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108. Last Week In AI — 2021: The (full) year in review
50 minutes Posted Jan 5, 2022 at 3:21 pm.
Intro
Rise of multi-modal models
Growth of hardware and compute
Reinforcement learning
Open-ended learning
Power seeking paper
Safety and assumptions
Intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation
Mapping natural language
Timnit Gebru’s research institute
Wrap-up
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Show notes
2021 has been a wild ride in many ways, but its wildest features might actually be AI-related. We’ve seen major advances in everything from language modeling to multi-modal learning, open-ended learning and even AI alignment.
So, we thought, what better way to take stock of the big AI-related milestones we’ve reached in 2021 than a cross-over episode with our friends over at the Last Week In AI podcast.
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Intro music:
- Artist: Ron Gelinas
- Track Title: Daybreak Chill Blend (original mix)
- Link to Track: https://youtu.be/d8Y2sKIgFWc
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