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AI & Data Today
The top podcast for those wanting no-hype, practical, real-world insight into what enterprises, public sector agencies, thought leaders, leading technology companies, pundits, and experts are doing with AI today.
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May 17, 2023 • 9min
AI Today Podcast: AI Glossary Series – Feed-Forward Neural Network
Usually used as a simple example for how deep learning neural networks work, a feed-forward neural network is the most basic, “vanilla” general kind of neural network. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer define the term Feed-Forward Neural Network, explain how these terms relate to AI and why it’s important to know about them.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: AI Glossary Series – Feed-Forward Neural Network at Cognilytica.

May 12, 2023 • 10min
AI Today Podcast: AI Glossary Series – “Ground Truth” Data and Synthetic Data
In order for machine learning systems to work, they need to be trained on data. But there are different types of data and depending on the situation you may want to use one type of data over another, or a combination of different types. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer define the terms “Ground Truth” Data and Synthetic Data, explain how these terms relate to AI and why it’s important to know about them.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: AI Glossary Series – “Ground Truth” Data and Synthetic Data at Cognilytica.

May 10, 2023 • 9min
AI Today Podcast: AI Glossary Series – Pre-Trained Model and Transfer Learning
In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer define the terms Pre-Trained Model and Transfer Learning, explain how these terms relate to AI and why it’s important to know about them.Want to dive deeper into an understanding of artificial intelligence, machine learning, or big data concepts?Continue reading AI Today Podcast: AI Glossary Series – Pre-Trained Model and Transfer Learning at Cognilytica.

May 8, 2023 • 30min
AI Today Podcast: Why Data Storage Matters When it Comes to AI: Interview with Justin Emerson, Pure Storage
Justin Emerson, FlashBlade Technical Evangelist at Pure Storage, shares insights on the crucial role of data storage in AI development. He discusses the challenges of managing unstructured data and the need for scalable storage solutions for complex AI models. The conversation explores the trade-offs between cloud and on-prem storage, emphasizing planning against vendor lock-in. Justin highlights the importance of energy-efficient storage and stresses a step-by-step approach to AI projects, advocating for learning from failures to drive success.

May 5, 2023 • 11min
AI Today Podcast: AI Glossary Series – CPU, GPU, TPU, and Federated Learning
In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer define the terms CPU, GPU, TPU, and Federated Learning, explain how these terms relate to AI and why it’s important to know about them.Want to dive deeper into an understanding of artificial intelligence, machine learning, or big data concepts?Continue reading AI Today Podcast: AI Glossary Series – CPU, GPU, TPU, and Federated Learning at Cognilytica.

May 3, 2023 • 11min
AI Today Podcast: AI Glossary Series – Tokenization and Vectorization
In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer define the terms Tokenization and Vectorization, explain how these terms relates to AI and why it’s important to know about them.Want to dive deeper into an understanding of artificial intelligence, machine learning, or big data concepts? Want to learn how to apply AI and data using hands-on approaches and the latest technologies?Continue reading AI Today Podcast: AI Glossary Series – Tokenization and Vectorization at Cognilytica.

Apr 28, 2023 • 12min
AI Today Podcast: AI Glossary Series – Training Data, Epoch, Batch, Learning Curve
In order for machine learning systems to work they need to be trained on data. But as the old saying goes “garbage in is garbage out” so you need to make sure you have a dataset of prepared data that is cleaned so you can incrementally train a machine learning model to perform a particular task.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: AI Glossary Series – Training Data, Epoch, Batch, Learning Curve at Cognilytica.

Apr 26, 2023 • 11min
AI Today Podcast: AI Glossary Series – Backpropagation, Learning Rate, and Optimizer
Backpropagation was one of the innovations by Geoff Hinton that made deep learning networks a practical reality. But have you ever heard of that term before and know what it is at a high level? In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer define the terms Backpropagation, Learning Rate, and Optimizer, explain how these terms relates to AI and why it’s important to know about them.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: AI Glossary Series – Backpropagation, Learning Rate, and Optimizer at Cognilytica.

Apr 21, 2023 • 13min
AI Today Podcast: AI Glossary Series – Loss Function, Cost Function and Gradient Descent
In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer define the terms Loss Function, Cost Function and Gradient Descent, explain how these terms relates to AI and why it’s important to know about them.Show Notes:FREE Intro to CPMAI mini courseCPMAI Training and CertificationAI GlossaryGlossary Series: Artificial IntelligenceGlossary Series: Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), Strong AI, Weak AI, Narrow AIGlossary Series: Heuristic & Brute-force SearchAI Glossary Series – Machine Learning, Algorithm, ModelGlossary Series: (Artificial) Neural Networks, Node (Neuron), LayerGlossary Series: Bias, Weight, Activation Function, Convergence, ReLUGlossary Series: PerceptronGlossary Series: Hidden Layer, Deep LearningContinue reading AI Today Podcast: AI Glossary Series – Loss Function, Cost Function and Gradient Descent at Cognilytica.

Apr 19, 2023 • 12min
AI Today Podcast: AI Glossary Series- Hidden Layer and Deep Learning
Deep Learning is powering this current wave of AI interest. But do you really know what Deep Learning is? In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer define the terms hidden layer and deep learning, explain how these terms relates to AI and why it’s important to know about them.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: AI Glossary Series- Hidden Layer and Deep Learning at Cognilytica.


