Ep.58 The Last Train (feat. RMTransit)

Radio Free Urbanism

1:14:43

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…

about a year ago 56:18

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Today on the show the guys are joined by Reece Martin aka RMTransit to talk about his recent departure from Youtube, transit joy and what it will take for him to move to Calgary.

RMTransit YT: The Train of the Future is Already Here

RMTransit Mastodon: RMTransit (Moved) (@RM_Transit@mstdn.social) - Mastodon 🐘

Send us a question: radiofreeurbanism@gmail.com

Patreon: patreon.com/RadioFreeUrbanism

Instagram: https://rb.gy/ezn9rz

X(Twitter): https://x.com/RFUrbanism?s=20

Alex: https://www.youtube.com/@humanecities

Ethan: https://www.youtube.com/@climateandtransit

Nic: https://www.youtube.com/@nicthedoor

Source:

California Wildfires: https://abc7.com/post/socal-wildfires-how-can-help/15779040/

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Ep.58 The Last Train (feat. RMTransit)

Radio Free Urbanism

published about a year ago

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Today on the show the guys are joined by Reece Martin aka RMTransit to talk about his recent departure from Youtube, transit joy and what it will take for him to move to Calgary.

RMTransit YT: The Train of the Future is Already Here

RMTransit Mastodon: RMTransit (Moved) (@RM_Transit@mstdn.social) - Mastodon 🐘

Send us a question: radiofreeurbanism@gmail.com

Patreon: patreon.com/RadioFreeUrbanism

Instagram: https://rb.gy/ezn9rz

X(Twitter): https://x.com/RFUrbanism?s=20

Alex: https://www.youtube.com/@humanecities

Ethan: https://www.youtube.com/@climateandtransit

Nic: https://www.youtube.com/@nicthedoor

Source:

California Wildfires: https://abc7.com/post/socal-wildfires-how-can-help/15779040/

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Today on the show the guys are joined by Reece Martin aka RMTransit to talk about his recent departure from Youtube, transit joy and what it will take for him to move to Calgary. RMTransit YT: The Train of the Future is Already Here RMTransit Mastodon: RMTransit (Moved) (@RM_Transit@mstdn.social) - Mastodon 🐘 Send us a question: radiofreeurbanism@gmail.com Patreon: patreon.com/RadioFreeUrbanism Instagram: https://rb.gy/ezn9rz X(Twitter): https://x.com/RFUrbanism?s=20 Alex: https://www.youtube.com/@humanecities Ethan: https://www.youtube.com/@climateandtransit Nic: https://www.youtube.com/@nicthedoor Source: California Wildfires: https://abc7.com/post/socal-wildfires-how-can-help/15779040/…

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