menu item actually lowers the amount that people eat.…

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Nervous Habits - Episode 67: Planet-Killing Asteroids, Cataclysmic Climate Change, and Other Existential Threats: The Science Behind “Don’t Look Up” with Aerospace Engineer Stefanos Axios 1:10:25

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Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by longtime friend and aerospace engineer Stefanos Axios. Stefanos and I explore issues including… —The likelihood that an asteroid like the one featured in Don’t Look Up will collide with the earth in our lifetimes, and what could be done in that scenario to prevent an extinction event... —How exactly you would die from an asteroid collision, and finally… —Why Don’t Look Up is arguably the most powerful allegory for climate change depicted in any movie.…

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Nervous Habits - BONUS EPISODE on Taking Out Books from the Library (Yes Even Now); Phone Games for Addictive Personalities; and Spoiler Rules for TV Shows That Ended 10+ Years Ago [UNEDITED] 1:18:37

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Nervous Habits - Episode 66: Nothing We Do Really Means Anything, But That’s Okay: A Theory of Sunny Nihilism With Journalist Wendy Syfret 1:23:50

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Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by journalist Wendy Syfret. Wendy and I explore issues including… —How a belief in nihilism can free you from many of the struggles in your daily life… —Why the humor of Gen Z is so “dark and weird”… —How the hopelessness of the climate change crisis, the corrosive divide in our politics, and the never-ending pandemic are making young people consider becoming nihilists… —Whether it is possible for people who believe in nihilism to fall in love, and finally… —Why you don’t have to surrender your belief in God to be a nihilist.…

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Nervous Habits - Episode 65: “How Was Your Weekend?” Being Your Whole Self At Your Job, with Founder and Executive Chairman of ClassPass, Payal Kadakia 1:14:06

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Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by author, founder, and executive chairman of ClassPass, Payal Kadakia, to explore issues including: —The importance of not compartmentalizing your identities and being able to be your full self at work, —How someone stuck at a dead-end job might be able to discover what lights them up, —How Payal turned an idea formulated on a red-eye flight into a billion dollar business, and finally… —How you can stand out in a sea of millions of LinkedIn requests and networking emails to find a mentor and grow your network.…

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Nervous Habits - BONUS EPISODE on Previewing The Year Ahead, Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in Class, Suing Food Companies for False Advertising, and Revisiting My Most Cringeworthy Tweets… 1:44:22

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Nervous Habits - Episode 64: Sitting, Stress, and Social Isolation Will Kill You with Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. David Hanscom 1:13:13

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Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by orthopedic surgeon, Dr. David Hanscom. Dr. Hanscom and I explore issues including… —The dangers of sitting for too long… —Why the best solution for chronic pain isn’t medication or treatment but is instead just time… —The business of medicine, and how the modern medical field incentivizes practitioners to be dishonest with patients, and finally… —Why social isolation is so hazardous to your health.…

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Nervous Habits - BONUS EPISODE on Holidays You’ve Never Heard Of, Obsolete Landline Phones, Seeing Your School Teachers On Dating Apps, and Being In A Room Full of People Where Everyone Is Laughing… 1:44:46

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Nervous Habits - Episode 63: QAnon, Injecting Cleaning Disinfectant, and Holocaust Denial: The Dark Side of Free Speech with Professor of History and Education Dr. Jonathan Zimmerman 1:26:23

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Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by professor of history, and professor of education, Dr. Jonathan Zimmerman. Dr. Zimmerman and I explore issues including… —The limitations on speech in totalitarian regimes around the world, —How to balance the necessity for free speech with the importance of limiting the spread of misinformation online, —Whether the government has a duty to regulate social media platforms, and finally… —Why the “fake news” problem on the Internet is not so much a free speech problem as it is an educational problem.…

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Nervous Habits - Episode 62: Brain Waves, Chronostasis, and Out-of-Body Experiences: The Wrinkles in Time with Researcher Lisa Broderick 1:04:42

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