In this lively episode of Learning Machines Unplugged, hosts Denys Onal and Robot Rustie dive into the fascinating world of self-supervised learning — the AI method where data labels itself! Discover how machines solve puzzles created from raw data to learn language, vision, and even video understanding without costly human labeling. From masked language modeling in BERT to clever image tasks like rotation prediction and colorization, we unpack why self-supervised learning is revolutionizing AI research and powering today’s smartest models.