Smart Talks With IBM: Transformations in AI: why foundation models are the future
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🗓️ 20 September 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Major breakthroughs in artificial intelligence research often reshape the design and utility of AI in both business and society. In this episode of Smart Talks with IBM, Malcolm Gladwell and Jacob Goldstein explore the conceptual underpinnings of modern AI with Dr. David Cox, VP of AI Models at IBM Research. They talk foundation models, self-supervised machine learning, and the practical applications of AI and data platforms like watsonx in business and technology.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, it's Robert and Joe here. Today we've got something a little bit different |
| 0:04.9 | to share with you. It is a new season of the Smart Talks with IBM podcast series. |
| 0:10.8 | Today we are witness to one of those rare moments in history. The rise of an innovative |
| 0:14.4 | technology with the potential to radically transform business and society forever. The |
| 0:19.0 | technology, of course, is artificial intelligence and is the central focus for this new season |
| 0:24.2 | of Smart Talks with IBM. |
| 0:26.5 | Smart Talks hosts from your favorite Pushkin podcast as they talk with industry experts |
| 0:30.5 | and leaders to explore how businesses can integrate AI into their workflows and help drive |
| 0:35.7 | real change in this new era of AI. And of course, host Malcolm Gladwell will be there |
| 0:40.7 | to guide you through the season and throw in his two cents as well. |
| 0:44.3 | Look out for new episodes of Smart Talks with IBM. Every other week on the iHeart Radio |
| 0:49.0 | app Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts and learn more at IBM.com slash |
| 0:55.9 | Smart Talks. |
| 0:57.7 | Hello, hello, welcome to Smart Talks with IBM, a podcast from Pushkin Industries, iHeart |
| 1:04.1 | Radio and IBM. I'm Malcolm Gladwell. This season we're continuing our conversation |
| 1:09.7 | with new creators, visionaries who are creatively applying technology and business to drive |
| 1:15.3 | change, but with a focus on the transformative power of artificial intelligence and what |
| 1:21.1 | it means to leverage AI as a game-changing multiplier for your business. |
| 1:26.0 | Our guest today is Dr. David Cox, VP of AI models at IBM Research and IBM Director |
| 1:34.7 | of the MIT IBM Watson AI Lab. A first of its kind, industry academic collaboration between |
| 1:42.6 | IBM and MIT focused on the fundamental research of artificial intelligence. |
| 1:49.2 | Over the course of decades, David Cox watched as the AI revolution steadily grew from |
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