{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Pragmatic AI with Matt Stauffer","title":"AI Researcher Michelle Yi on Watson, World Models, and Why AI Should Be for Everyone","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/2b51c358\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3967,"description":"Matt Stauffer is joined by Michelle Yi — co-founder of Generationship, board member of Women in Data, and AI Researcher at Basis Research Institute — who shares her 20-year journey across AI research, industry, and startups.\n\nMichelle traces the evolution of AI from her early days working on IBM Watson through to modern language models, reflecting on what's changed, what's been lost, and what's finally becoming possible. She and Matt dig into the importance of democratizing AI and making it genuinely useful beyond big tech.\n\nThe conversation closes on Michelle's vision for a more equitable and responsible AI future — one being built through initiatives like Generationship and Basis Research Institute, and powered by people who choose to engage with AI rather than sit it out.\n\nMatt Stauffer on X \nTighten Website \nMichelle on LinkedIn \nBasis Research Institute\nNYC Rat Research in the News \nPyro.ai \nWomen in Data \nGenerationship \nDecile Group \nBobiverse Series \nBecky Chambers Book \nAndrej Karpathy YouTube \nCommunity Usage Tweet \nSetlist FM \n\n-----\n\nEditing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/3enyAvaW7o2XuKO8gxz1hczs1w-ziZ7Pq03SgiXrNR0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kOGQ3/ODc2YWFlNGQ2NDY2/ZTkwYWZlOWU1OTYx/YWMyYS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}