Gods and Robots

In this episode of the podcast we shake things up! Neil is on the guest side of the table with his partner <a href="https://rabbilaura.org/">Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner </a>to discuss their upcoming project Gods and Robots. Katherine is joined on the host side by friend of the show <a href="https://www.littmania.com/">professor Michael Littman</a>. </p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p><br /><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

00:40:05

Responsibility, Risk, and Publishing

On this episode we feature an interview with <a href="https://www.partnershiponai.org/team/madhulika-srikumar/">Madhulika Shrikumar of the Partnership on AI </a>about their recent work <a href="https://www.partnershiponai.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/PAI-Managing-the-Risks-of-AI-Resesarch-Responsible-Publication.pdf">Managing Risk and Responsible Publication</a><a href="https://www.partnershiponai.org/team/madhulika-srikumar/"></a></p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p><br /><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

00:25:40

ICML 2021: Test of Time(ly) Award

Neil and Katherine chat about ICML and the timely award winner of this years test of time award! <a href="https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3104482.3104568">Bayesian Learning via Stochastic Gradient Langevin Dynamics</a></p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p><br /><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

00:19:18

Learning with Less, Invisible Labor and Combating Anti-Blackness

<a href="http://www.devinguillory.com/">Devin Guillory of UC Berkeley</a>, is our guest on this episode. We talk about his love of robotics, working at the center of a new hype <a href="https://arxiv.org/search/cs?searchtype=author&query=Guillory%2C+D">(learning with less labels)</a> and his paper <a href="http://www.devinguillory.com/files/AI_Anti_Blackness.pdf">Combatting Anti-Blackness in the AI Community</a>. <a href="https://ethics.utoronto.ca/events/devin-guillory-the-ethics-of-ai-in-context/">He recently gave a talk on the subject the University of Toronto</a></p> </p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p><br /><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

00:36:33

Let's Reflect

We're not bringing you an episode this week. We're taking some time to think about the systems we take part in and how those perpetuate anti black racism and the effects of that on the work in this field. We'd like to bring you meaningful conversations around those systems and how we can change them and ourselves.  We encourage everyone to explore the amazing work of Black in AI, Data Science Africa and Shut Down STEM. </p><br />Take care of yourselves, take care of each other, and stay tuned.</p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p><br /><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

00:00:29

Predicting Floods and Really Doing Good

In this episode of Talking Machines we talk with <a href="https://research.google/people/SellaNevo/">Sella Nevo of Google Research</a> about the <a href="https://ai.googleblog.com/2019/09/an-inside-look-at-flood-forecasting.html">Google Flood Forecasting Project,</a> <a href="https://ai.googleblog.com/2019/09/an-inside-look-at-flood-forecasting.html">what they've</a> <a href="https://www.blog.google/technology/ai/tracking-our-progress-on-flood-forecasting/">been doing</a>, and what is means to really move the needle on AI for Good. </p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p><br /><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

00:39:11

ICLR: accessible, inclusive, virtual

In episode eight of season six we talk with <a href="http://rush-nlp.com/">Alexander Rush</a> and <a href="https://shakirm.com/">Shakir Mohamed</a> about their work on <a href="https://iclr.cc/">ICLR this year</a> which was first to take place in Ethiopia and then became totally virtual! </p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p><br /><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

00:38:41

Humans in the Loop and Outside of the Classroom

In episode seven of season six we talk with Michael Littman about his work in reinforcement learning, on scientific communication, and in the classroom. </p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p><br /><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

00:38:04

The Evolution of ML and Furry Little Animals

In episode six of season six we chat with <a href="https://www.salk.edu/scientist/terrence-sejnowski/">Professor Terry Sejnowski</a> about his work, the evolution of the field, and the development of the NeurIPS conference. We taped this episode live and took questions from the audience. Want to join our "studio audience"? <a href="https://twitter.com/tlkngmchns?lang=en">Check out @tlkngmchns on Twitter.</a></p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p><br /><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

00:47:58

Talking Machines Live and Understanding Modeling Viruses

Episode five of season six is our first live episode! We talk with <a href="https://www.bu.edu/sph/profile/elaine-nsoesie/">Elaine Nsoesie</a> of Boston University about modeling disease and Covid 19 in the African context. plus we take listen questions live! Want to join our "studio audience" check out our twitter feed for how to sign up! </p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p><br /><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

00:39:53