#21: Demystifying AI with Jesse Shanahan

Today's guest is the amazing Jesse Shanahan.

Jesse is a machine learning developer with a focus on humanitarian uses of AI and AI ethics. With an academic background in applied linguistics and astrophysics, Jesse has contributed to research in the fields of technology ethics and extragalactic astrophysics, and they hold a patent for cybersecurity applications of machine learning. In addition to their research, Jesse co-founded the American Astronomical Society's Working Group on Accessibility and Disability and is an avid science communicator with publications featured in Science Magazine, Forbes, and Astronomy Magazine. While they currently work as the CTO of Another Round, a start-up focused on inclusive fitness, they have many hobbies outside of work, including a Twitch channel devoted to science education and two dogs - Tennessee and Hubble.

In this episode we demystify AI where we talk about what is AI, biases in the data and how it can be harmful. We also talk about AI not magically solving all our problems and why it will not take your job. We talk about ChapGPT and large language models, the data they are trained on and the limits that they have. We also talk about the VC landscape, getting real disruption by investing in diverse teams and the unsexy product. We also talk about the tech industry, Twitter, Google and the layoff that we have seen in the latest months.

If you want to learn more about AI and all these new tools that are coming out now, this episode is for you!

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