1 hr 28 min
#18 Demystifying AI (with Nisansa de Silva) The Bad Take
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- Society & Culture
Joined by subject expert Nisansa de Silva, we bust some myths about AI and its applications, while exploring the challenges in AI development and the inevitable social, economic and political implications it poses.
Nisansa de Silva is a doctoral candidate at the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Oregon. His research interests are in the area of Artificial Intelligence, specifically, in the sub-domains of; Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, and Data mining. Nisansa is currently on study leave from his position of lecturer at the Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Moratuwa. He is a polymath of sorts and has a wide range of interests including history, philosophy, linguistics, mythology, pop culture and classical music.
Nisansa is on Twitter at @NisansaDdS.
Show notes for this episode, including links to everything mentioned: thebadtake.com/episode18
Support us on Patreon and get exclusive extras: thebadtake.com/patreon
Credits:
Soundtrack - Downtown Funk by Dj Quads @aka-dj-quads Music provided by Free Music for Vlogs youtu.be/UYBJQkvLTIw
Background image - Brett Jordan on Unsplash
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Joined by subject expert Nisansa de Silva, we bust some myths about AI and its applications, while exploring the challenges in AI development and the inevitable social, economic and political implications it poses.
Nisansa de Silva is a doctoral candidate at the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Oregon. His research interests are in the area of Artificial Intelligence, specifically, in the sub-domains of; Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, and Data mining. Nisansa is currently on study leave from his position of lecturer at the Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Moratuwa. He is a polymath of sorts and has a wide range of interests including history, philosophy, linguistics, mythology, pop culture and classical music.
Nisansa is on Twitter at @NisansaDdS.
Show notes for this episode, including links to everything mentioned: thebadtake.com/episode18
Support us on Patreon and get exclusive extras: thebadtake.com/patreon
Credits:
Soundtrack - Downtown Funk by Dj Quads @aka-dj-quads Music provided by Free Music for Vlogs youtu.be/UYBJQkvLTIw
Background image - Brett Jordan on Unsplash
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-bad-take/message
1 hr 28 min