Listen "AI in healthcare, synthesizing dance moves, hardware acceleration"
Episode Synopsis
Chris and Daniel discuss new advances in AI research (including a creepy dancing video), how AI is creating opportunity for new chip startups, and uses of deep learning in healthcare. They also share some great learning resources, including one of Chris’s favorite online courses.
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Featuring:Chris Benson – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XDaniel Whitenack – Website, GitHub, XShow Notes:News/Updates:
New seq2seq architecture without explicit encoder/decoder
Dancing video synthesis
O’Reilly AI SF
How AI is decommoditizing the chip industry
Johns Hopkins researchers use deep learning to combat pancreatic cancer
Artificial intelligence system designs drugs from scratch
Learning Resources:
Hands on ML books dataviz
Udemy - Complete Guide to TensorFlow for Deep Learning with Python
Books
“Hands-On Machine Learning” by Aurélien Géron
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