Your AI Injection Podcast
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Join our host, Deep Dhillon, AI practitioner and founder of Xyonix, as he interviews successful AI practitioners and domain experts and explores how they tap into the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning to solve problems and transform their businesses.
We also discuss state of the art AI implementation techniques with a focus on how specific AI capabilities are used to transform organizations to make them more efficient, impactful, and successful.
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Featured Podcast Episodes
Building Ethical AI with Dr. Brian Green
SEASON 1 EPISODE 17
Dr. Green is the director of technology ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. His work focuses mainly on the relationship of ethics in AI.
In this episode, we find out how social media algorithms can encourage negative thinking. We also talk about how tech companies can create ethical AI during the product design process and what it means to expand the ethical circle. We also touch on the ethical dilemmas in self driving cars, autonomous weapons and more… [LISTEN]
Using AI To Assist Physicians With Dr. Tom Lendvay
SEASON 1 EPISODE 10
This episode fetures Dr. Tom Lendvay, a physician at Seattle Children's Hospital and an associate professor of urology at the University of Washington. Alongside his work in the clinical setting, Tom has been involved with a number of AI-driven startups. We spent time talking about important areas and ways that AI is impacting healthcare, and what the future looks like from the perspective of an AI-savvy physician. We also dive into discussing our microbiomes and how AI can possibly help in replenishing weak gut microbiomes... [LISTEN]
Why AI Fails According to AI Consultants
SEASON 1 EPISODE 2
Artificial Intelligence is transforming industries around you every day, but all too often great opportunities to apply AI in business fail. In this episode, data scientists at Xyonix explain some of the most common reasons why AI fails and walk through ways to prevent it. Ranging from a lack of support from the broader company to a poorly structured team, these reasons can stifle AI innovation and if left unchecked, completely prevent eager businesses from successfully applying AI…[LISTEN]
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RECENT Episodes
In this episode of Your AI Injection, Deep talks with Artem Semjanow, CEO of Neatsy, about how their app uses smartphone photos to help people with musculoskeletal pains by analyzing posture and recommending treatments. The two discuss the technical and medical hurdles of simulating a doctor’s visual exam through the app, and the need for accuracy and medical collaboration. They also delve into the future of healthcare, highlighting how AI could improve access and quality by aiding in remote diagnostics and patient care. [LISTEN]
In this episode of Your AI Injection, Deep and Bill explore AI effectiveness and regulatory compliance through the lens of real-world mishaps, such as a dealership chatbot's pricing error and an airline chatbot's inaccurate bereavement policy. They emphasize the need for comprehensive AI testing frameworks that evaluate functionality, ethical integrity, and security, while also discussing the importance of adhering to regulatory standards like the EU AI Act and NIST guidelines for legal compliance. [LISTEN]
In an episode of Your AI Injection, Deep Dhillon and HData's Yuval Lubowich explore AI's impact on energy sector regulation, highlighting its role in streamlining data management and enhancing analysis for better transparency and decision-making. The two discuss overcoming regulatory complexities and envision AI's potential to transform industry standards and operational efficiency. [LISTEN]
In this episode of Your AI Injection, Deep Dhillon and Elise Oras explore the challenges and benefits of AI in business, discussing company hesitations due to client interaction and legal issues, while highlighting AI's ability to improve marketing, reduce costs, and provide a competitive advantage. They emphasize the need for businesses to align AI integration with their values and address concerns over privacy and data security, advocating for a broader acceptance of AI's capabilities. [LISTEN]
In this "Your AI Injection" episode, Deep, Andy, and Bill from Xyonix discuss the real-world challenges of integrating large language models like GPT-4 in businesses. They tackle the gap between expectations and API capabilities, AI development speed versus stability, and issues of cost and accuracy, focusing on practical AI tools and strategies. [LISTEN]
In this episode of "Your AI Injection," Deep Dhillon interviews Brent Beck from Littera Education, discussing AI's impact on personalized tutoring. They address AI's slow integration in education, its role during COVID-19, and Littera's success in bridging learning gaps. The conversation focuses on AI's future in EdTech, enhancing tutor efficiency and curriculum insights through data analysis and real-time feedback. [LISTEN]
In this episode, Deep and Bob Lenz, CEO of PBLWorks, discuss the benefits of project-based learning (PBL) in education, highlighting its ability to engage students and enhance knowledge retention, especially in underserved areas. They explore the potential of AI to improve PBL by aiding in project design, personalizing assessments, and supporting teachers. [LISTEN]
In this episode of Your AI Injection, Deep Dhillon interviews Gavriel Wolf, CEO of IndieWalls, discussing his shift from analog photography to promoting independent artists and the role of AI in revolutionizing art curation and corporate art consultancy. They explore personal art tastes, AI's impact on the art industry, and future prospects for art and design. [LISTEN]
In this episode of Your AI Injection, host Deep Dhillon and guest Dr. Hans Martin discuss the fusion of AI and music, covering topics from AI-driven music synthesis to cutting-edge technologies like latent diffusion models. While HM highlights AI's transformative potential in music production, Deep emphasizes the irreplaceable value of human touch in music, especially in today's AI-centric era. [LISTEN]
Host Deep Dhillon and Jason Tan, founder of Engage AI, delve into the role of AI in enhancing online business communities, discussing its ability to automate interactions, impact on communication and marketing, and potential in moderating online interactions, especially in the B2B space. They explore the challenges and future scenarios of integrating AI, emphasizing the importance of fostering genuine connections and offering practical advice for leveraging AI to improve both virtual and real-life conversations. [LISTEN]
Host Deep Dhillon engages in a conversation with Anna Talerico, tracing her journey from bootstrapped startups to her current role as CEO of Corporate Finance Institute, delving into the transformative landscape of education. Their discussion explores themes of curriculum development, democratizing education, and the interplay between technology and human connection, with a spotlight on the role of AI, including models like ChatGPT, in shaping the future of learning. [LISTEN]
Deep Dhillon and Adrian Klein, experts in product management and AI, discuss the significant impact of GPT-4 and generative AI models on product development. They explore the challenges of differentiation in a world where fine-tuning AI models is prevalent, discuss the potential of creating an AI-powered intellectual property moat, and contemplate the evolving role of product managers, emphasizing the shift towards value judgments and creativity as automation becomes more prominent. [LISTEN]
In this episode of Your AI Injection, host Deep Dhillon sits down with Greg Starling, the Head of Innovation Lab at Tailwind, a company intent on utilizing generative AI to optimize social media campaigns and small business marketing. Deep and Greg begin by discussing the early days of Tailwind, from their engagement with OpenAI's GPT-2 to the acquisition of Replier. [LISTEN]
Join host Deep Dhillon and Bill Constantine as they explore the intricate process of assessing efficacy, assessing trust, and achieving editorial alignment in large language models. In a world where LLMs are increasingly powerful and usually reasonable, traditional efficacy techniques are insufficient and a new focus that leverages semantic comparisons and even the LLMs themselves for attribute driven editorial alignment is a new way forward. The AI experts delve into a number of topics including the importance of editorial considerations, communication style and the challenges of efficacy assessment in increasingly personalized models. [LISTEN]
In this episode of Your AI Injection, Deep, Bill, Carsten, and Andy explore the potential of virtual concierge services, discussing their role in transforming organizations and the challenges of implementing them. The four Xyonixians discuss the capabilities of conversational AI technology, the importance of context and personalization, and the challenges of controlling AI chatbots. They also touch upon the dangers of bias in chatbot platforms and the need to understand the unique value proposition of virtual concierges. The episode concludes with their predictions for the future of virtual concierge services and the potential for more comfortable and personalized interactions. [LISTEN]
In this episode, Deep Dhillon interviews Suman Kanuganti, the CEO of Personal.ai, discuss how Personal.ai's platform can act as an AI memory extension, allowing individuals to feed data that represents their unique ideas and identity. The two explore the intricacies of personal language models, emphasizing the importance of grounding AI in factual information to create meaningful responses and highlighting the empowering potential of AI in augmenting human capabilities and improving accessibility. [LISTEN]
In the latest episode of Your AI Injection, behavioral healthcare expert Dr. Kelly Koerner and host Deep Dhillon delve into the possibilities of using ChatGPT in the realm of behavioral therapy. The duo examine how this chatbot technology could reflect on patients' concerns, validate their experiences, and impart knowledge, as well as how it engages with them. [LISTEN]
In the newest episode of Your AI Injection, Deep, Bill, and Carsten explore the potential benefits and drawbacks of using ChatGPT for code generation, both in generalized software development as well as the machine learning space. They discuss how this generated code may provide a false sense of confidence with its detailed explanations, but how its accuracy still leaves something to be desired. [LISTEN]
Discover the power of AI in the film industry with this podcast featuring Ruslan Khamidullin, Co-Founder and CTO at Filmustage. Founded in 2018, Filmustage streamlines the filmmaking process with AI-driven web services. Hear Ruslan and host Deep Dhillon discuss pre-production, cost breakdowns, text to image generation and more. Learn how AI and NLP are revolutionizing the filmmaking process to save time and money. [LISTEN]
ChatGPT, OpenAI's most recent AI-driven text-generating chatbot, is changing our definition of plagiarism and content creation. In this podcast episode, Xyonixians Carsten Tusk and Bill Constantine join host Deep Dhillon to explore the implications of ChatGPT on plagiarism and the ownership of individual thought. They examine the potential for developing a model to accurately detect plagiarism from written text, and the concept of how far someone can edit content before it may be deemed as "plagiarism". [LISTEN]
This week, host Deep Dhillon and fellow Xyonix co-founder Carsten Tusk discuss the recent release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which is widely considered the best artificial intelligence chatbot ever released to date. [LISTEN]
This week we’ll be exploring how AI is helping to transform sales engagement with Laxman Papineni, CEO of Outplay. Outplay is a smart sales platform that automates and personalizes sequential sales communications based on past correspondence and personal interests. [LISTEN]
This week we’ll be diving into the role of AI in education with Craig Jones, CEO of Formative. Formative is a web-app for classrooms that gives teachers the virtual tools necessary to engage, instruct, and assess students to optimize teaching outcomes. [LISTEN]
Analyzing and utilizing unstructured data is vital for understanding customer behavior. Learn how AI can transform unstructured enterprise data into valuable insights with Slater Victoroff, founder and CEO of Indico. [LISTEN]
The financial industry has changed dramatically over the last few decades thanks to developments in technology, providing us with modern conveniences like online banking. Now, AI provides the potential for even more innovation and security through services such as Inscribe, a FinTech company where this week’s guest, Conor Burke, serves as CTO. [LISTEN]
How can the often dreaded commute be transformed into a more efficient, productive experience that simultaneously tackles the climate crisis? The answer may lie with smart commuting technologies enabled by AI and machine learning. This episode, we speak with Corey Tucker, Director of Innovation at RideAmigos, about AI and smart commuting. [LISTEN]
As AI becomes increasingly powerful, concerns about abuses grow. Consideration of the potential of future AI innovations leaves us with a burning question: does AI require regulation, and if so, how should AI be regulated and who should make those decisions? In this episode, we speak with Dr. Rowena Rodrigues, Head of Innovation and Research at Trilateral Research, a UK based organization that provides ethical AI software solutions. [LISTEN]
What do data centers loaded on tractor trailers with self destruct buttons in war zones have to do with ML models built from networks of hospital data? Join us in this fascinating episode as Deep speaks with Dr. David Bauer, Co-founder and CTO of BOSS AI. Dr. Bauer shares how his experience leading big data and distributed learning initiatives for the U.S. Intelligence community inspired him to start commercial federated learning. [LISTEN]
Have you been struggling to extract from your long form content to build a social media audience? Or perhaps you want to save time curating catchy social media posts? This week we speak with Kate Bradley Chernis, the Co-Founder and CEO of Lately, an AI-powered social media marketing management platform. Kate explains how AI can be used to convert long form content into short, compelling snippets for social media. [LISTEN]
Synthetic AI voices are everywhere, from the smart speakers in your home to ads on the radio. This week, we speak with CEO David Ciccarelli about AI voices and voice acting. In this episode, we cover the rapid rise of AI voice technology, what goes into creating synthetic voices, and future implications of their development. [LISTEN]
In this episode of Your AI Injection, Deep talks with Artem Semjanow, CEO of Neatsy, about how their app uses smartphone photos to help people with musculoskeletal pains by analyzing posture and recommending treatments. The two discuss the technical and medical hurdles of simulating a doctor’s visual exam through the app, and the need for accuracy and medical collaboration. They also delve into the future of healthcare, highlighting how AI could improve access and quality by aiding in remote diagnostics and patient care. [LISTEN]
In this episode of Your AI Injection, Deep and Bill explore AI effectiveness and regulatory compliance through the lens of real-world mishaps, such as a dealership chatbot's pricing error and an airline chatbot's inaccurate bereavement policy. They emphasize the need for comprehensive AI testing frameworks that evaluate functionality, ethical integrity, and security, while also discussing the importance of adhering to regulatory standards like the EU AI Act and NIST guidelines for legal compliance. [LISTEN]
In an episode of Your AI Injection, Deep Dhillon and HData's Yuval Lubowich explore AI's impact on energy sector regulation, highlighting its role in streamlining data management and enhancing analysis for better transparency and decision-making. The two discuss overcoming regulatory complexities and envision AI's potential to transform industry standards and operational efficiency. [LISTEN]
Have you been struggling to extract from your long form content to build a social media audience? Or perhaps you want to save time curating catchy social media posts? This week we speak with Kate Bradley Chernis, the Co-Founder and CEO of Lately, an AI-powered social media marketing management platform. Kate explains how AI can be used to convert long form content into short, compelling snippets for social media. [LISTEN]
Synthetic AI voices are everywhere, from the smart speakers in your home to ads on the radio. This week, we speak with CEO David Ciccarelli about AI voices and voice acting. In this episode, we cover the rapid rise of AI voice technology, what goes into creating synthetic voices, and future implications of their development. [LISTEN]
Have you ever wondered how robotic arms can be controlled using your mind? This week on Your AI Injection, we learn about how analysis of deep neural networks using AI can be used to classify and model brain activity, and how this information is being used to develop technology for people with disabilities. [LISTEN]
In this episode, we find out how social media algorithms can encourage negative thinking and how tech companies can create ethical AI during the product design process. We also touch on the ethical dilemmas in self driving cars, autonomous weapons and more. [LISTEN]
This episode discusses how AI is impacting the world of plastic surgery with Dr. Daniel Gould and Dr. James Smartt. We dive into ways treatment efficacy is measured through crowdsourcing and AI and how both methods are essential to gather data. [LISTEN]
In this exciting episode, we dive deep into the world of carbon stock mapping and how remote sensing and LiDAR are used to calculate the biomass of a tree. We also get an insight into carbon credit accounting and how this is emerging as a way to offset GHG emissions. [LISTEN]
This week on the podcast we have Dr. Ilke Demir with us to talk about the crazy world of deepfakes. Last year, Ilke release a publication on a deepfake detection tool, FakeCatcher. We discuss this in the episode and learn more about how deepfake detection tools use biological signals to catch deepfakes. Later in the episode, we discuss the future of the Metaverse and how deepfakes are used in alternate realities. [LISTEN]
This episode we get to talk with Kelsey Josund, a machine learning engineer from Pachama, an exciting green startup on a mission to solve climate change. Pachama uses machine learning to monitor and measure carbon output from forests around the world to be sold as credits. On the episode we talk with Kelsey about how this process works and what the future of carbon monitoring looks like. [LISTEN]
This week's episode discusses how we can understand human conversations through human-machine synergistic interactions. It starts with the basics of how to start training these machines to understand languages. We take a look at different scenarios where this can be used in everyday business practices. [LISTEN]
This week, we sat down with published poet Andrew Levy, a professor at The City University in New York. We discussed using AI to assist in writing poetry and creative writing. We also ran one of Andrew's poems, The Putative Tiring of Light, through an AI text generator and we discuss the output on the episode. [LISTEN]
This episode of Your AI Injection features Dr. Tom Lendvay, a physician at Seattle Children's Hospital and an associate professor of urology at the University of Washington. We spent time talking about important areas and ways that AI is impacting healthcare, and what the future looks like from the perspective of an AI-savvy physician. We also dive into discussing our microbiomes and how AI can possibly help in replenishing weak gut microbiomes. [LISTEN]
This week, we spoke with Pindar Van Arman. Pindar is an established artist who uses AI-driven robotic arms to paint. We talked with Pindar about his creative process and background, and broke down the AI technology that he uses for his paintings. We also discussed the role of the robot as both a tool and a creative collaborator. [LISTEN]
This week, we speak with Dr. Dennis Tenen from Columbia University about his project that works with AI to study vaccine-hesitant language online to better understand the various social and cultural explanations for vaccine-hesitancy. [LISTEN]
Diagnosis of developmental problems in infants is most impactful when done early. Unfortunately, it is difficult and resource-consuming for new parents to bring their newborns in for motor-developmental screenings. Early Markers is using AI-driven body pose estimation to make screening for motor development easy, accessible, and efficient. [LISTEN]
Music is central to modern entertainment and culture, but just as work by writers regularly appears alongside robot authors in sports, financial, and other news, human musical artists are increasingly sharing the stage with artificial intelligence. What if the music you hear on the radio was not composed by a human at all, but by a machine? [LISTEN]
This week, we chatted with Dr. Koepf about his background in theoretical physics and how he transitioned to working in software and product development. Dr. Koepf shared some of his experiences that have shaped his approach to AI and what successful companies should do—and not do—to integrate AI into their business models. [LISTEN]
After facing a major injury while training for a marathon, one of Xyonix's own data scientists created a machine-learning algorithm that relies on body pose estimation technology to assess and correct his running form. In this episode, our data scientists discuss how AI-driven body pose estimation technology can be used by athletes to improve sports performance. [LISTEN]
AI models are now being used to make life altering decisions in areas such as healthcare, hiring, lending, university admissions and criminal justice. However, there are many high profile examples where AI has been shown to produce unfair, inequitable and exclusive decisions. In this episode of our podcast, data scientists at Xyonix talk about how to prevent societal biases from creeping into machine learning models. [LISTEN]
Artificial Intelligence is transforming industries around you every day, but all too often great opportunities to apply AI in business fail. In this episode, data scientists at Xyonix explain some of the most common reasons why AI fails and walk through ways to prevent it. [LISTEN]
AI is increasingly used to make important decisions in our lives like predicting the onset of a disease, the suitability of a job candidate, the likelihood of a criminal to reoffend, or the next president of the United States. In this episode, Xyonix Data Scientists engage in a robust discussion where we explore model interpretability and discuss why you should care. [LISTEN]