The ConversAItion

Interactions LLC
  • 5.0 (55)
  • TECHNOLOGY
The ConversAItion

Host Jim Freeze, a high-energy tech enthusiast and CMO at conversational AI company Interactions, is on a quest to understand the impact of AI on business and society. AI materializes in business, academic and government innovations. It finishes our texts, analyzes complex medical data and if you ask, can recite the weather forecast or play your favorite song. Through dialogue and debate with AI executives and academics, Jim’s peeling back the layers on the ways the technology is changing our lives to understand how its impact can be as productive as possible. For more, visit interactions.com/podcast.

  1. 06/14/2022

    Fueling Federal Initiatives With AI

    For more than 40 years, Maximus, the government IT service management company, has partnered with state, federal and local agencies to build technology solutions that allow them to better connect with citizens. This week on The ConversAItion, Maximus’ President of US Federal Information Technology Raj Parameswaran explains how technology plays a foundational role in enabling government services, the role AI and automation played in managing skyrocketing demand for citizen services during the pandemic and what’s next for AI in the public sector.

    18 min

  2. 05/10/2022

    Backstage With Spotify: How the Audio Giant Uses AI to Tune Business Processes and Employee Skillsets

    Spotify is one of the world’s largest audio streaming platforms, with more than 400 million active monthly users worldwide. Behind the scenes, Global Head of Intelligent Automation Sidney Madison Prescott leverages RPA, AI and machine learning to streamline business processes and upskill employees. On today’s episode of The ConversAItion podcast, she discusses citizen developers, how she’s enabling humans and robots to work together seamlessly and what the future holds for intelligent automation at Spotify. You can find Sidney on Twitter @sidneyinthecity.

    18 min

  3. 04/26/2022

    How Shopify’s Data-Informed Approach Empowers Entrepreneurs

    Shopify is a multinational e-commerce platform that helps 1.7M+ merchants across 175 countries build and manage their businesses. As VP of Data Science, Ella Hilal is focused on leveraging Shopify’s troves of data to remove barriers and improve the merchant experience. Today, she brings her 15 years of experience in AI, ML and data analysis to The ConversAItion podcast to discuss what it means to empower merchants, the difference between data-driven and data-informed and what the future of AI in e-commerce looks like. You can find Ella on Twitter @a_hilal.

    17 min

  4. 04/12/2022

    How UPS Leverages AI to Level Up Logistics

    UPS delivers nearly 25 million packages and documents every day. While the process seems near-effortless, AI is hard at work behind the scenes to ensure the reliability consumers have come to expect. Today on The ConversAItion, Laura Patel, Principal Data Scientist within UPS’ Advanced Technology Group, walks us through how the scientific method can inform data science, the role of AI in a package lifecycle and why data will be essential for the success of logistics companies going forward—including building a more sustainable future.

    9 min

  5. 03/29/2022

    How Lyft Revolutionizes Ridesharing With Machine Learning

    Lyft, the popular ridesharing company, has powered on-demand transportation for over a decade—and AI has been along for the ride from the start. This week, Craig Martell, Lyft’s Head of Machine Learning, joins us on The ConversAItion to discuss how AI enables his team to make accurate predictions when it comes to matching riders and drivers, the unexpected connection between social sciences and machine learning and why the AI industry is poised for “hockey stick growth.”

    15 min

  6. 12/14/2021

    How Moderna’s AI Infrastructure Is Revolutionizing Vaccine Development, Drug Discovery And More

    Most are familiar with the name Moderna and its landmark role in developing one of the first COVID-19 vaccines, but few know how the company leveraged AI to accelerate its creation. Today, Moderna’s Director of AI and Data Science, Dr. Andrew Giessel, joins us on The ConversAItion to discuss how his team leverages AI to accelerate the mRNA research process for a number of different applications, the importance of training employees in AI basics and how computer science and biology can work hand-in-hand in the future to transform the pharmaceutical industry. You can find Andrew on Twitter @giessel.

    17 min

  7. 11/30/2021

    Unpacking The Technology Behind User-Centric Conversational Design

    Susan Hura is a renowned speech technology expert and user experience designer with more than 35 years of experience in the linguistics field. She also happens to be the Director of Conversational Design Services at Interactions. This week, Susan joins us on The ConversAItion to walk us through the evolution of speech technology, from phone trees to virtual assistants, the importance of user testing and why every conversation should be considered a contract. You can find Susan on Twitter @speechusability.

    19 min

  8. 11/16/2021

    AI and Online Dating: Tinder’s Match Made in Heaven

    Tinder, the popular dating app that brought the phrase “swipe right” into the mainstream, has been helping people connect online since 2012. This week, Director of Analytics Jennifer Flashman joins us on The ConversAItion to unpack the AI behind its hallmark matchmaking process, the new features Tinder introduced amid social distancing to meet a new generation of daters and the future of accessible online dating technology.

    15 min
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Host Jim Freeze, a high-energy tech enthusiast and CMO at conversational AI company Interactions, is on a quest to understand the impact of AI on business and society. AI materializes in business, academic and government innovations. It finishes our texts, analyzes complex medical data and if you ask, can recite the weather forecast or play your favorite song. Through dialogue and debate with AI executives and academics, Jim’s peeling back the layers on the ways the technology is changing our lives to understand how its impact can be as productive as possible. For more, visit interactions.com/podcast.

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  • Creator
    Interactions LLC
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2022
  • Episodes
    38
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2019 All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    The ConversAItion

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