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Thursday, October 12, 2023 Galactica and the Ghost in the Machine - AI Lessons from a Sci-Fi Classic

In this episode, we explored the AI themes in Battlestar Galactica through the humanoid Cylons. Originally created as robotic slaves, the Cylons evolv...

Tuesday, October 10, 2023 Could You Fall for a Robot? The Psychology of Loving Chatbots

Recent headlines have explored the phenomenon of people developing real feelings for AI chatbots. This episode delves into the psychological drivers b...

Sunday, October 8, 2023 Open Sourcing AI: Accelerating Progress or Opening Pandora's Box?

Today we explored the rise of open source artificial intelligence. Unlike closed models dominated by Big Tech firms, open source AI is transparent and...

Friday, October 6, 2023 Be Polite to ChatGPT and Siri!

Today we explore the emerging etiquette around interacting with AI assistants and chatbots. Being polite and conversational with AI not only shows res...

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 Unlocking Imagination: The AI Art Revolution

Today we explored the exploding world of AI-generated art through platforms like DALL-E and Midjourney. We learned how training adversarial neural net...

Monday, October 2, 2023 The AI Takeover: How Bots Are Replacing Your Travel Agent

This episode explores how artificial intelligence is transforming trip planning, recommendations and bookings. We discuss real-world applications like...

Saturday, September 30, 2023 From Asimov to Anthropic: The Evolution of Ethical AI

Today we explored an exciting new approach called Constitutional AI that aims to align advanced AI systems with human ethics and values. Researchers a...

Thursday, September 28, 2023 Humans and Machines: Better Thinking Through Collaboration

This episode explores the promise of human-AI collaboration through distributed cognition - strategically allocating tasks between humans and artifici...

Tuesday, September 26, 2023 AI in Business - From Hype to Competitive Essential

This episode explored how AI is now mainstream in the enterprise and disrupting how organizations operate, compete and deliver value. We discussed the...

Sunday, September 24, 2023 Driving Into the Future: A Deep Dive into Self-Driving Cars

This episode explores the current state of autonomous vehicle technology. We look at the sensors, maps and AI software powering self-driving cars. Com...

Friday, September 22, 2023 ChatGPT 3.5 - AI's "Sputnik" Moment

The release of ChatGPT 3.5 in 2021 represented a major advancement in conversational AI. This bot could understand context, maintain coherent exchange...

Thursday, September 21, 2023 How AI Understands Human Language: An Introduction to Natural Language Processing (NLP)

This episode of "A Beginner's Guide to AI" explores the field of natural language processing, NLP, which enables machines to understand ...