
The AI Fundamentalists
A podcast about the fundamentals of safe and resilient modeling systems behind the AI that impacts our lives and our businesses.
Podcasting since 2023 • 34 episodes
The AI Fundamentalists
Latest Episodes
Linear programming: Building smarter AI agents from the fundamentals, part 3
We continue with our series about building agentic AI systems from the ground up and for desired accuracy. In this episode, we explore linear programming and optimization methods that enable reliable decision-making within constraints.&nb...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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29:46

Utility functions: Building smarter AI agents from the fundamentals, part 2
The hosts look at utility functions as the mathematical basis for making AI systems. They use the example of a travel agent that doesn’t get tired and can be increased indefinitely to meet increasing customer demand. They also discuss the diffe...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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41:36

Mechanism design: Building smarter AI agents from the fundamentals, Part 1
What if we've been approaching AI agents all wrong? While the tech world obsesses over larger language models (LLMs) and prompt engineering, there'a a foundational approach that could revolutionize how we build trustworthy AI systems: mechanism...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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37:06

Principles, agents, and the chain of accountability in AI systems
Dr. Michael Zargham provides a systems engineering perspective on AI agents, emphasizing accountability structures and the relationship between principals who deploy...
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46:26

Supervised machine learning for science with Christoph Molnar and Timo Freiesleben, Part 2
Part 2 of this series could have easily been renamed "AI for science: The expert’s guide to practical machine learning.” We continue our discussion with Christoph Molnar and Timo Freiesleben to look at how scientists can apply
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41:58

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