Best Adam Wiggins Podcasts (2024)

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"Resistance" by Cat Rambo + "Under the Skin" by Deborah L. Davitt 15:36

31m ago15:36

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This month's Lightspeed Science Fiction Short Shots episode features "Resistance" by Cat Rambo (© 2024 by Cat Rambo), narrated by Stefan Rudnicki and "Under the Skin" by Deborah L. Davitt (© 2024 by Deborah L. Davitt), narrated by Nan McNamara. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Dominique Dickey | Look at the Moon 1:01:34

24m ago1:01:34

1:01:34

We drove out to Joshua Tree for the star party—a gathering of amateur astronomers under a clear, dark sky. It was Holly’s idea, an impromptu adventure on a Friday after work: “Hey, Lou, do you want to go look at the moon tonight?” | © 2024 by Dominique Dickey. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic…

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#13 – Maggie Appleton: Barefoot Developers, AI, end-user programming 1:05:07

5h ago1:05:07

1:05:07

The guest of this episode is Maggie Appleton, a designer, anthropologist and developer who has recently explored the world of local-first by giving the closing keynote at the last local-first conf. This conversation will dive into the topics of her talk including home cooked software, the idea behind barefoot developers and how AI complements local…

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Richard Thomas | The Darkness Between the Stars 35:09

5d ago35:09

35:09

Buddy and I abandoned our hydrogen nomad at the edge of the wastelands before trudging around the rusted chain-link perimeter of the abandoned fairgrounds, waiting for the blast of steam and guttural earthly moan to escape from the fractured soil, signifying that it was clear to enter the area. | © 2024 by Richard Thomas. Narrated by Stefan Rudnick…

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Segment Anything 2: Demo-first Model Development

6d ago

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Because of the nature of SAM, this is more video heavy than usual. See our YouTube! Because vision is first among equals in multimodality, and yet SOTA vision language models are closed, we’ve always had an interest in learning what’s next in vision. Our first viral episode was Segment Anything 1, and we have since covered LLaVA, IDEFICS, Adept, an…

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"Mud Maidens Rise" by K.A. Wiggins + "What's in a Name" by Matthew Hughes 19:29

7d ago19:29

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This month's Lightspeed Fantasy Short Shots episode features "Mud Maidens Rise" by K.A. Wiggins (© 2024 by K.A. Wiggins), narrated by Nan McNamara and "What's in a Name" by Matthew Hughes (© 2024 by Matthew Hughes), narrated by Arthur Morey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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The Winds of AI Winter (Q2 Four Wars Recap) + ChatGPT Voice Mode Preview

11d ago

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Thank you for 1m downloads of the podcast and 2m readers of the Substack! 🎉 This is the audio discussion following The Winds of AI Winter essay that also serves as a recap of Q2 2024 in AI viewed through the lens of our Four Wars framework. Enjoy! Full Video Discussion Full show notes are here. Timestamps [00:00:00] Intro Song by Suno.ai [00:02:01]…

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Ep. 10 – Unscripted: Ousmane Deing | Keyontae Johnson | Adam Flagler | Olivier Sarr 10:29

15d ago10:29

10:29

In this episode of Unscripted, the TBU crew shares their favorite memories last season of Ousmane, Keyontae, Adam and Olivier and how they helped contribute to the OKC Blue’s 2024 G League Championship.By OKC Thunder

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Carrie Vaughn | Between Above and Below 32:25

15d ago32:25

32:25

Next war, the angel decided, he was going to sit out. Before the dust settled, before hosts rose and fell depending on their actions and inclinations, he fled. Cowardice, maybe. More like pragmatism, he rationalized. | © 2024 by Carrie Vaughn. Narrated by Paul Boehmer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Ep. 8 – Unscripted: Cason Wallace 18:48

21d ago18:48

18:48

In this episode of Unscripted, the TBU crew looks back on Cason’s first season where he improved on and off the ball defensively, his ability to make shots, his growth, confidence, consistency, the impact he made in the playoffs and more.By OKC Thunder

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Ep. 9 – Unscripted: Kenrich Williams 20:43

21d ago20:43

20:43

In this episode of Unscripted, the TBU crew discusses the blue-collar attitude of Kenny Hustle, his ability to play significant minutes at the 5-spot, contribute efficiently in low-volume minutes his gratitude towards the organization and more.By OKC Thunder

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Ep. 7 – Unscripted: Jaylin Williams 20:55

21d ago20:55

20:55

In this episode of Unscripted, the TBU crew talks about J-Will’s booming voice on defense, his on-court chemistry with Isaiah Joe, ability to facilitate, draw charges, capability from behind the arc, physicality on defense and more.By OKC Thunder

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Ep. 5 – Unscripted: Isaiah Joe 20:12

21d ago20:12

20:12

In this episode of Unscripted, the TBU crew looks back at the sharp-shooting season of Isaiah Joe where he also made strides on the defensive end, improved his accuracy from three, developed an ability to draw charges, expanded his role with the team and more.By OKC Thunder

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Ep. 6 – Unscripted: Aaron Wiggins 19:35

21d ago19:35

19:35

In this episode of Unscripted, the TBU crew reflects on the season where Aaron showcased his efficiency on offense along with an ability to hit a unique shot from deep, becoming an impact player in the playoffs, his eagerness to start working towards next season and more.By OKC Thunder

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Llama 2, 3 & 4: Synthetic Data, RLHF, Agents on the path to Open Source AGI

21d ago

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If you see this in time, join our emergency LLM paper club on the Llama 3 paper! For everyone else, join our special AI in Action club on the Latent Space Discord for a special feature with the Cursor cofounders on Composer, their newest coding agent! Today, Meta is officially releasing the largest and most capable open model to date, Llama3-405B, …

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#12 – James Pearce: Tinybase 1:12:22

21d ago1:12:22

1:12:22

The guest of this episode is James Pearce, the author of Tinybase, a reactive data store library for local-first apps. This conversation will explore how Tinybase works including its custom query system, the various persistence and syncing integrations as well as James’ plans for the future. Mentioned in podcast James Pearce: x.com/jamespearce + sc…

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Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko | The Heist for the Soul of Humanity 1:24:27

26d ago1:24:27

1:24:27

The simulation blossomed around Nadja Gavrić like a hypercube unpacking itself into three dimensions. | © 2024 by Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko. Narrated by Susan Hanfield, with Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Adamant Press

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Ep. 1 – Unscripted: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 21:35

1M ago21:35

21:35

In this edition of Unscripted, the TBU crew reflects on SGA’s MVP-caliber season that saw him take huge leaps on the defensive end, incremental improvements across many significant statistical categories, the evolution of his game and leadership, their favorite moments of him from on and off the court and more.…

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Ep. 2 – Unscripted: Jalen Williams 19:19

1M ago19:19

19:19

In this episode of Unscripted, the TBU crew discusses the second-year leap from J-Dub where he took strides forward both offensively and defensively by becoming a three-level shooter and his ability to guard four to five positions, his impact on late-game situations, efficiency shooting, playmaking ability, camaraderie with his teammates and more.…

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Ep. 3 – Unscripted: Chet Holmgren 20:24

30d ago20:24

20:24

In this edition of Unscripted, the TBU crew looks back on Chet’s first season and his factor on both sides of the floor, along with his impact from the 3-point line, ability to space the floor, presence on defense, Rookie milestones, blocking shots without fouling, willingness to learn, resiliency and more.…

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Ep. 4 – Unscripted: Luguentz Dort 22:49

1M ago22:49

22:49

In this episode of Unscripted, the TBU crew takes an in-depth look at Lu’s menacing defense that was on full display during the playoffs, how he has refined his offensive efficiency, ability to draw offensive fouls, consistency from three, the cheers he gets from opposing fan bases and more.By OKC Thunder

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Vanessa Fogg | The Red Queen’s Heart 23:26

29d ago23:26

23:26

Anything can be bought or sold at the Night Market. A dozen hummingbird tongues curled like tiny snails, basted in honey and chili oil and served on a silver tray. A mermaid’s song, caught in an antique bottle of smoked glass. | © 2024 by Vanessa Fogg. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Benchmarks 201: Why Leaderboards > Arenas >> LLM-as-Judge

1M ago

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The first AI Engineer World’s Fair talks from OpenAI and Cognition are up! In our Benchmarks 101 episode back in April 2023 we covered the history of AI benchmarks, their shortcomings, and our hopes for better ones. Fast forward 1.5 years, the pace of model development has far exceeded the speed at which benchmarks are updated. Frontier labs are st…

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"The Only Writing Advice You'll Ever Need to Survive Eldritch Horrors" by Aimee Picchi + "The Aliens Said They Want to Party" by Joel William David Buxton 29:09

1M ago29:09

29:09

This month's Lightspeed Science Fiction Short Shots episode features "The Only Writing Advice You'll Ever Need to Survive Eldritch Horrors" by Aimee Picchi (© 2024 by Aimee Picchi), narrated by Susan Hanfield and "The Aliens Said They Want to Party" by Joel William David Buxton (© 2024 by Joel William David Buxton), narrated by Paul Boehmer. Learn …

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"Songs of the Sorrow of Thorns" by Amayah Perveen + "A Guide on How to meet the Deity of Many Faces" by Oyedotun Damilola Muees 31:08

1M ago31:08

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This month's Lightspeed Fantasy Short Shots episode features "Songs of the Sorrow of Thorns" by Amayah Perveen (© 2024 by Amayah Perveen), narrated by Susan Hanfield and "A Guide on How to meet the Deity of Many Faces" by Oyedotun Damilola Muees (© 2024 by Oyedotun Damilola Muees), narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi…

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Ep. 33 – Hartenstein Officially Joins the Squad 12:41

1M ago12:41

12:41

Newly acquired center Isaiah Hartenstein sits down with the TBU crew to talk about expanding his game, impressions on the organization, the basketball relationship with his father, his path to OKC, the excitement level of playing in front of Thunder fans inside Paycom Center and more.By OKC Thunder

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The 10,000x Yolo Researcher Metagame — with Yi Tay of Reka

1M ago

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Livestreams for the AI Engineer World’s Fair (Multimodality ft. the new GPT-4o demo, GPUs and Inference (ft. Cognition/Devin), CodeGen, Open Models tracks) are now live! Subscribe to @aidotEngineer to get notifications of the other workshops and tracks! It’s easy to get de-sensitized to new models topping leaderboards every other week — however, th…

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Dominique Dickey | The Last Lucid Day 29:04

1M ago29:04

29:04

You’re asleep in dreams of your father holding your head underwater, so the call from Magnolia Assisted Living goes to voicemail. | © 2024 by Dominique Dickey. Narrated by Paul Boehmer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Adamant Press

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#11 – Adam Wiggins: Local-first Conf 2024 1:02:26

1M ago1:02:26

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The guest of this episode is Adam Wiggins, who is the founder of Heroku and one of the co-authors of the local-first essay by Ink & Switch. As Adam is also a co-organizer of the first local-first conference, this conversation will reflect on the event, share our learnings and discuss a couple of key topics such as a new definition of local-first so…

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Ep. 32 – Welcoming the Newest Additions! 31:44

2M ago31:44

31:44

The TBU crew sits down with the Thunder's 2024 draft class of Nikola Topić, Dillon Jones and Ajay Michell to get to know more about the latest additions to the roster. Also, Nick talks 1-on-1 with guard Alex Caruso, who was acquired via trade earlier in the offseason.By OKC Thunder

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Oyedotun Damilola Muees | Warning Notes from an Annihilator Machine 30:47

2M ago30:47

30:47

Today makes it a decade and a day I have been keeping tabs on you. I started by watching your mother, monitoring all her movements while she housed you. There’s no better time to relay this message but now. | © 2024 by Oyedotun Damilola Muees. Narrated by Janina Edwards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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State of the Art: Training >70B LLMs on 10,000 H100 clusters

2M ago

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It’s return guest season here at Latent Space! We last talked to Kanjun in October and Jonathan in May (and December post Databricks acquisition): Imbue and Databricks are back for a rare treat: a double-header interview talking about DBRX from Databricks and Imbue 70B, a new internal LLM that “outperforms GPT-4o” zero-shot on a range of reasoning …

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[High Agency] AI Engineer World's Fair Preview

2M ago

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The World’s Fair is officially sold out! Thanks for all the support and stay tuned for recaps of all the great goings on in this very special celebration of the AI Engineer! Longtime listeners will remember the fan favorite Raza Habib, CEO of HumanLoop, on the pod: Well, he’s caught the podcasting bug and is now flipping the tables on swyx! Subscri…

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Shanna Germain | The Weight of Salt 12:41

2M ago12:41

12:41

We’ve never been so busy. The cave where we work used to be calm and, if not entirely devoid of sound, then split only by the crash of waves at high tide and the occasional cry of a woman who didn’t listen when we said listen this will hurt this will hurt this will hurt. Or maybe she did listen, but she thought we meant physical pain, when what we …

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How To Hire AI Engineers — with James Brady & Adam Wiggins of Elicit

2M ago

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Editor’s note: One of the top reasons we have hundreds of companies and thousands of AI Engineers joining the World’s Fair next week is, apart from discussing technology and being present for the big launches planned, to hire and be hired! Listeners loved our previous Elicit episode and were so glad to welcome 2 more members of Elicit back for a gu…

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Dominica Phetteplace | The Help Hotline 10:15

2M ago10:15

10:15

The trouble started after my husband reported a strange Zoom call at work. | © 2024 by Dominica Phetteplace. Narrated by Justine Eyre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Adamant Press

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Deborah L. Davitt | In the Hands of the Mountain God 41:52

2M ago41:52

41:52

The towering granite shoulders of the mountain god braced against the blue heavens above. Eero’s eyes remained closed beneath his glacial mask, his body swathed in a cloak of green trees. | © 2024 by Deborah L. Davitt. Narrated by Janina Edwards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Andrea Kriz | Udo Gehler and the Virgin Bitch of the Resistance 1:09:15

2M ago1:09:15

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Udo Gehler saw his next opponent was the Virgin Bitch of the Resistance and didn’t even blink. | © 2024 by Andrea Kriz. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Adamant Press

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#10 – Matt Wonlaw: cr-sqlite, syncing strategies and incremental view maintenance 1:03:36

2M ago1:03:36

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The guest of this episode is Matt Wonlaw, a prolific local-first tool builder who’s behind projects such as Vlcn, cr-sqlite and Materialite. Most recently Matt also joined Rocicorp to work on their new product. This conversation will go deep on his projects covering CRDTs, SQLite and incremental view maintenance. Mentioned in podcast Matt Wonlaw: x…

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How AI is eating Finance — with Mike Conover of Brightwave

2M ago

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In April 2023 we released an episode named “Mapping the future of *truly* open source models” to talk about Dolly, the first open, commercial LLM. Mike was leading the OSS models team at Databricks at the time. Today, Mike is back on the podcast to give us the “one year later” update on the evolution of large language models and how he’s been using…

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Megan Chee | An Otherworldly Cat Tells You the Secrets of the Universe 10:31

2M ago10:31

10:31

There are a near-infinite number of strange and marvelous worlds in this Universe, and in all of them there are Cats. | © 2024 by Megan Chee. Read by Scott Peterson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Adamant Press

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ICLR 2024 — Best Papers & Talks (Benchmarks, Reasoning & Agents) — ft. Graham Neubig, Aman Sanger, Moritz Hardt)

2M ago

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Our second wave of speakers for AI Engineer World’s Fair were announced! The conference sold out of Platinum/Gold/Silver sponsors and Early Bird tickets! See our Microsoft episode for more info and buy now with code LATENTSPACE. This episode is straightforwardly a part 2 to our ICLR 2024 Part 1 episode, so without further ado, we’ll just get right …

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dave ring | The Waking Sleep of a Seething Wound 13:36

2M ago13:36

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Dawn shot a quiver of cirrus that smeared like sunscreen across the sky. Bini had been awake for hours, back aching. She was too old for this shit. | © 2024 by dave ring. Narrated by Justine Eyre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Adamant Press

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Varsha Dinesh | Sparrow and the Parasol 37:56

2M ago37:56

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Deep in the abyss of the Unholy Bazaar, in a shop that reeked of death and god-blood, Sparrow lay screaming in a web of rope and unbreakable silk. | © 2024 by Varsha Dinesh. Narrated by Justine Eyre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Adamant Press

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How to train a Million Context LLM — with Mark Huang of Gradient.ai

3M ago

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<150 Early Bird tickets left for the AI Engineer World’s Fair in SF! Prices go up soon. Note that there are 4 tracks per day and dozens of workshops/expo sessions; the livestream will air <30% of the content this time. Basically you should really come if you dont want to miss out on the most stacked speaker list/AI expo floor of 2024. Apply for fre…

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Ep. 31 – "Crack the Code" 38:54

3M ago38:54

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Paris and Nick break down Thunder Vice President and General Manager Sam Presti's end of season press conference where he reflected on the 2023-24 team and looks at what the organization will have to do in order to sustain future success. The TBU crew also takes a short look at what's ahead in the Thunder Basketball Universe.…

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Ash Howell | Chaos Theory 10:21

3M ago10:21

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I want to tell you everything. I should tell you that you’re the greatest accomplishment our people have ever produced. I should tell you that you’re loved. | © 2024 by Ash Howell. Narrated by Alison Belle Bews Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Adamant Press

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ICLR 2024 — Best Papers & Talks (ImageGen, Vision, Transformers, State Space Models) ft. Durk Kingma, Christian Szegedy, Ilya Sutskever

3M ago

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Speakers for AI Engineer World’s Fair have been announced! See our Microsoft episode for more info and buy now with code LATENTSPACE1 — we’ve been studying the best ML research conferences so we can make the best AI industry conf! Note that this year there are 4 main tracks per day and dozens of workshops/expo sessions; the free livestream will air…

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P H Lee | Richard Nixon and the Princess of the Crows 17:22

3M ago17:22

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The night before the comet hit, Richard Milhous Nixon awoke restless and well before dawn. | © 2024 by P H Lee. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Adamant Press

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Nisi Shawl | Over a Long Time Ago 43:59

3M ago43:59

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She should go back inside the watchpod. Maree and Blaise didn’t have to be dead. | © 2024 by Nisi Shawl. Narrated by Alison Belle Bews. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Adamant Press

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