AI in healthcare, synthesizing dance moves, hardware acceleration

Chris and Daniel discuss new advances in AI research (including a creepy dancing video), how AI is creating opportunity for new chip startups, and uses of deep learning in healthcare. They also share some great learning resources, including one of Chris’s favorite online courses.

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Featuring:

• Chris Benson – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Daniel Whitenack – Website, GitHub, X

Show Notes:

News/Updates:

• New seq2seq architecture without explicit encoder/decoder
• Dancing video synthesis
• O’Reilly AI SF
• How AI is decommoditizing the chip industry
• Johns Hopkins researchers use deep learning to combat pancreatic cancer
• Artificial intelligence system designs drugs from scratch

Learning Resources:

• Hands on ML books dataviz
• Udemy - Complete Guide to TensorFlow for Deep Learning with Python

Books

• “Hands-On Machine Learning” by Aurélien Géron

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Creators & Guests

Host

Chris Benson

Host

Daniel Whitenack

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Making artificial intelligence practical, productive & accessible to everyone. Practical AI is a show in which technology professionals, business people, students, enthusiasts, and expert guests engage in lively discussions about Artificial Intelligence and related topics (Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Neural Networks, GANs, MLOps, AIOps, LLMs & more).

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