#181: 2024 Star Wars Bingo

Smugglers' Galaxy: A Star Wars Collecting Podcast

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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 math that powers 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…

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How many times have you heard someone say “I didn’t have this on my 2024 Bingo card?” Now that we’re in the new year, Glen and Jason try to predict some wild, unexpected news we might hear this year in the form of a bingo card. From new figures, Haslabs, Disney+ shows, and theme park experiences, we’re throwing wild ideas out in hopes some of them come true! Download and listen!

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#181: 2024 Star Wars Bingo

Smugglers' Galaxy: A Star Wars Collecting Podcast

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#233: Breaking Down the Latest Hasbro Report 57:45

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#232. Why do I love Star Wars. 32:18

16 дней назад32:18

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#231: Chewbaccus 2025 44:33

23 дня назад44:33

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#229: 2025 Star Wars Bingo 1:03:41

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#228: Our Final Skeleton Crew Review 47:09

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#227: 2024 Wrap Up - The Memories 54:32

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#226: 2024 Wrap Up - The Best Pickups 53:40

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On this episode, Glen and Jason discuss their top 5 pickups from the year, and take a look at the 2024 bingo card they developed at the start of the year! Download and listen!

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#225: The Haslab Ghost Has Landed! 1:05:01

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#224: 2024 Wrap Up - Round Table! 1:20:42

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#222: Skeleton Cool! 1:15:08

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#221: The Force Awoken 10 Years Ago 58:51

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#220: Where Does Star Wars Go From Here? 1:11:01

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