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Conviction · Technology

No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups

At this moment of inflection in technology, co-hosts Elad Gil and Sarah Guo talk to the world's leading AI engineers, researchers and founders about the biggest questions: How far away is AGI? What markets are at risk for disruption? How will commerce, culture, and society change? What’s happening in state-of-the-art in research? “No Priors” is your guide to the AI revolution. Email feedback to [email protected]. Sarah Guo is a startup investor and the founder of Conviction, an investment firm purpose-built to serve intelligent software, or "Software 3.0" companies. She spent nearly a decade incubating and investing at venture firm Greylock Partners. Elad Gil is a serial entrepreneur and a startup investor. He was co-founder of Color Health, Mixer Labs (which was acquired by Twitter). He has invested in over 40 companies now worth $1B or more each, and is also author of the High Growth Handbook.

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Listener Q&A: AI Misconceptions, The Reality of Regulation, Infinite Context, Incumbent AI Execution and Startup Ideas

08 Jun 2023
35m
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This podcast episode delves into the complexities of AI technology, its potential benefits and challenges, the hype surrounding generative AI, and the need for a balanced approach to regulation. It also highlights the rise of local AI companies in China and the implications of hardware sanctions on AI development, as w...

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AI & Defense Technology with Anduril CEO Brian Schimpf

01 Jun 2023
50m
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This podcast episode explores the innovative work of Anduril, a defense technology company founded by Brian Schimpf, to revolutionize defense through autonomous systems. The discussion delves into the importance of higher quantities of lower-cost systems in modern warfare, leveraging sensor data and machine learning, t...

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Going Full Send on AI, and the (Positive) Impact of AI on Jobs, with Kevin Scott, CTO of Microsoft

24 May 2023
55m
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This episode of the podcast emphasizes the transformative potential of AI and highlights the collaborative efforts of Microsoft and OpenAI in driving advancements in the field. By partnering with OpenAI, Microsoft aims to develop supercomputers, promote safe deployments, and explore AI's democratizing impact on global ...

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The AI Will See You Now: Exploring Biomedical AI and Google’s Med-PaLM2 With Karan Singhal

18 May 2023
42m
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This podcast episode focuses on the potential and challenges of leveraging large language models (LLMs) in the medical field. It explores the developments, considerations, evaluation methods, and potential applications of AI in healthcare, emphasizing the importance of privacy, patient care, and ethical implications. T...

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Will Everyone Have a Personal AI? With Mustafa Suleyman, Founder of DeepMind and Inflection

11 May 2023
52m
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Mustafa Suleyman, the co-founder of DeepMind and Inflection, discusses his journey from social activism to AI. From climate negotiations to AI research, he emphasizes the potential of AI in addressing global challenges. DeepMind's work in protein folding and reinforcement learning is highlighted, along with the potenti...

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Personalizing AI Models with Kelvin Guu, Senior Staff Research Scientist, Google Brain

04 May 2023
40m
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This podcast episode delves into the advancements and challenges of machine learning, from pre-trained language models and retrieval-augmented models to the adaptation of large language models. It explores the concept of modularity and the constant evolution of AI techniques, including prompt tuning, Simfluence, and mo...

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Listener Q&A: AI Investment Hype, Foundation Models, Regulation, Opportunity Areas, and More

27 Apr 2023
34m
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This podcast episode explores the current state of open-source AI models, the potential of autonomous agents and the ongoing context in AI, the importance and challenges of regulating AI, the risks and opportunities associated with advanced AI, and the exciting applications and technologies that are emerging in the AI ...

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The Computing Platform Underlying AI, with Jensen Huang, Founder & CEO of NVIDIA

20 Apr 2023
45m
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This podcast features NVIDIA's founder Jensen Huang and his journey through the tech industry, focusing on how NVIDIA's computing platform evolved from graphics to AI, and the company's pivotal role in shaping the field of artificial intelligence through deep learning. The podcast discusses NVIDIA's approach to platfor...

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Your AI Friends Have Awoken, With Noam Shazeer

13 Apr 2023
30m
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This podcast episode delves into the world of AI, natural language processing (NLP), and AI-powered conversational systems, exploring the latest advancements and challenges. It features in-depth discussions with Noam Shazeer, an influential AI researcher, and explores platforms like Character AI, which allows users to ...

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The Future is Small Models, with Matei Zaharia, CTO of Databricks

06 Apr 2023
39m
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This podcast episode explores the story of Databricks, a company that offers a cloud platform for data engineering, data warehousing, machine learning, the development of Dolly, a tool that allows users to build their own large language models, the capabilities and limitations of language models, the challenges and opp...

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What’s Beyond GitHub Copilot? With Copilot's Chief Architect and founder of Minion.AI Alex Graveley

30 Mar 2023
36m
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This podcast episode delves into the intricate world of AI development, featuring interviews with experts in various subfields of AI. From the challenges of creating AI assistants that understand human requests to the exploration of AI's potential to revolutionize code generation, this episode offers insightful discuss...

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How do we go from search engines to answer engines? With Perplexity AI’s Aravind Srinivas and Denis Yarats

23 Mar 2023
38m
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This podcast episode dives into Perplexity, a search engine that offers answers in a conversational format. It explores the importance of iteration and innovation, hiring individuals interested in emerging technologies like LLM, and addresses the challenges of bias and accuracy in information retrieval. Additionally, i...

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What is the future of search? With Neeva’s Sridhar Ramaswamy

16 Mar 2023
36m
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This podcast episode delves into Niva's unique journey, the evolution of search experiences enabled by AI and LLMs, and the transformative impact of these technologies on the search industry. It highlights the challenges faced, potential solutions, and disruptions brought about by the rise of AI-powered chatbots and co...

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What is the role of academia in modern AI research? With Stanford Professor Dr. Percy Liang

09 Mar 2023
46m
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This podcast episode delves into the fascinating evolution of AI, from its initial aspiration of achieving human-level intelligence to the current era of superhuman capabilities. It explores the emergence of foundation models, their potential to revolutionize industries, and the challenges they pose in terms of transpa...

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How AI can make drug discovery fail less, with Daphne Koller from Insitro

02 Mar 2023
46m
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This podcast episode discusses the challenges and opportunities of using machine learning and AI in drug discovery. It explores the use of machine learning for target identification, drug development, and clinical trials. The speakers highlight the importance of selecting the right patient population for clinical trial...

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Why the Future of Machine Learning is Open Source with Huggingface’s Clem Delangue

23 Feb 2023
31m
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This podcast episode explores the journey of Hugging Face, which initially aimed to create an AI Tamagotchi-like companion but later transitioned into a leading open-source platform for machine learning research, fostered by a conducive environment for innovation and genuine community involvement.

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Founder Stories: What’s behind the largest commercial autonomous system on earth? With Zipline’s Keller Rinaudo Cliffton

20 Feb 2023
46m
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Zipline, a company dedicated to transforming healthcare logistics through autonomous drone delivery, has made remarkable progress in revolutionizing how medical supplies are distributed. Their mission is to provide instant delivery of life-saving products to hospitals, doctors, and people in need, particularly in under...

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How can we make sure that everyone has access to AI? Can small models outperform large models? With Stability AI’s Emad Mostaque

16 Feb 2023
46m
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This podcast, featuring Emad Mostaque and philanthropists, delves into the democratization of AI and the open source infrastructure enabling various AI modalities to solve complex issues like COVID-19 and autism. The discussion highlights the potential of generative AI in diverse domains, its impact on healthcare and e...

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What does AI-powered content creation look like? with Runway ML’s Cristobal Valenzuela

09 Feb 2023
46m
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This podcast episode explores the intersection of art, technology, and creativity, highlighting the transformative potential of AI in enabling new forms of creative expression. It delves into the evolution of Runway, a platform that empowers storytelling and creativity, and discusses the challenges and innovations in d...

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This is “No Priors”

02 Feb 2023
1m
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This podcast episode explores the transformative potential of AI and its impact on society, business, and the future. The hosts emphasize the need for careful consideration of AI alignment and the significance of listening to the perspectives of innovators at the fringes of AI research.

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