

Redefining AI: The Award Winning Tech Podcast
Lauren Hawker Zafer
Redefining AI is a Three-Time Award-Winning Tech Podcast. Join Lauren Hawker Zafer, Chief Operating Officer at Squirro and Stevie Silver Award–winning creator, for a bold, thought-provoking exploration of artificial intelligence. Celebrated as intellectually rigorous, globally relevant, and truly unique, the show examines how AI shapes us socially, psychologically, and even physiologically. Each episode brings together leading academics, authors, executives, and industry innovators for candid conversations that reveal what AI really means for our world!
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May 10, 2023 • 2min
Spotlight Eight: AI Stories Revealed - Out Soon!
Spotlight Eight is a snippet from our upcoming episode: Neil Leiser - AI Stories Revealed. Listen to the full episode, as soon as it comes out by subscribing to Redefining AI.
Who is Neil Leiser?Neil is a civil and environmental engineering who mastered in Data Science and Machine Learning from the University College London. At present, he holds a data scientist position at Iwoca, where he specialises in building complex machine learning models for credit risk including credit scoring, affordability assessment, prediction of losses. In addition to his professional responsibilities as a data scientist, he is also the host of the AI Stories podcast.
AI Stories focuses on conversations with a variety of guests from different backgrounds and different industries and presents them with an opportunity to talk about their career and how they use AI in their day to day to benefit society and impact our world.
Why this Episode?
Having had a number of representative discussions with individuals from a variety of tech angles, Neil joins Redefining AI to provide us with a revelation window - what is, and is not being spoken about in the field and how have his own experiences with AI Stories bolstered these revelations.

May 2, 2023 • 37min
David Foster - Generative Deep Learning - Teaching Machines to Paint, Write, Compose, and Play
In this episode Lauren Hawker Zafer is joined by David Foster
Who Can Benefit From This Conversation?
Generative modeling is one of the hottest topics in AI at present, seeing as it is now possible to teach a machine to excel at human endeavors such as: painting, writing, and composing music. This episode helps you understand how we got to this point, and how the use of generative deep learning impacts our understanding of authorship and creativity in the arts, such as music, and literature.
David and Lauren also discuss the huge impacts that Generative AI will have on children who are growing up with AI.
Who is David Foster?David Foster is the co-founder of Applied Data Science Partners, a data science consultancy delivering bespoke solutions for clients. He holds an MA in Mathematics from Trinity College, Cambridge, UK and an MSc in Operational Research from the University of Warwick. He is a faculty member of the Machine Learning Institute and has won several international machine learning competitions. He is the author of Generative Deep Learning: Teaching Machines To Paint, Write, Compose and Play (O'Reilly), an acclaimed technical textbook focused on novel applications of deep learning to generative modelling.
REDEFINING AI is powered by The Squirro Academy - learn.squirro.com. Try our free courses on AI, ML, NLP and Cognitive Search at the Squirro Academy and find out more about Squirro here.

Apr 25, 2023 • 56sec
Spotlight Seven: Generative Deep Learning - Teaching Machines to Paint, Write, Compose, and Play - Out Soon!
Spotlight Seven is a snippet from our upcoming episode: David Foster - Generative Deep Learning: Teaching Machines to Paint, Write, Compose, and Play . Listen to the full episode, as soon as it comes out by subscribing to Redefining AI.
Who is David Foster?David Foster is the co-founder of Applied Data Science Partners, a data science consultancy delivering bespoke solutions for clients. He holds an MA in Mathematics from Trinity College, Cambridge, UK and an MSc in Operational Research from the University of Warwick.
He is a faculty member of the Machine Learning Institute and has won several international machine learning competitions. He is the author of Generative Deep Learning: Teaching Machines To Paint, Write, Compose and Play (O'Reilly), an acclaimed technical textbook focused on novel applications of deep learning to generative modelling.
Why this Episode?Generative modeling is one of the hottest topics in AI at present, seeing as it is now possible to teach a machine to excel at human endeavors such as: painting, writing, and composing music. This episode helps you understand how we got to this point, and how the use of generative deep learning impacts our understanding of authorship and creativity in the arts, such as music and literature. David and Lauren also discuss the huge impacts that Generative AI will have on children who are growing up with AI.

Apr 18, 2023 • 33min
Joti Balani - The Explosive Chatbot Trend
In this episode: Lauren Hawker Zafer is joined by Joti Balani
Why this Episode? Are you curious about the explosive chatbot trend and how it's transforming businesses worldwide? Join us in this episode as we talk to Joti, a leading expert in conversational AI. This is a must-listen episode for anyone looking to stay ahead of the game in the world of AI and discover the important learnings that conversational AI can bring to their business and operational processes.
Who is Joti Balani? Joti Balani is an award-winning creative architect who designs and delivers complex enterprise, human and systemic transformations. As the Founder and Managing Director of Freshriver.ai she has created a multidimensional transformation framework which blends AI, Data Science, Engineering, Cybersecurity, and Social Sciences. She is the AI Impact lead at Innovation of Large Organizations (ILO), G100 US Country Chair for Robotics & Automation, Intrapreneurship Conclave Governance Council Member / Unfold India, as well as an AI Advisor to Web3 focused startups, Titlechain and Inpeak.xyz solving critical, global problems in business and society with courage, creativity, and technology.
Joti leads Open Voice Network’s (OVON) Industry Advisory Council to share her Conversational AI framework with the industry and is the co-founder of Women in Voice/WiV, New Jersey, US chapter.
REDEFINING AI is powered by The Squirro Academy - learn.squirro.com. Try our free courses on AI, ML, NLP and Cognitive Search at the Squirro Academy and find out more about Squirro here.

Apr 15, 2023 • 1min
Spotlight Six: The Explosive Chatbot Trend - Out Soon!
Spotlight Six is a snippet from our upcoming episode: Joti Balani - The Explosive Chatbot Trend. Listen to the full episode, as soon as it comes out by subscribing to Redefining AI.
Who is Joti Balani?Joti Balani is an award-winning creative architect who designs and delivers complex enterprise, human and systemic transformations. As the Founder and Managing Director of Freshriver.ai she has created a multidimensional transformation framework which blends AI, Data Science, Engineering, Cybersecurity, and Social Sciences. She is the AI Impact lead at Innovation of Large Organizations (ILO), G100 US Country Chair for Robotics & Automation, Intrapreneurship Conclave Governance Council Member / Unfold India, as well as an AI Advisor to Web3 focused startups, Titlechain and Inpeak.xyz solving critical, global problems in business and society with courage, creativity, and technology.
Joti leads Open Voice Network’s (OVON) Industry Advisory Council to share her Conversational AI framework with the industry and is the co-founder of Women in Voice/WiV, New Jersey, US chapter.
Why this Episode?Are you curious about the explosive chatbot trend and how it's transforming businesses worldwide? Join us in this episode as we talk to Joti, a leading expert in conversational AI. This is a must-listen episode for anyone looking to stay ahead of the game in the world of AI and discover the important learnings that conversational AI can bring to their business and operational processes.

Apr 4, 2023 • 36min
Ayisha Piotti - AI Policy - How to Move The Needle Forward?
In this episode: Lauren Hawker Zafer is joined by Ayisha Piotti
Who Can Benefit From This Conversation?Overall, when thinking about the regulation of AI technologies or the use of AI, we should be aiming to strike a balance between fostering innovation and ensuring that the technology is used in a way that aligns with ethical principles and societal values. This episode is therefore a key listen that invites us to think about how AI technology has the potential to significantly impact society. It provides an opportunity for us to think about the considerations that need to be made from a regulatory perspective - to ensure that ethical questions are addressed, and we can start to confirm that AI is used in a fair and transparent way.
Who is Ayisha Piotti?Ayisha Piotti is the Managing Partner at the Swiss-based firm RegHorizon. She is also the Director of AI Policy at the Center for Law and Economics of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - the ETH Zurich.
Ayisha and her colleagues at the Center for Law & Economics at the ETH Zurich are the visionaries behind the largest Global AI Policy Summit in Switzerland. In 2022, the summit was attended by 82 countries spanning 6 continents and is a multi-stakeholder event where representatives from academia, businesses, NGOs, citizens and policy makers from all over the world come together to discuss the implications of AI on society and policy, and build AI Policy together, for a better world. Visit the RegHorizon website to find out more about the AI Policy Summit and connect with the team via email through connect@reghorizon.com
REDEFINING AI is powered by The Squirro Academy - learn.squirro.com. Try our free courses on AI, ML, NLP and Cognitive Search at the Squirro Academy and find out more about Squirro here.

Apr 2, 2023 • 53sec
Spotlight Five: AI Policy - How to Move The Needle Forward? Out Soon!
Spotlight Five is a snippet from our upcoming episode: Ayisha Piotti - AI Policy - How to Move The Needle Forward? Listen to the full episode, as soon as it comes out by subscribing to Redefining AI.
Who is Ayisha Piotti?Ayisha Piotti is the Managing Partner at the Swiss-based firm RegHorizon. She is also the Director of AI Policy at the Center for Law and Economics of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - the ETH Zurich.
Ayisha and her colleagues at the Center for Law & Economics at the ETH Zurich are the visionaries behind the largest Global AI Policy Summit in Switzerland. In 2022, the summit was attended by 82 countries spanning 6 continents and is a multi-stakeholder event where representatives from academia, businesses, NGOs, citizens and policy makers from all over the world come together to discuss the implications of AI on society and policy, and build AI Policy together, for a better world.
This episode is an important and key listen that invites us to think about how AI technology has the potential to significantly impact society. It provides an opportunity for us to think about the considerations that need to be made from a regulatory perspective - to ensure that ethical questions are addressed, and we can start to confirm that AI is used in a fair and transparent way.
Visit the RegHorizon website to find out more about the AI Policy Summit and connect with the team via email through connect@reghorizon.com

Mar 29, 2023 • 31min
Sandra Helou - Enriching and Innovating The Creator Economy, Web3, and The Metaverse
In this episode: Lauren Hawker Zafer is joined by Sandra Helou.
Who Can Benefit From This Conversation?
This conversation is for anyone who is curious about the future of the internet and how it will impact our daily lives; it is for those who want to understand the creator economy and online culture. How does it work and what are the cultural norms that govern it?
Take this opportunity to explore the exciting new developments in decentralized technologies, blockchain, and virtual reality, and how they are coming together to create a new digital landscape. By understanding how the Metaverse and the creator economy works, individuals can identify new business models, create new products and services, and invest in emerging technologies.
Who is Sandra Helou?
Sandra Helou is Chief Commercial Officer & Co-Founder at Metapolis. With in-depth knowledge and a multidisciplinary background spanning across traditional and digital industries, Sandra leads all commercial aspects of Metapolis across growth, partnerships, strategy, marketing & expansion.
Her global experience across Australia, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East enables her to deliver on both strategy level and on execution level. A futurist and action leader at heart, Sandra is committed to enriching and innovating the creator economy, web3 and Metaverse / NFT space.
What is the Metaverse, is one of the most frequently asked questions, so what is it?
The metaverse is a virtual world or space that is interconnected with the physical world and allows users to interact with each other and digital objects in a shared environment. It is often described as a fully immersive and interactive digital world that can be accessed through various devices, including virtual reality headsets.
REDEFINING AI is powered by The Squirro Academy - learn.squirro.com. Try our free courses on AI, ML, NLP and Cognitive Search at the Squirro Academy and find out more about Squirro here.

Mar 25, 2023 • 32min
Spotlighting Enterprise Generative AI and Machine Learning: Large Language Models in Enterprises
Spotlighting Enterprise Generative AI and Machine Learning is a feature episode that places prominence on Generative AI and Large Language Models in an enterprise setting.
Having built and worked with extractive question and answering models, Cognitive Search, and machine learning in a plethora of prestigious public organisations for several years now, Squirro's CEO and Co-Founder Dorian Selz, and Squirro's CTO Saurabh Jain are best placed to address this topic. These two special guests bring incomparable value to the conversation, and movement that is happening in the wider tech sector.
Which Questions Does this Conversation Address?
What is Generative AI? What is a Large Language Model? How can you identify a use case for Generative AI in your enterprise, and what pitfalls do you need to look out for? What is a Stochastic Parrot and why does it need trained? Which data, and how big of a dataset do you need to build an enterprise LLM and should you be building one? Where, when and how can an organization recognize that they can profit from the use of large language models?
To create true value in the enterprise context, there is a need for Generative AI capabilities to be integrated into a semantic enterprise search engine and trained on internal data. Reach out to us at Squirro for more information around using Generative AI in your organisation.
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Mar 21, 2023 • 42min
Krish Ramineni - Generative AI and The Knowledge Worker
In this episode: Lauren Hawker Zafer is joined by Krish Ramineni.
Who Can Benefit From This Conversation?This episode is a topical listen that invites all of our listeners to think about the impact that generative AI will have on every day working practices and processes. What does the introduction of mass scale use of generative AI mean concretely for the software industry, for organisations, and for the knowledge worker?
Will knowledge workers have to make trade offs and if so, what kind? How will the future of work be effected by innovations like the foundational AI technology? All of these questions and many more are answered in this episode.
Who is Krish Ramineni?Krish is the Co-Founder and CEO of Fireflies.ai, an AI voice assistant that helps transcribe, take notes, and complete actions during meetings. He graduated from Upenn and was one of the youngest Product Managers at Microsoft where he led projects around customer voice & growth engineering. Krish guest lectures at Stanford on Deep Learning and Machine Learning and is an early-stage startup advisor.
REDEFINING AI is powered by The Squirro Academy - learn.squirro.com. Try our free courses on AI, ML, NLP and Cognitive Search at the Squirro Academy and find out more about Squirro here.


