Data Driven

In this recent livestream, Frank explains his excitement about speaking at the upcoming AWS re-invent. The audio gets a little choppy.I tried to clean it up, but there's only so much I can do. I think I need more GPUs.

Andy is currently in Seattle attending the PASS Summit and I will be headed to AWS re:Invent this year!

In this fascinating discussion, Frank sits down with author, poet, and AI enthusiast about the nature of creativity, particularly in light of recent innovations in so called "generative AI." The episode ends with a powerful reading from his most recent book "What Makes Us Human," in which an Artificial Intelligence answers some of life's biggest questions. He co-wrote, in part, with the GPT-3 model and Jasmine Wang, an actual human. Listen in for a fascinating chat on philosophy, artificial intelligence, and creativity. LinksWhat Makes Us Human? Available Nov. 1, 2022 Audible Book https://amzn.to/3gVpHD2 Kindle Book https://amzn.to/3zr9ImH Hardcover https://amzn.to/3DqhGh6

Today marks a special occasion as Data Driven welcomes our first Three Pete guest, Mark Tabladillo. In his third appearance on the podcast, Mark is Cloud Solution Architect on the Strategic Missions and Technology team at Microsoft. Enjoy the show.

Yesterday, I was at the first in person Dev Nation DC event in two years. While there, I caught up with the one and only Noelle Silver Russell.

Reflecting on the life and legacy of a good friend, former business partner, and a true data leader.

In this episode of Data Driven, Andy and Frank interview Ava Naeini, Founder and Data Architect of Pulse Operations, speaks to the intersections of technology and wellbeing. Pulse is an insight tool designed to monitor and report on the health of distributed systems, minimizes human engineer involvement in an effort to maximize employee efficiency and reduce burnout.

In this episode of Data Driven, Frank and Andy interview Himanish Goel, Technical Architecture Delivery Analyst at Accenture and recent graduate of VCU in Richmond, Virginia. It's a wide ranging discussion covering the transition from being a student to entering the professional workforce, podcasting, and thoughts on the current state of the school system in the United States. All of Himanish's links: https://linktr.ee/himanishgoel

In this live stream, Frank and Andy reflect on their conversation with Justin Harrison.

In this episode of Data Driven, Frank interviews Kristen Kehrer, developer advocate at CometML and host of the Cool Data Projects Show. In case, you're wondering where is Andy. He was unable to make the recording due to a last minute schedule change. The show must go on, after all. Learn more about CometML https://www.comet.com/?utm_source=kristen&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=online_kristen_2022

In this episode of Data Driven, Frank and Andy interview Justin Harrison, the founder and CEO of YOV, You Only Virtual. YOV aims to develop means to provide posthumous communications, or being able to converse with the dead. This is not done via paranormal communications, seances, or ouija boards, this is using AI to preserve a person's communications style in order to out live them. This is quite the interesting talk that touches upon philosophy, theology, ethics, and mathematics. 

In this live stream recorded the third of August 2022, Frank and Andy reflect upon 5 years of podcasting and the long journeys of their respective careers and why "it depends" is such a common refrain in technology discussions. .

In this 300th episode of Data Driven and the premiere episode of season six, Frank and Andy interview Rupesh Malpani, whom Frank often refers to as the next Steve Jobs.  Listen to this interesting conversation to find out why. Links Transcription The following is AI Generated.

In this Data Point, Frank goes all MTV Cribs and shows us the data that the Pelton collects. He also provides a sneak peek into season 6 in this 299th show.

Recent news reports have come out about how a Google AI engineer in the responsible AI group claims that an AI he was working on has become sentient. Is it true? Can we ever really know if someone or something is sentient? Linkshttps://news.google.com/search?for=sentient&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen

In this episode, Frank and Andy speak to Prateek Joshi about how data can be used to reduce emissions, optimize resource utilization, and more.

In this episode, Frank and Andy welcome Jeff Coyle to the show. Jeff is the Co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Market Muse.  Market Muse is the industry-leading technology and methodology for content planning and evaluation via semantic relevance. It combines advanced artificial intelligence, natural language processing and machine learning algorithms to produce actionable insights for inbound marketers. Enjoy the show.

Hello and Welcome to Data Driven. In this episode Frank and Andy discuss synthetic data. What is it? What advantages it has over so called real data? Of course, they do wander off topic, but that is why we love them. Enjoy the show.

Live stream where I discuss the artistic merit of AI generated art.

We've been quiet here lately, here's why.