Let’s Talk AI - 2021: The (full) year in review

Host Jeremie Harris and folks at the Let’s Talk AI podcast recap 2021’s AI milestones in this year-end crossover episode. Happy New Year, TDS podcast listeners! Intro music: ➞ Artist: Ron Gelinas ➞ Track Title: Daybreak Chill Blend (original mix) ➞ Link to Track: 0:00 Intro 2:15 Rise of multi-modal models 7:40 Growth of hardware and compute 13:20 Reinforcement learning 20:45 Open-ended learning 26:15 Power seeking paper 32:30 Safety and assumptions 35:20 Intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation 42:00 Mapping natural language 46:20 Timnit Gebru’s research institute 49:20 Wrap-up