#151 – Dan Kokotov: Speech Recognition with AI and Humans

Dan Kokotov is VP of Engineering at Rev.ai, an automatic speech recognition company. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) - Introduction

(09:17) - Dune

(12:34) - Rev

(18:33) - Translation

(25:22) - Gig economy

(34:02) - Automatic speech recognition

(44:53) - Create products that people love

(53:02) - The future of podcasts at Spotify

(1:14:41) - Book recommendations

(1:16:02) - Stories of our dystopian future

(1:19:45) - Movies about Stalin and Hitler

(1:24:59) - Interviewing Putin

(1:30:56) - Meaning of life