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Artificial intelligence is evolving at an unprecedented pace—what does that mean for the future of technology, venture capital, business, and even our understanding of ourselves? Award-winning journalist and writer Anil Ananthaswamy joins us for our latest episode to discuss his latest book Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI . Anil helps us explore the journey and many breakthroughs that have propelled machine learning from simple perceptrons to the sophisticated algorithms shaping today’s AI revolution, powering GPT and other models. The discussion aims to demystify some of the underlying math that powers modern machine learning to help everyone grasp this technology impacting our lives, even if your last math class was in high school. Anil walks us through the power of scaling laws, the shift from training to inference optimization, and the debate among AI’s pioneers about the road to AGI—should we be concerned, or are we still missing key pieces of the puzzle? The conversation also delves into AI’s philosophical implications—could understanding how machines learn help us better understand ourselves? And what challenges remain before AI systems can truly operate with agency? If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform. Sign up for our newsletter at techsurgepodcast.com for exclusive insights and updates on upcoming TechSurge Live Summits. Links: Read Why Machines Learn, Anil’s latest book on the math behind AI https://www.amazon.com/Why-Machines-Learn-Elegant-Behind/dp/0593185749 Learn more about Anil Ananthaswamy’s work and writing https://anilananthaswamy.com/ Watch Anil Ananthaswamy’s TED Talk on AI and intelligence https://www.ted.com/speakers/anil_ananthaswamy Discover the MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellowship that shaped Anil’s AI research https://ksj.mit.edu/ Understand the Perceptron, the foundation of neural networks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptron Read about the Perceptron Convergence Theorem and its significance https://www.nature.com/articles/323533a0…

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The February 2011 earthquake turned Canterbury upside down. We hear from the people who lived through that traumatic, life-changing day and what's happened in the decade since.

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The February 2011 earthquake turned Canterbury upside down. We hear from the people who lived through that traumatic, life-changing day and what's happened in the decade since.

7 episoder

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The East 1:03:34

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Strangers come together to save others in one of the worst hit areas in the city.

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The Journeys 1:09:07

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Through liquefaction, over rubble and around broken buildings, survivors escape the city while others journey in to search for loved ones.

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The CTV Building and Latimer Square 1:12:43

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Inside and outside the worst disaster site.

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The Cathedral and the CBD 1:09:42

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One man struggles to free others trapped in Cashel Mall; a policeman risks his life to rescue a woman trapped in the Cathedral Tower; a junior reporter survives the near collapse of her building to report from the CBD; a tour operator becomes an unofficial ambulance driver and a quick-thinking police officer holds an impromptu riverside Court session.…

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The PGC Building 1:10:30

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Trapped survivors wait while emergency staff and passersby begin an extraordinary rescue.

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The Hills 49:06

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A 6.3 aftershock surges out from near Lyttelton, across the Port Hills and into the surrounding suburbs.

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