最佳TWiM播客 (2024)

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AI Agents for Data Analysis with Shreya Shankar - #703 48:24

14h ago48:24

48:24

Today, we're joined by Shreya Shankar, a PhD student at UC Berkeley to discuss DocETL, a declarative system for building and optimizing LLM-powered data processing pipelines for large-scale and complex document analysis tasks. We explore how DocETL's optimizer architecture works, the intricacies of building agentic systems for data processing, the …

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Stealing Part of a Production Language Model with Nicholas Carlini - #702 1:03:30

8d ago1:03:30

1:03:30

Today, we're joined by Nicholas Carlini, research scientist at Google DeepMind to discuss adversarial machine learning and model security, focusing on his 2024 ICML best paper winner, “Stealing part of a production language model.” We dig into this work, which demonstrated the ability to successfully steal the last layer of production language mode…

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Supercharging Developer Productivity with ChatGPT and Claude with Simon Willison - #701 1:14:15

16d ago1:14:15

1:14:15

Today, we're joined by Simon Willison, independent researcher and creator of Datasette to discuss the many ways software developers and engineers can take advantage of large language models (LLMs) to boost their productivity. We dig into Simon’s own workflows and how he uses popular models like ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude to write and test hundr…

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The 2 Artists One Cup Episode 1:48:35

18d ago1:48:35

1:48:35

By the skin of our teeth we got an episode this week, and you can make it the first podcast you play on your brand new iPhone 13 4th Gen! Dan & Phil remember James Earl Jones, celebrate Learnmore Jonasi and fan out over Lil Wayne, remembering the impact he had, but then explain why they don't believe he was ever an option for the Super Bowl halftim…

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The Kings of Kaos Episode 2:50:02

25d ago2:50:02

2:50:02

The boys are back with a fresh, crispy episode of the only podcast that DJs can play clips of at a concert. Dan & Phil start on a sombre note, remembering Fatman Scoop, and lamenting the state of a world that continues to allow violence against women. But, the show must go on, and Dan & Phil have a spirited debate about credit on songs, sparked by …

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Automated Design of Agentic Systems with Shengran Hu - #700 59:30

28d ago59:30

59:30

Today, we're joined by Shengran Hu, a PhD student at the University of British Columbia, to discuss Automated Design of Agentic Systems (ADAS), an approach focused on automatically creating agentic system designs. We explore the spectrum of agentic behaviors, the motivation for learning all aspects of agentic system design, the key components of th…

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The Blooming Olympics Episode 2:02:19

1M ago2:02:19

2:02:19

Testing 1, 2, can you see this episode? Have we been... copyright-struck? Brand new episode of your favourite all-male podcast that has ZERO opinions about any women's business! In this episode, Dan & Phil discuss the ridiculous online feud between South Africa and Nigeria on Bolt, the incredible numbers at the Doek and Slay, and they get into thei…

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The EU AI Act and Mitigating Bias in Automated Decisioning with Peter van der Putten - #699 45:34

1M ago45:34

45:34

Today, we're joined by Peter van der Putten, director of the AI Lab at Pega and assistant professor of AI at Leiden University. We discuss the newly adopted European AI Act and the challenges of applying academic fairness metrics in real-world AI applications. We dig into the key ethical principles behind the Act, its broad definition of AI, and ho…

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The Mayo Madness Episode 2:07:46

1M ago2:07:46

2:07:46

Dan & Phil show up once again, very demure, very mindful on a brand new episode of your favourite nerdy podcast, 2 Broke Twimbos. Expect hard-hitting journalism on philosophical questions such as: How do you greet someone when they’re with their person? How much should you get paid for going viral? And how do you win or lose a fight against Disney?…

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The Building Blocks of Agentic Systems with Harrison Chase - #698 59:17

1M ago59:17

59:17

Today, we're joined by Harrison Chase, co-founder and CEO of LangChain to discuss LLM frameworks, agentic systems, RAG, evaluation, and more. We dig into the elements of a modern LLM framework, including the most productive developer experiences and appropriate levels of abstraction. We dive into agents and agentic systems as well, covering the “sp…

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The Gunned And Rayed Episode 2:00:46

2M ago2:00:46

2:00:46

As you count down the time before 11 men who get paid 100K a week to kick a ball around ruin your weekend, the 2 Broke Twimbos bring you a brand new episode of the only podcast that is a certified breakdance representative. Call us 2B-Boys! This week Dan & Phil catch up with what’s been happening with Chidimma Adetshina and the whole Miss South Afr…

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Simplifying On-Device AI for Developers with Siddhika Nevrekar - #697 46:37

2M ago46:37

46:37

Today, we're joined by Siddhika Nevrekar, AI Hub head at Qualcomm Technologies, to discuss on-device AI and how to make it easier for developers to take advantage of device capabilities. We unpack the motivations for AI engineers to move model inference from the cloud to local devices, and explore the challenges associated with on-device AI. We dig…

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The Adelle Onyango Episode 2:28:08

2M ago2:28:08

2:28:08

Happy gold medals top Africa! And happy new episode to you! The only podcast certified to be played by Motswana sprinters before beating arrogant Americans brings you something different. Today, Dan & Phil cross over to Kenya to speak to former radio host, entrepreneur, and podcast host Adelle Onyango. Almost 3 years ago, Adelle hosted us as guests…

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Genie: Generative Interactive Environments with Ashley Edwards - #696 46:51

2M ago46:51

46:51

Today, we're joined by Ashley Edwards, a member of technical staff at Runway, to discuss Genie: Generative Interactive Environments, a system for creating ‘playable’ video environments for training deep reinforcement learning (RL) agents at scale in a completely unsupervised manner. We explore the motivations behind Genie, the challenges of data ac…

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The Downer of The Culture Episode 2:37:21

2M ago2:37:21

2:37:21

Consistent Gold Winner in the Podcasting Olympics, Dan & Phil are back with a brand new episode that DOES NOT MOCK ANY RELIGIONS IN ANY OPENING CEREMONY. This week Dan & Phil review the amazing news that Zimbabwe has grocery stores, and would like to thank Tiffany Haddish for this incredible revelation. They also look at what it takes for them to e…

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Bridging the Sim2real Gap in Robotics with Marius Memmel - #695 57:21

2M ago57:21

57:21

Today, we're joined by Marius Memmel, a PhD student at the University of Washington, to discuss his research on sim-to-real transfer approaches for developing autonomous robotic agents in unstructured environments. Our conversation focuses on his recent ASID and URDFormer papers. We explore the complexities presented by real-world settings like a c…

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The Showing Discord Episode 2:10:51

2M ago2:10:51

2:10:51

Fear not! The 2 Broke Twimbos return after another monumental, nay, cataclysmic week to calm you down, explain stuff and make jokes. In this episode of the pod, Dan & Phil find out what’s going on with the world’s biggest creator Mr Beast, and ask, should you be revealing your sordid past to your employer? They dive into the murky waters of the Sou…

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Building Real-World LLM Products with Fine-Tuning and More with Hamel Husain - #694 1:20:05

2M ago1:20:05

1:20:05

Today, we're joined by Hamel Husain, founder of Parlance Labs, to discuss the ins and outs of building real-world products using large language models (LLMs). We kick things off discussing novel applications of LLMs and how to think about modern AI user experiences. We then dig into the key challenge faced by LLM developers—how to iterate from a sn…

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The No Clown in the DM Episode 1:44:47

2M ago1:44:47

1:44:47

Turn on multifactor authentification and delete your DM’s because the 2 Broke Twimbos are back with. brand new episode of the only podcast to remain unaffected by global Windows failures (because we use typewriters). In this episode, Dan & Phil explore the real issues of our time, like what kinds of cringy things do men send in DM’s? What on earth …

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Mamba, Mamba-2 and Post-Transformer Architectures for Generative AI with Albert Gu - #693 57:54

3M ago57:54

57:54

Today, we're joined by Albert Gu, assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University, to discuss his research on post-transformer architectures for multi-modal foundation models, with a focus on state-space models in general and Albert’s recent Mamba and Mamba-2 papers in particular. We dig into the efficiency of the attention mechanism and its limi…

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The Charisse C Episode 1:50:25

3M ago1:50:25

1:50:25

Dan & Phil have finally decided to just ask a DJ all those questions they’ve been having. None other than Zimbabweans Doing It Big alum, Charisse C, celebrated DJ and artist based in the UK. She shares her story, the early days of amapiano in the UK, and how DJ’s can become “better” and stuff. Enjoy! Subscribe and listen to 2 Broke Twimbos everywhe…

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Decoding Animal Behavior to Train Robots with EgoPet with Amir Bar - #692 43:16

3M ago43:16

43:16

Today, we're joined by Amir Bar, a PhD candidate at Tel Aviv University and UC Berkeley to discuss his research on visual-based learning, including his recent paper, “EgoPet: Egomotion and Interaction Data from an Animal’s Perspective.” Amir shares his research projects focused on self-supervised object detection and analogy reasoning for general c…

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The Travel and Tributes Episode 2:22:14

3M ago2:22:14

2:22:14

Put out a flyer and host a welcome-back dinner for us because Dan & Phil return to the podcast after a brief hiatus! There’s a lot to catch up on, from a review of the BET Awards, to the furore surrounding Madam Boss attending, and even a conversation on nepotism after Saweetie asked people to stop calling her a nepo baby. We even have leftovers fr…

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How Microsoft Scales Testing and Safety for Generative AI with Sarah Bird - #691 57:12

3M ago57:12

57:12

Today, we're joined by Sarah Bird, chief product officer of responsible AI at Microsoft. We discuss the testing and evaluation techniques Microsoft applies to ensure safe deployment and use of generative AI, large language models, and image generation. In our conversation, we explore the unique risks and challenges presented by generative AI, the b…

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Long Context Language Models and their Biological Applications with Eric Nguyen - #690 45:41

3M ago45:41

45:41

Today, we're joined by Eric Nguyen, PhD student at Stanford University. In our conversation, we explore his research on long context foundation models and their application to biology particularly Hyena, and its evolution into Hyena DNA and Evo models. We discuss Hyena, a convolutional-based language model developed to tackle the challenges posed b…

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The Cheese and Mustard Episode 2:05:32

3M ago2:05:32

2:05:32

Dan & Phil are back again with another episode of the only podcast to be entirely funded by a presidential goat scheme. In this new episode, Dan & Phil review the iconic Ken & Friends Pop Out Concert that streamed live on Amazon Prime and broke light-skinned OVO hearts all around the world. Then Dan & Phil review Carpe Diem, the DJ Festival they bo…

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Accelerating Sustainability with AI with Andres Ravinet - #689 47:46

4M ago47:46

47:46

Today, we're joined by Andres Ravinet, sustainability global black belt at Microsoft, to discuss the role of AI in sustainability. We explore real-world use cases where AI-driven solutions are leveraged to help tackle environmental and societal challenges, from early warning systems for extreme weather events to reducing food waste along the supply…

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The Pop Out And Show Figures Episode 2:05:32

4M ago2:05:32

2:05:32

When you find yourself in a predicament, just remember: WWDC - What Would Dan Conclude? The 2 Broke Twimbos are back one more gain with a brand new episode of your favourite secretly recorded conversation masquerading as a podcast. They break down Apple entering the AI game, King Kandoro’s Properganda Tour, and what’s with Ster Kinekor closing? Enj…

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Gen AI at the Edge: Qualcomm AI Research at CVPR 2024 with Fatih Porikli - #688 1:10:41

4M ago1:10:41

1:10:41

Today we’re joined by Fatih Porikli, senior director of technology at Qualcomm AI Research. In our conversation, we covered several of the Qualcomm team’s 16 accepted main track and workshop papers at this year’s CVPR conference. The papers span a variety of generative AI and traditional computer vision topics, with an emphasis on increased trainin…

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The 3 Pedy Body Problem Episode 1:18:02

4M ago1:18:02

1:18:02

Guess who’s back, guess who’s back, guess who’s back, guess who’s back, na na na… The 2 Broke Twimbos return to another episode of fun and funkiness. Once again, we are here to celebrate a new dinosaur species found in Zimbabwe (no, not in cabinet), to analyze the history of Eminem, and to give you the back story you didn’t know you needed for your…

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Energy Star Ratings for AI Models with Sasha Luccioni - #687 48:26

4M ago48:26

48:26

Today, we're joined by Sasha Luccioni, AI and Climate lead at Hugging Face, to discuss the environmental impact of AI models. We dig into her recent research into the relative energy consumption of general purpose pre-trained models vs. task-specific, non-generative models for common AI tasks. We discuss the implications of the significant differen…

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The Cellmates and Cellulite Episode 2:03:05

4M ago2:03:05

2:03:05

Comrades, opps and fans of comedy, welcome to another episode of your favourite podcast to play while heading to a protest. Dan & Phil have both unfortunately watched Ultimatum: South Africa, they introspect on the impressive run by Learnmore Jonasi on America’s Got Talent, and what makes hip-hop hip-hop? Also, how far with Diddy’s investigation? A…

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Language Understanding and LLMs with Christopher Manning - #686 56:10

4M ago56:10

56:10

Today, we're joined by Christopher Manning, the Thomas M. Siebel professor in Machine Learning at Stanford University and a recent recipient of the 2024 IEEE John von Neumann medal. In our conversation with Chris, we discuss his contributions to foundational research areas in NLP, including word embeddings and attention. We explore his perspectives…

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The She Is Not Your Flavour Episode 2:07:40

4M ago2:07:40

2:07:40

Ah look, another week and another reason not to trust your favourite celebrities. The 2 Broke Twimbos have a lot to speak about in a brand new episode of your favourite podcast to listen to while excavating your underground bunker for the apocalypse. From the heavy video exposing Diddy (surely we all already knew?) to music lists from Apple Music, …

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