Rome Day 6 - The Arrivederci Roma Edition

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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…

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A hugely successful European Champs comes to and end and after a slight travelling hitch we team up to discuss the last day or action at Rome ‘24.

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Backstraight Boys (& Girl) Athletics Chat

Rome Day 6 - The Arrivederci Roma Edition

Backstraight Boys (& Girl) Athletics Chat

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A hugely successful European Champs comes to and end and after a slight travelling hitch we team up to discuss the last day or action at Rome ‘24.

166 эпизодов

#Sports #Running #Fitness #Athletics #Track #Field #Iaaf #Training #Marathon #Backstraight Boys #NCAA

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Send us a text Four time Olympic Champ Carl Lewis called it an ' April Fools joke ' and double champ Militiatis Tentoglu said it was ' dog shit' and threatened to retire from the event, but World Athletics seem determined to implement their controversial new Long Jump innovations. Obviously this is a topic very close to the podcast's heart so we gathered together an all star team of LJ luminaries to have a heated (If one sided debate). Jaz is back along 🥳 along with UK #1 Jacob Fincham - Dukes as well as friend of the pod 2 x World Champion Fiona May. They do not hold back. Tune in for all the some long rants about the long jump and let us know your views about new rules. Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for listening and follow us on Social Media at Twitter - (@BackstraightB) Insta - (@BackstraightBoysPodcast).…

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The ‘Know Your History’: MOWA Special Edition 50:08

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Send us a text This week we’re joined by a whole host of legendary guests to celebrate MOWA (The Museum of World Athletics). Last summer we were invited (Gatecrashed!) a gathering of dozens of Olympic and World champions who had joined Seb Coe to celebrate Paavo Nurmi’s 5 Olympic Gold medals from Paris 1924 being lent to MOWA for display at Paris 2024!!! The Museum of World Athletics is a travelling and online collection of some of the most iconic memorabilia from the sports long and storied history. As we were surrounded by our favourite thing in the world, old school athletics legends, we had to get some interviews to share with you…. Aries Merrit - 110h Gold (London 2012) Tia Hellebaut - High Jump Hold (Beijing 2008) Michelle Carter - Shot Put Gold (Rio 2016) Javier Sotomayer - High Jump Gold (Atlanta 1996) Laser Viren - 5k + 10k Golds (Munich 1972 + Montreal 1976) Joanna Hayes - 100mh Gold (Athens 2004) Dwight Phillips - Long Jump Gold (2004) Billy Mills - 10,000m Gold (Tokyo 1964) There may be tears!!! Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for listening and follow us on Social Media at Twitter - (@BackstraightB) Insta - (@BackstraightBoysPodcast).…

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Send us a text Ten years ago, long before the podcast, 20 year old sprint sensation Jodie Williams did an interview for our old blog Jody and Bayo's Athletics Spectacular . It was at the very beginning of her senior career and she could not have started it off in an more auspicious way, ending the season with both European and Commonwealth medals. But all good things must come to and end, so it seems fitting that she should sit down with us again, a decade later, as a she announces her retirement, to chat about her inspirational legacy and leaving on a high with an Olympic Bronze medal. The British women's spring scene had been transformed since 2014 much of which can be attributed to Jodie's trailblazing legacy. We wish her all the best in her future coffee and 'frolicking' adventures. Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for listening and follow us on Social Media at Twitter - (@BackstraightB) Insta - (@BackstraightBoysPodcast).…

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