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…
The New Year's Eve special brings us back to the boy's cottage with a wonderful story from a 93 year old "Home Kid", John Nunos! John Left A.G.O. in 1939 and had some wonderful memories of the Home and so much more! He has lived so much! He's seen the Rat Pack live, Cubs games in the 1930's and more! Happy New Year Everyone! Blessings, Heidi --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heidilucky/support
The New Year's Eve special brings us back to the boy's cottage with a wonderful story from a 93 year old "Home Kid", John Nunos! John Left A.G.O. in 1939 and had some wonderful memories of the Home and so much more! He has lived so much! He's seen the Rat Pack live, Cubs games in the 1930's and more! Happy New Year Everyone! Blessings, Heidi --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heidilucky/support
Last time you got to hear Gloria Zampa's story! This week we're going back to the boy's cottage to talk with John Joyce who lived at A.G.O. We talked, laughed and he told me different stories of his time at AGO as well as naming some interesting people in his life from college and service times! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heidilucky/support…
Last week you got to hear Angel Camareno's story! This week we're going back to the girl's cottage to talk with Gloria Zampa (Casper) who lived at A.G.O. from 9 years old through High School graduation! We laughed and she told me fun stories of her time at AGO! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heidilucky/support…
Last week you got to hear Marie Prendergast's story! This week we're going back to the boy's cottage to talk with Angel Camareno who lived at A.G.O. from baby house through High School Graduation! We laughed and he told me more stories of his time at AGO! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heidilucky/support…
Last week you got to hear Freddy Dontsow, (Sig)'s story! This week we're going back to the girl's cottage to talk with Marie Prendergast who lived at A.G.O. from 11 1/2 years old through High School graduation! We laughed and she told me some new enlightening things I never heard before! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heidilucky/support…
Last week you got to hear Lily's story! This week we're going back to the boy's cottage to talk with Freddy Dontsow (Sig) who lived at A.G.O. for years! He told me some things I never heard before! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heidilucky/support
Last week you got to hear Chip's story! This week we're going back to the girl's cottage to talk with Lily Garcia who lived at A.G.O. for 12 years! We laughed so much! She also we taught me some new things! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heidilucky/support
Last week you got to hear Rose's story! This week we're going back to the boy's cottage to talk with Chip who lived at A.G.O. and learned so much! He also taught them alot too! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heidilucky/support
Happy New Year! Last week you got to hear John Nunos' story! This week we're going to the girl's cottage to talk with Rose Gallas (Kennedy)! Rose lived at A.G.O. from 3-4 years old through high school! What a fun, different story this is!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heidilucky/support…
The New Year's Eve special brings us back to the boy's cottage with a wonderful story from a 93 year old "Home Kid", John Nunos! John Left A.G.O. in 1939 and had some wonderful memories of the Home and so much more! He has lived so much! He's seen the Rat Pack live, Cubs games in the 1930's and more! Happy New Year Everyone! Blessings, Heidi --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heidilucky/support…
This Christmas Eve Special is the coolest! We are going to learn about the life and times of Sister Damian and Sister Pauline (Sr. Luke at AGO!) Find out about their upbringing and why and when they went to AGO! Merry Christmas! Blessings, Heidi --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heidilucky/support…
Last week you got to hear Mary Zampa's, story! This week we're going back to the boy's cottage to talk with Timmy B.! New funny stories.....he did 10 years at A.G.O. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heidilucky/support
Last week you got to hear Joe Ellis' story! This week we're going to the Girl's Cottage to talk with Mary Zampa! Mary arrived there when she was 6 years old, and graduated High School at A.G.O. in a class of 14! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heidilucky/support
Last week you got to hear Mary Jo's (Maria's), story! This week we're going to the boy's cottage to talk with Joe Ellis! Joe lived at A.G.O. from the middle of 1st grade through high school graduation! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heidilucky/support
Happy Thanksgiving! Last week you got to hear Joe's story! This week we're going to the girl's cottage to talk with Maria (Mary Jo)! Maria lived at A.G.O. from 6th grade through high school! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heidilucky/support
Last week you got to hear Mary Beth's story! This week we're going to the boy's cottage to talk with Joe! Joe lived at A.G.O. from 4 years old through high school graduation! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heidilucky/support
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