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25 years of speech technology innovation
Practical AI
05/11/21 • 42 min
5 Listeners
RAG continues to rise
Practical AI
04/10/24 • 48 min
Daniel & Chris delight in conversation with “the funniest guy in AI”, Demetrios Brinkmann. Together they explore the results of the MLOps Community’s latest survey. They also preview the upcoming AI Quality Conference.
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- Demetrios Brinkmann – X
- Chris Benson – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
- Daniel Whitenack – Website, GitHub, X
Show Notes:
- MLOps Community
- AI Quality Conference
- Evaluation Survey
- RAG failover talk from Jerry Lui
- Prompt Templates the Song
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3 Listeners
Creating tested, reliable AI applications
Practical AI
11/13/24 • 50 min
It can be frustrating to get an AI application working amazingly well 80% of the time and failing miserably the other 20%. How can you close the gap and create something that you rely on? Chris and Daniel talk through this process, behavior testing, and the flow from prototype to production in this episode. They also talk a bit about the apparent slow down in the release of frontier models.
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3 Listeners
Build a workspace of AI agents
Practical AI
03/08/25 • 47 min
How can every single person build a personal AI protégé and then accumulate (and share) a host of other assistants? In this episode, we dive into the world of no-code AI with Scott Meyer from Chipp.ai. We discuss AI tooling for people that can't code, the cultural shift that needs to happen for widespread AI adoption in businesses, and the predicted growth trajectory of AI assistant that you can own.
Featuring:
- Chris Benson – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
- Daniel Whitenack – Website, GitHub, X
- Scott Meyer - LinkedIn, X
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Gemini vs OpenAI
Practical AI
02/14/24 • 43 min
Google has been releasing a ton of new GenAI functionality under the name “Gemini”, and they’ve officially rebranded Bard as Gemini. We take some time to talk through Gemini compared with offerings from OpenAI, Anthropic, Cohere, etc.
We also discuss the recent FCC decision to ban the use of AI voices in robocalls and what the decision might mean for government involvement in AI in 2024.
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2 Listeners
AI vs software devs
Practical AI
03/26/24 • 57 min
Daniel and Chris are out this week, so we’re bringing you conversations all about AI’s complicated relationship to software developers from other Changelog pods: JS Party, Go Time & The Changelog.
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- Neo4j – Is your code getting dragged down by JOINs and long query times? The problem might be your database...Try simplifying the complex with graphs. Stop asking relational databases to do more than they were made for. Graphs work well for use cases with lots of data connections like supply chain, fraud detection, real-time analytics, and genAI. With Neo4j, you can code in your favorite programming language and against any driver. Plus, it’s easy to integrate into your tech stack. Visit Neo4j.com/developer to get started.
- The Hacker Mindset – “The Hacker Mindset” written by Garrett Gee, a seasoned white hat hacker with over 20 years of experience, is available for pre-order now. This book reveals the secrets of white hat hacking and how you can apply them to overcome obstacles and achieve your goals. In a world where hacking often gets a bad rap, this book shows you the white hat side – the side focused on innovation, problem-solving, and ethical principles.
- Fly.io – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps and databases close to your users. In minutes you can run your Ruby, Go, Node, Deno, Python, or Elixir app (and databases!) all over the world. No ops required. Learn more at fly.io/changelog and check out the speedrun in their docs.
Featuring:
- Kent Quirk – GitHub, Mastodon, X
- Sharon DiOrio – X
- Steven Pyle – LinkedIn
- José Valim – Website, GitHub, X
- Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
- Kevin Ball – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
- Nick Nisi – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X
- Johnny Boursiquot – Website, GitHub, X
- Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Show Notes:
- JS Party #317 (This will 404 until Thursday!)
- Go Time #306
- Changelog & Friends #28
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2 Listeners
Deep-dive into DeepSeek
Practical AI
01/31/25 • 50 min
There is crazy hype and a lot of confusion related to DeepSeek’s latest model DeepSeek R1. The products provided by DeepSeek (their version of a ChatGPT-like app) has exploded in popularity. However, ties to China have raised privacy and geopolitical concerns. In this episode, Chris and Daniel cut through the hype to talk about the model, privacy implications, running DeepSeek models securely, and what this signals for open models in 2025.
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Should kids still learn to code?
Practical AI
04/02/24 • 39 min
In this fully connected episode, Daniel & Chris discuss NVIDIA GTC keynote comments from CEO Jensen Huang about teaching kids to code. Then they dive into the notion of “community” in the AI world, before discussing challenges in the adoption of generative AI by non-technical people. They finish by addressing the evolving balance between generative AI interfaces and search engines.
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- NVIDIA GTC March 2024 Keynote with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang
- 5 Forces That Will Drive the Adoption of GenAI | Harvard Business Review
- Here’s why AI search engines really can’t kill Google | The Verge
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2 Listeners
First impressions of GPT-4o
Practical AI
05/22/24 • 43 min
Daniel & Chris share their first impressions of OpenAI’s newest LLM: GPT-4o and Daniel tries to bring the model into the conversation with humorously mixed results. Together, they explore the implications of Omni’s new feature set - the speed, the voice interface, and the new multimodal capabilities.
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- Neo4j – Is your code getting dragged down by JOINs and long query times? The problem might be your database...Try simplifying the complex with graphs. Stop asking relational databases to do more than they were made for. Graphs work well for use cases with lots of data connections like supply chain, fraud detection, real-time analytics, and genAI. With Neo4j, you can code in your favorite programming language and against any driver. Plus, it’s easy to integrate into your tech stack.
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- Hello GPT-4o
- AI Engineer World’s Fair
- AIQCON - the AI Quality Conference
- Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That’s a Good Thing)
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Clones, commerce & campaigns
Practical AI
11/29/24 • 53 min
Chris and Daniel dive into what Trump’s impending second term could mean for AI companies, model developers, and regulators, unpacking the potential shifts in policy and innovation. Next, they discuss the latest models, like Qwen, that blur the performance gap between open and closed systems. Finally, they explore new AI tools for meeting clones and AI-driven commerce, sparking a conversation about the balance between digital convenience and fostering genuine human connections.
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- New Models
- What Donald Trump’s Win Means for AI
- GetPickle.ai
- Docling
- AI and Commerce
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FAQ
How many episodes does Practical AI have?
Practical AI currently has 465 episodes available.
What topics does Practical AI cover?
The podcast is about Deep Learning, Ai, Podcasts, Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
What is the most popular episode on Practical AI?
The episode title '25 years of speech technology innovation' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Practical AI?
The average episode length on Practical AI is 47 minutes.
How often are episodes of Practical AI released?
Episodes of Practical AI are typically released every 6 days, 19 hours.
When was the first episode of Practical AI?
The first episode of Practical AI was released on Jul 2, 2018.
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