Christian Boylston–a machine learning engineer for a startup–joins us for this episode of The 1:1 Podcast.

He answers the question “Should everyone be learning AI?” plus we try to figure out if ChatGPT can make a proper cocktail.

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

01:04 - Should everyone be learning AI?

03:22 - How to avoid dumbing yourself down while using AI tools

05:57 - Is it fair to say AI is always machine learning, but machine learning isn’t always AI?

10:36 - If someone is thinking about coming into the machine learning field… should they?

13:46 - How do you think workers can prepare for these changes?

16:21 - What can companies do to ensure these technologies are developed responsibly?

18:05 - What are some of the other security concerns you’d warn people against?

19:18 - Prompt quality (leads into learning to prompt ChatGPT to return a good cocktail recipe)

23:11 - How worried should we be about AIs teaching themselves their own languages that humans can’t read?

26:15 - What is the ROI for a company hiring ML engineers?

30:52 - Are ML teams the first to go in a layoff?

31:53 - The interview process for ML engineers

37:09 - What’s the next big thing in AI/ML?

40:43 - Parting thoughts

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ML Definitions / Glossary

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZqbdgpIvI9fE054E6B4ZZj4lep-IlZB0aB4ZxxdqlUc

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Bonus! Here is the David Lynch Dune-inspired cocktail recipe Christian mentioned which ChatGPT created:

Ingredients

2 oz Rye whiskey

0.5 oz Amaro Nonino

1 tsp Apricot preserves (adjust to taste for sweetness)

0.75 oz Fresh lemon juice

1 tsp Allspice Dram

A pinch of sea salt

A thin lemon wheel (for garnish)

Instructions:

If the apricot preserves are quite chunky, mix them with a little hot water first to create a smoother consistency.

Combine the rye whiskey, Amaro Nonino, apricot preserves, fresh lemon juice, Allspice Dram, and sea salt in a cocktail shaker filled with ice.

Shake vigorously until well-chilled. This will help incorporate the apricot preserves into the drink.

Double strain the cocktail into a rocks glass over a large ice cube (the double straining will help catch any chunks from the apricot preserves).

Garnish with a thin lemon wheel.

Enjoy your cocktail!  It should have a unique texture and rich apricot flavor from the preserves.

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