13 episodes

There are very few places in the world like Montreal and McGill which have such a concentration of talent in the field of AI/ML. MAIS primarily serves to build a community with a shared passion for the field, spreading knowledge and resources to help aid people trying to enter the AI ecosystem. Our podcast aims to promote the research and share the experiences of people who are making remarkable contributions to the development of AI across disciplines and to allow others to use that information to break into the field while being more aware of the challenges and opportunities. We hope to foster an accessible, holistic resource to understand how AI is evolving and continuously changing the world around us.

McGill AI Podcast Alexandre Lamarche, Catherine Fontaine, Ramatoulaye Balde, Antoine Paradis

    • Science

There are very few places in the world like Montreal and McGill which have such a concentration of talent in the field of AI/ML. MAIS primarily serves to build a community with a shared passion for the field, spreading knowledge and resources to help aid people trying to enter the AI ecosystem. Our podcast aims to promote the research and share the experiences of people who are making remarkable contributions to the development of AI across disciplines and to allow others to use that information to break into the field while being more aware of the challenges and opportunities. We hope to foster an accessible, holistic resource to understand how AI is evolving and continuously changing the world around us.

    Yves Hilpisch: How AI is Shaping the Future of Computational Finance

    Yves Hilpisch: How AI is Shaping the Future of Computational Finance

    The podcast team is excited to announce the McGill Artificial Intelligence Society’s 3rd podcast episode of the 2023-2024 school year featuring Yves Hilpisch. Yves is the founder and CEO of The Python Quants and has written several books, including Python for Finance. In recent years, AI has been in the forefront of computational finance and algorithmic trading. As the accessibility of AI increases, building our own financial models has become easier with programming languages like ...

    • 1 hr 5 min
    Ignacio Cofone: Redrawing Privacy Lines with AI Regulation

    Ignacio Cofone: Redrawing Privacy Lines with AI Regulation

    The podcast team is excited to announce the McGill Artificial Intelligence Society’s 2nd podcast episode of the 2023-2024 school year featuring Ignacio Cofone. Ignacio Cofone is a professor at McGill’s Faculty of Law and is the Canada Research Chair in AI Law and Data Governance. With the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence in recent years, there are also many concerns at the forefront. This episode tackles current topics like the effects of bias in AI, the intersection between AI...

    • 44 min
    Artem Kirsanov: Perspectives on the Intersection Between AI and Neuroscience

    Artem Kirsanov: Perspectives on the Intersection Between AI and Neuroscience

    Artem Kirsanov is a graduate student in neuroscience at New York University Center for Neural Science and a YouTuber with a following of over 100k subscribers. In this episode, we talk about modelling the human brain with artificial intelligence, how AI is being used to enhance neuroscience, and what a future alongside AI can look like for scientists.

    • 54 min
    Doina Precup: Exploring Frontiers of Reinforcement Learning

    Doina Precup: Exploring Frontiers of Reinforcement Learning

    Embark on an enlightening journey into the world of reinforcement learning with Prof. Doina Precup in this captivating podcast episode. As a distinguished professor at McGill University and the Head of DeepMind Montreal, Prof. Precup brings a wealth of expertise to our discussion. Join us as we delve into the intricacies of hierarchical reinforcement learning, navigating the complexities of decision-making processes. Explore the realm of continual reinforcement learning, where adaptability ha...

    • 1 hr 9 min
    Chloë Ryan, Katherine Beaulieu & Kussil Oumedjbeur: Generative AI & Art

    Chloë Ryan, Katherine Beaulieu & Kussil Oumedjbeur: Generative AI & Art

    The advent of powerful generative AI models - particularly in the art space - has enabled limitless creative opportunities. In this episode, we discuss both the usage benefits and the importance of regulating generative AI in this space from a diverse stakeholder perspective. Chloë Ryan, CEO and founder of Acrylic Robotics - a fast-growing pre-seed art-tech startup, Katherine Beaulieu, a BCL/JD Candidate at the McGill Faculty of Law & member of Tech Law, and Dr. Kussil Oumedjbeur, a curre...

    • 1 hr 4 min
    Su Lin Blodgett & Fenwick McKelvey: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on AI Ethics

    Su Lin Blodgett & Fenwick McKelvey: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on AI Ethics

    What does it mean for an artificial intelligence model to do the right thing? What are researchers and governments doing to ensure that the use of AI technologies does not infringe on human rights? These are two of the questions that we touch on in this conversation with Dr. Su Lin Blodgett and Prof. Fenwick McKelvey. The world of AI has seen an explosion of progress in recent years and this has opened up exciting new applications for these models. However, the issue of reflecting human biase...

    • 1 hr 11 min

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