Intel on AI

In this episode of Intel on AI guests Lama Nachman, Intel Fellow and Director of Anticipatory Computing Lab, and Hanlin Tang, Sr. Director of the Intel AI Lab, talk with host Abigail Hing Wen about the intersection of humans and AI.

The three discuss a wide range of topics, from keeping humans in the loop of AI systems to the ways that AI can augment human abilities. Lama talks about her work in building assistive computer systems for Prof. Stephen Hawking and British roboticist Dr. Peter Scott-Morgan. Hanlin reveals work on a DARPA program in collaboration with Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital that's trying to restore the ability of patients with spinal cord injury to walk again.

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In this Intel on AI podcast episode guest Doug Roble, the senior director of software research and development at Digital Domain, joins hosts Abigail Hing Wen and Amir Khosrowshahi to talk about how Digital Domain creates virtual effects for blockbuster movies.

Doug, Abigail, and Amir discuss how Digital Domain developed virtual characters for Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Josh Brolin in Avengers: Endgame, the technology and AI models that go into creating such complex visuals, and the virtual humans the company is working on today. To see the latest digital humans the company is developing, watch this YouTube video at: youtu.be/RKiGfGQxqaQs.

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In this episode of Intel on AI guest Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist at Facebook and professor at NYU, joins host Abigail Hing Wen to talk about the history and adoption of AI.

Considered one of the "godfathers of AI" and an ACM Turing Award Laureate, Yann has seen the ups and downs of AI for decades. Yann and Abigail talk about the origins of AI, how the ideas and advancements in technology proliferated, and what the future of AI holds.

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In this episode of Intel on AI guest Yeshimabeit (Yeshi) Milner, founder and executive director of Data for Black Lives, joins host Abigail Hing Wen to talk about how AI technology is falling short for too many.

Yeshi and Abigail talk about how AI can exacerbate the historically negative impacts on the Black community, improving accountability and transparency in fintech, how to break down the silos between scientists and activists, and why it's important to have a diverse set of voices in the room when monumental decisions in technology are being made.

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In this episode of Intel on AI guest Jerome Pesenti, Head of AI at Facebook, joins host Abigail Hing Wen to talk about the different ways the company uses AI technology.

Jerome and Abigail discuss the three areas Facebook is focusing on for AI development, the challenges of creating systems that feel natural to users, and how social media platforms impact our lives. Also in this episode, Abigail talks with Sam Small, Chief Security Officer at ZeroFox, about using AI for risk protection across social media.

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In this Intel on AI podcast guest Bernhardt Trout, professor of chemical engineering and director of the Society, Engineering, and Ethics (SEE) at MIT, joins podcast host Abigail Hing Wen to talk about the ethical implications of AI.

Bernhardt and Abigail discuss the classic thought experiment "the trolley problem" and autonomous vehicles, cultural differences in technology, the Turing test, what constitutes true artificial intelligence, and why it's important to think about happiness when discussing the future implications of machines in society.

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In this episode of Intel on AI guest Sandra Rivera, Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at Intel, joins host Abigail Hing Wen to talk about AI and the future of work.

Sandra and Abigail discuss the accelerating future of work, how AI is helping us identify and retain talent, and Sandra's personal journey into leadership at Intel. Also in this episode, Ben Taylor, Chief AI Evangelist at DataRobot, talks with Abigail about how to fix AI models to avoid biases in the field of human resources.

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In this episode of Intel on AI guest Edward (Ed) Hsu, senior adviser of disruptive technologies at World Bank, joins host Abigail Hing Wen to talk about how AI will continue to impact the developing world.

Ed sits at the intersection of one of the world's oldest problems—global poverty—and newest solutions—artificial intelligence. His role includes managing special initiatives and developing partnerships with multinational technology companies. Ed and Abigail discuss how AI is being applied to the developing world, the challenges being faced, and how companies can help ensure technological gains aren't only being made in certain sectors of the global economy.

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In this Intel on AI podcast guest Pieter Abbeel, one of the world's leading AI roboticists, joins host Abigail Hing Wen to talk about bringing AI robots into the world.

Professor Pieter Abbeel is Director of the Berkeley Robot Learning Lab and co-director of the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence (BAIR) Lab. Abbeel's research strives to build ever more intelligent systems, pushing the frontiers of deep reinforcement learning, deep imitation learning, deep unsupervised learning, transfer learning, meta-learning, and learning to learn. His lab also investigates how AI could advance other science and engineering disciplines.

Pieter and Abigail discuss why twenty years from now almost all robots will be learning robots and how technology can help make that transition happen now.

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In this Intel on AI podcast episode guest Andrew Ng joins host Abigail Hing Wen to talk about the future of AI. Artificial intelligence has so much buzz around it, but only a handful of people understand it as deeply as Andrew Ng.

Andrew brings his perspective as an expert in the field and as global citizen, starting from his days as the founding leader at Google Brain, leading AI at Baidu, and serving as an adjunct professor in computer science at Stanford University. Among Andrew's other pursuits: being the founder of deeplearning.ai, the founder and CEO of Landing AI, a general partner at AI Fund, and chairman and co-founder of Coursera.

Andrew and Abigail discuss why most of the important work yet to be done with AI is in industries outside of Silicon Valley, such as manufacturing, agriculture, and healthcare, highlighting specific examples of where AI will bring value and transform several sectors of society.

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