Getting a Start in ML and Applied AI at Facebook
In episode five of season three we compare and contrast AI and data science, take a listener question about getting started in machine learning, and listen to an interview with Joaquin Quiñonero Cande...
13 Juli 201757min
Bias Variance Dilemma for Humans and the Arm Farm
In episode four of season three Neil introduces us to the ideas behind the bias variance dilemma (and how how we can think about it in our daily lives). Plus, we answer a listener question about how t...
29 Juni 201750min
Overfitting and Asking Ecological Questions with ML
In this episode three of season three of Talking Machines we dive into overfitting, take a listener question about unbalanced data and talk with Professor (Emeritus) Tom Dietterich from Oregon State U...
15 Juni 201741min
Graphons and "Inferencing"
In episode two of season three Neil takes us through the basics on dropout, we chat about the definition of inference (It's more about context than you think!) and hear an interview with Jennifer Chay...
25 Maj 201741min
Hosts of Talking Machines: Neil Lawrence and Ryan Adams
Talking Machines is entering its third season and going through some changes. Our founding host Ryan is moving on and in his place Neil Lawrence of Amazon is taking over as co host. We say thank you a...
27 Apr 201733min
ANGLICAN and Probabilistic Programming
In episode seventeen of season two we get an introduction to Min Hashing, talk with Frank Wood the creator of ANGLICAN, about probabilistic programming and his new company, INVREA, and take a listener...
1 Sep 201644min
Eric Lander and Restricted Boltzmann Machines
In episode sixteen of season two, we get an introduction to Restricted Boltzmann Machines, we take a listener question about tuning hyperparameters, plus we talk with Eric Lander of the Broad Institu...
18 Aug 201653min
Generative Art and Hamiltonian Monte Carlo
In episode fifteen of season two, we talk about Hamiltonian Monte Carlo, we take a listener question about unbalanced data, plus we talk with Doug Eck of Google’s Magenta project.See omnystudio.com/li...
4 Aug 201647min
