Ep.01: In Search Of Australia's Greatest Inventor The Henry Sutton podcast

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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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This is the story of a meeting with Henry Sutton's great-grand daughter Lorayne Branch in 2009, and the hunt to uncover the facts and the truth about a man who made discoveries and innovations that paved the way for modern technology.

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Ep.04: from telefane to television, and a meeting with Nikola Tesla 25:25

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A new development causes Henry to revisit his idea to broadcast the Melbourne Cup to Ballarat. His new role as a teacher causes some disquiet at the School of Mines - and a journey to London results in a meeting and world-first experiment with Nikola Tesla.

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Ep.06: Henry’s last invention, and the legacy of Henry Sutton 17:16

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Henry Sutton died in 1912, aged 57 - but at the time he was working on an invention which brought together nearly all the ideas, innovations and theories he'd had since a teenager. His biographer Lorayne Branch points out the exact moment when he is written out of history, and updates the mission to restore his name and reputation.…

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Ep.05: Australia's first car, the secret wireless system, and government trouble 25:25

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Henry returns from London inspired by his meeting with Nikola Tesla, and sets to work on a wireless system that results in trouble with Australia's largest government department and a surprise call to the US Navy. Meanwhile, Henry pursues ideas in two new industries that are dawning - the motorcar and the bicycle.…

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Ep.03: the telephone, the light bulb and the world-famous battery 23:11

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Alexander Graham Bell gets the credit for the telephone, and Thomas Edison the light bulb - but it was Henry who designed the modern handset, and the process for mass manufacturing light bulbs. Also revealed: the Sutton battery that changed the world - and could have made Henry Sutton very rich... except for one major reason.…

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Ep.02: the teen who invented television, and Australia's first experiments with flight 17:12

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The Suttons move to the goldfields of Ballarat and pitch their tent at Bakery Hill, not long before the battle of the Eureka Stockade. Nine months later young Henry is born, homeschooled in the family's music store workshop before discovering the local library... He starts in the footsteps of Leonardo Da Vinci, and by the time he is 14, conceives of television 40 years ahead of John Logie Baird and invents the first electric motor. Sound credit: Eureka Stockade, starring Chips Rafferty (1948)…

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Ep.01: in search of Australia's greatest inventor 17:18

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