Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST)

Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST)

by Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST)

Welcome! We engage in fascinating discussions with pre-eminent figures in the AI field. Our flagship show covers current affairs in AI, cognitive science, neuroscience and philosophy of mind with in-depth analysis. Our approach is unrivalled in terms of scope and rigour – we believe in intellectual diversity in AI, and we touch on all of the main ideas in the field with the hype surgically removed. MLST is run by Tim Scarfe, Ph.D (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ecsquizor/) and features regular appearances from MIT Doctor of Philosophy Keith Duggar (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-keith-duggar/).
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New "50%" ARC result and current winners interviewed

Jun 18, 2024 · 2h 14m

The ARC Challenge, created by Francois Chollet, tests how well AI systems can generalize from a few examples in a grid-based intelligence test. We interview the…

Cohere co-founder Nick Frosst on building LLM apps for business

Jun 16, 2024 · 41m

Nick Frosst, co-founder of Cohere, on the future of LLMs, and AGI. Learn how Cohere is solving real problems for business with their new AI models. This is the…

What’s the Magic Word? A Control Theory of LLM Prompting.

Jun 5, 2024 · 1h 17m

These two scientists have mapped out the insides or “reachable space” of a language model using control theory, what they discovered was extremely surprising. P…

CAN MACHINES REPLACE US? (AI vs Humanity) - Maria Santacaterina

May 6, 2024 · 2h 31m

Maria Santacaterina, with her background in the humanities, brings a critical perspective on the current state and future implications of AI technology, its imp…

Dr. Thomas Parr - Active Inference Book

May 1, 2024 · 1h 37m

Thomas Parr and his collaborators wrote a book titled "Active Inference: The Free Energy Principle in Mind, Brain and Behavior" which introduces Activ…

Connor Leahy - e/acc, AGI and the future.

Apr 21, 2024 · 1h 19m

Connor is the CEO of Conjecture and one of the most famous names in the AI alignment movement. This is the "behind the scenes footage" and bonus Patre…

Prof. Chris Bishop's NEW Deep Learning Textbook!

Apr 10, 2024 · 1h 22m

Professor Chris Bishop is a Technical Fellow and Director at Microsoft Research AI4Science, in Cambridge. He is also Honorary Professor of Computer Science at t…

Philip Ball - How Life Works

Apr 7, 2024 · 2h 9m

Dr. Philip Ball is a freelance science writer. He just wrote a book called "How Life Works", discussing the how the science of Biology has advanced in…

Dr. Paul Lessard - Categorical/Structured Deep Learning

Apr 1, 2024 · 1h 49m

Dr. Paul Lessard and his collaborators have written a paper on "Categorical Deep Learning and Algebraic Theory of Architectures". They aim to make neu…

Can we build a generalist agent? Dr. Minqi Jiang and Dr. Marc Rigter

Mar 20, 2024 · 1h 57m

Dr. Minqi Jiang and Dr. Marc Rigter explain an innovative new method to make the intelligence of agents more general-purpose by training them to learn many worl…

Prof. Nick Chater - The Language Game (Part 1)

Mar 1, 2024 · 1h 43m

Nick Chater is Professor of Behavioural Science at Warwick Business School, who works on rationality and language using a range of theoretical and experimental…

Kenneth Stanley created a new social network based on serendipity and divergence

Feb 28, 2024 · 3h 15m

See what Sam Altman advised Kenneth when he left OpenAI! Professor Kenneth Stanley has just launched a brand new type of social network, which he calls a &quot…

Dr. Brandon Rohrer - Robotics, Creativity and Intelligence

Feb 13, 2024 · 1h 31m

Brandon Rohrer who obtained his Ph.D from MIT is driven by understanding algorithms ALL the way down to their nuts and bolts, so he can make them accessible to…

Showdown Between e/acc Leader And Doomer - Connor Leahy + Beff Jezos

Feb 3, 2024 · 3h 0m

The world's second-most famous AI doomer Connor Leahy sits down with Beff Jezos, the founder of the e/acc movement debating technology, AI policy, and human…

Mahault Albarracin - Cognitive Science

Jan 14, 2024 · 1h 7m

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$450M AI Startup In 3 Years | Chai AI

Jan 9, 2024 · 29m

Chai AI is the leading platform for conversational chat artificial intelligence. Note: this is a sponsored episode of MLST. William Beauchamp is the founder of…

DOES AI HAVE AGENCY? With Professor. Karl Friston and Riddhi J. Pitliya

Jan 7, 2024 · 1h 2m

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Understanding Deep Learning - Prof. SIMON PRINCE [STAFF FAVOURITE]

Dec 26, 2023 · 2h 6m

Watch behind the scenes, get early access and join private Discord by supporting us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/mlst https://discord.gg/aNPkGUQtc5 https://t…

Prof. BERT DE VRIES - ON ACTIVE INFERENCE

Nov 20, 2023 · 2h 27m

Watch behind the scenes with Bert on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bert-de-vries-93230722 https://discord.gg/aNPkGUQtc5 https://twitter.com/MLStreetTal…

MULTI AGENT LEARNING - LANCELOT DA COSTA

Nov 5, 2023 · 49m

Please support us https://www.patreon.com/mlst https://discord.gg/aNPkGUQtc5 https://twitter.com/MLStreetTalk Lance Da Costa aims to advance our understanding o…