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Namee Oberst on Small Language Models and How They are Enabling AI-Powered PCs
In this podcast, Namee Oberst, co-founder of AI Bloks, the company behind AI framework LLMWare, discusses the recent trend in Generative AI and Language Model technologies, the Small Language Models (SLMs) and how these smaller models are empowering the edge computing on devices and enabling AI-powered PC's.
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Generally AI - Season 2 - Episode 5: Do Robots Dream of Electric Pianos?
Hosts discuss the use of simulation of both musical instruments and robots. They explore how software and sampling techniques allow musicians to replicate the sounds of real instruments and to design better pianos before manufacturing. They discuss how robot simulations allow testing code safely in virtual environments, avoiding costly or dangerous real-world consequences.
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Generally AI - Season 2 - Episode 4: Coordinate Systems in AI and the Physical World
In this podcast, Roland Meertens and Anthony Alford discuss coordinate systems, both in AI and the physical world. They explore how a library's classification systems mirror the concept of embeddings in AI, where documents are organized based on similarity and how AI tools like RAG use vector spaces to efficiently retrieve the right content.
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Generally AI - Season 2 - Episode 3: Surviving the AI Winter
Roland Meertens and Anthony Alford discuss the historical cycles of AI "summers" and "winters": periods of optimism and decline in AI research. The conversation follows the story of neural networks, to the resurgence of AI with backpropagation and deep learning in the 2010s. They also explore the potential for a future "AI Winter", as technological advances face both hype and skepticism.
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Orchestrating a Path to Success - a Conversation with Bernd Ruecker
In this podcast, Michael Stiefel spoke with Bernd Ruecker about how important process orchestration is for solving business problems, and how it is often misunderstood by architects and developers. They also spoke about the importance of visual tools, training new developers, and the dangers of being trapped by the joy of technology.
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Great Products Need Closer Collaboration Between Product, Engineering and Design
In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Maria Fernandez Guajardo about how product management has evolved, with the need for closer collaboration between product, engineering, and design, especially in the age of AI.
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Product Mastery in Corporate Software: Insights from Kent McDonald
This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Kent McDonald about his experience working with organizations that build software for internal use, emphasizing the importance of product management in these contexts.
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Techniques to Tackle Technical Debt with Dustin Thostenson
In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Dustin Thostenson about techniques to recognise and tackle technical debt.
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Engineering Excellence: Declan Whelan on Technical Health, Agile Practices, and Team Culture
In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Declan Whelan about technical health, useful metrics, modern technical practices, code stewardship and cultural aspects of good engineering teams.
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Engineering Leadership: Balancing Autonomy, Growth, and Culture with Michael Gray
In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Michael Gray of ClearBank about engineering culture and leadership.