Show notes
In this 1hr+ session, Nihir Vedd, founder of feather-ai and a PhD candidate in Natural Language Processing at Imperial College London, and I discuss everything from transformers in machine learning to NLP in stand-up comedy to AI model marketplaces. Tune in for a great session!0:46 RICH Brunch - https://cherwell.org/2021/11/17/oxfords-first-hacker-house-for-the-rich-by-the-rich/3:31 London PhD life - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nvedd/4:39 Natural Language Processing PhD project6:26 Vision for Feature-ai and AI model marketplaces - https://www.feather-ai.com/15:10 AI model marketplaces and benefit to businesses and ads agencies18:13 Inspiration for the feather name22:04 Value of industry software engineering experience31:36 Inspiration for the PhD project - child’s dream of a decision making machine34:40 Discussion on natural language processing as a route to artificial general intelligence41:27 Transformers - the machine learning type and the robot type!47:55 Problems with Transformers52:23 Problems with small datasets and machine learning56:49 Research vs industry on machine learning model implementations and pipelines1:01:58 Goals of OpenAI vs Deepmind1:07:30 Deepmind effects on science - AlphaGo1:08:07 Deepmind using NLP for collaborative storytelling and comedy and non-standard patterns of thinkinghttps://computationalcreativity.net/iccc21/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ICCC_2021_paper_118.pdf1:14:21 Areas in deep learning1:16:45 Why start a YouTube channel? - Transformers, Traction & Feather-aihttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzzXdsl0U4E-pfMzG9oYKwg1:20:08 Next steps and how to get in touch?
