Best Meta Cognition Podcasts (2024)

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The evolution and promise of RAG architecture with Tengyu Ma from Voyage AI 36:20

1d ago36:20

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After Tengyu Ma spent years at Stanford researching AI optimization, embedding models, and transformers, he took a break from academia to start Voyage AI which allows enterprise customers to have the most accurate retrieval possible through the most useful foundational data. Tengyu joins Sarah on this week’s episode of No priors to discuss why RAG …

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[468] Re-Run of Ep 129 Motivation to learn: an overview of contemporary theories 24:48

4d ago24:48

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Linda presents an article that summarizes five contemporary theories about motivation to learn, articulates key intersections and distinctions among these theories, and identifies important considerations for future research - the hosts agree all Clinician Educators in training should have this article on their bookshelf! Authors: Cook DA, Artino A…

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[467] Re-Run of Ep 127 Learner-Preceptor Ratios for Practice-Based Learning Across Health Disciplines: A Systematic Review 29:23

11d ago29:23

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In this episode: Jason has chosen today’s article to discuss how the ratio of teachers to learners is an important design factor. Length: 28:14 min. Authors: Loewen PS, Gamble A, Legal M, Shah K, Tkachuk S, Zed PJ. Publication details: Learner-Preceptor Ratios for Practice-Based Learning Across Health Disciplines: A Systematic Review. Medical Educa…

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We Are Fighting a War to Keep Our Hearts Alive 2:01:02

14d ago2:01:02

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Is it time to give up? Was it already time to give up in 2020, or 2012, or perhaps even 1999? We usually justify our answers to these questions purely in terms of their rational foundations. But our reasoning is embodied, and variation in the details of our embodiment produce very different relationships to hope, despair, and the place one finds be…

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Vivimancer pt. 2: Brain Waves 3:14

14d ago3:14

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In 2015, Thorstein Grunwald began a mythic undertaking. He sought extreme states of consciousness for the purpose of making scientific discoveries about the earth's carbon cycle that would allow for interventions in runaway climate change. Science already had a very long legacy of progress through the spontaneous visionary experiences of its practi…

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How YC fosters AI Innovation with Garry Tan 39:59

15d ago39:59

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Garry Tan is a notorious founder-turned-investor who is now running one of the most prestigious accelerators in the world, Y Combinator. As the president and CEO of YC, Garry has been credited with reinvigorating the program. On this week’s episode of No Priors, Sarah, Elad, and Garry discuss the shifting demographics of YC founders and how AI is e…

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The Data Foundry for AI with Alexandr Wang from Scale 39:00

16d ago39:00

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Alexandr Wang was 19 when he realized that gathering data will be crucial as AI becomes more prevalent, so he dropped out of MIT and started Scale AI. This week on No Priors, Alexandr joins Sarah and Elad to discuss how Scale is providing infrastructure and building a robust data foundry that is crucial to the future of AI. While the company starte…

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[466] Re-Run of Episode 126 Approved Instructional Resources Series: A National Initiative to Identify Quality Emergency Medicine Blog and Podcast Content for Resident Education 24:55

18d ago24:55

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In this episode: Jon’s chosen paper discusses the quality of blogs and podcasts used by residents - now that text books are in the process of becoming extinct. Length: 23:47 min. Authors: Lin M, Joshi N, Grock A, Swaminathan A, Morley EJ, Branzetti J, Taira T, Ankel F, Yarris LM. Publication details: Approved Instructional Resources Series: A Natio…

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Music consumers are becoming the creators with Suno CEO Mikey Shulman 30:26

22d ago30:26

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Mikey Shulman, the CEO and co-founder of Suno, can see a future where the Venn diagram of music creators and consumers becomes one big circle. The AI music generation tool trying to democratize music has been making waves in the AI community ever since they came out of stealth mode last year. Suno users can make a song complete with lyrics, just by…

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[465] Re-Run of Episode 125 Meta-analysis of faculty's teaching effectiveness: Student evaluation of teaching ratings and student learning are not related 28:36

25d ago28:36

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In this episode: Jason rates this paper’s method section as a 5 because of the gargantuan effort involved, he also suggests we stop calling data ‘Teacher Evaluation’ and instead call it ‘Learner Satisfaction’. Length: 27:15 min. Authors: Uttl B, White CA, Gonzalez DW Publication details: Meta-analysis of faculty's teaching effectiveness: Student ev…

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087 Memory Spacing & Homework Parents 44:05

25d ago44:05

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Practice is more effective when we space it out, rather than doing lots of repetitions all at once. We read research that looked at the effect of varied practice compared to identical practice over time. Their results show subtle variation helps students focus and remember the important elements upon recall.Later, we read an account of the negative…

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Context windows, computer constraints, and energy consumption with Sarah and Elad 29:10

29d ago29:10

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This week on No Priors hosts, Sarah and Elad are catching up on the latest AI news. They discuss the recent developments in AI like Meta’s new AI assistant and the latest in music generation, and if you’re interested in generative AI music, stay tuned for next week’s interview! Sarah and Elad also get into device-resident models, AI hardware, and a…

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[464] Re-Run of Ep 124 Reviewing residents' competence: a qualitative study of the role of clinical competency committees in performance assessment 19:13

1M ago19:13

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In this episode: Jon presents an important paper that one day could be known as the archeology of CBME. Length: 18:07 min. Authors: Hauer KE, Chesluk B, Iobst W, Holmboe E, Baron RB, Boscardin CK, Cate OT, O'Sullivan PS. Publication details: Reviewing residents' competence: a qualitative study of the role of clinical competency committees in perfor…

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Cognition’s Scott Wu on how Devin, the AI software engineer, will work for you 29:28

1M ago29:28

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Scott Wu loves code. He grew up competing in the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) and is a world class coder, and now he's building an AI agent designed to create more, not fewer, human engineers. This week on No Priors, Sarah and Elad talk to Scott, the co-founder and CEO of Cognition, an AI lab focusing on reasoning. Recently, the Cogn…

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[463] Re-Run of Ep 123 Unpacking the Complexity of Patient Handoffs Through the Lens of Cognitive Load Theory 28:50

1M ago28:50

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In this episode: Linda presents a ‘thought paper’ on the very complex task of Handover - she calls it a paper that nicely combines educational theory and practical aspects. Linda believes it will win the ‘paper of the year’ award! Length: 28 min. Authors: Young JQ, Ten Cate O, O'Sullivan PS, Irby DM. Publication details: Unpacking the Complexity of…

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OpenAI’s Sora team thinks we’ve only seen the "GPT-1 of video models" 31:24

1M ago31:24

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AI-generated videos are not just leveled-up image generators. But rather, they could be a big step forward on the path to AGI. This week on No Priors, the team from Sora is here to discuss OpenAI’s recently announced generative video model, which can take a text prompt and create realistic, visually coherent, high-definition clips that are up to a …

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[462] Re-Run of Ep 122 When Assessment Data Are Words: Validity Evidence for Qualitative Educational Assessments 20:42

2M ago20:42

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Released on Nov 22, 2016 In this episode: Jon presents a commentary paper that discusses assessment by words not numbers. Length: 19:30 min Authors: Cook DA, Kuper A, Hatala R, Ginsburg S. Publication details: When Assessment Data Are Words: Validity Evidence for Qualitative Educational Assessments. Academic Medicine. 2016 Apr 5. [Epub ahead of pri…

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The Future of AI Artistry with Suhail Doshi from Playground AI 24:31

2M ago24:31

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Multimodal models are making it possible to create AI art and augment creativity across artistic mediums. This week on No Priors, Sarah and Elad talk with Suhail Doshi, the founder of Playground AI, an image generator and editor. Playground AI has been open-sourcing foundation diffusion models, most recently releasing Playground V2.5. In this episo…

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[461] Re-Run of Ep 121 Detailed Findings from the CLER National Report of Findings 2016. 23:21

2M ago23:21

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In this episode: Jason chose a rare paper on accreditation, it’s large in both number of pages and sample size and discusses the patterns found in US residency clinical learning. Length: 22:15 min Authors: Wagner R, Koh NJ, Patow C, Newton R, Casey BR, Weiss KB on behalf of the CLER Program Publication details: Detailed Findings from the CLER Natio…

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086 PBL Effects & Mindfulness Introspection 44:57

2M ago44:57

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Project-Based Learning is a thoroughly researched method of instruction with many benefits. We read a meta-analysis looking specifically at how PBL affects student motivation, and saw data illustrating just how important an excellent project prompt is to project success.Later, we read a study showing neurofeedback devices can increase the accuracy …

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Hyperscaler strategy in AI, the application landscape heats up, and what we know now about agents with Sarah and Elad 26:12

2M ago26:12

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This week on a host-only episode of No Priors, Sarah and Elad discuss the AI wave as compared to the internet wave, the current state of AI investing, the foundation model landscape, voice and video AI, advances in agentic systems, prosumer applications, and the Microsoft/Inflection deal. Have a question for our next host-only episode or feedback f…

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[460] Re-Run of Ep 120. 12 Tips for programmatic assessment. 26:04

2M ago26:04

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In this episode: KeyLIME LIVE guest co-host Eric J Warm selects a narative review by medical ‘Rock Star’ van der Vleuten on 12 Tips for programmatic assessment. If there’s one thing the audience can take away from the ICRE 2016 Jason R Frank says these tips should be it! Length: 25:52 min Authors: van der Vleuten CP, Schuwirth LW, Driessen EW, Gova…

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0104 with Author and Spiritual Coach Julie Hoyle - 'Awakening From The Lucid Dream' 1:21:49

2M ago1:21:49

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In 1989, Julie had a radical awakening. Her conscious experience changed indefinitely via shaktipat (energetic exchange of spiritual knowledge) in a lucid dream experience. She was gracious enough to join me on the podcast to share her fascinating experiences, heartfelt wisdom, and warm expertise. She's a spiritual coach, author, teacher, and she a…

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The argument for humanoid AI robots with Brett Adcock from Figure 38:13

2M ago38:13

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Humans are always doing work that is dull or dangerous. Brett Adcock, the founder and CEO of Figure AI, wants to build a fleet of robots that can do everything from work in a factory or warehouse to folding your laundry in the home. Today on No Priors, Sarah got the chance to talk with Brett about how a company that is only 21 months old has alread…

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[459] Re-Run of Ep 119 Working Definitions of the Roles and an Organizational Structure in Health Professions Education Scholarship: Initiating an International Conversation. 22:08

2M ago22:08

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In this episode: This podcast was recorded at ICRE 2016 Niagara Falls. Jon presents the first paper in the KeyLIME Live session which discusses the definitions relevant to a health professionals education scholarship. Length: 21:52 min Authors: Varpio L, Gruppen L, Hu W, O'Brien B, Ten Cate O, Humphrey-Murto S, Irby DM, van der Vleuten C, Hamstra S…

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Open sourcing AI app development with Harrison Chase from LangChain 27:32

2M ago27:32

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Companies are employing AI agents and co-pilots to help their teams increase efficiency and accuracy, but developing apps that are trained properly can require a skill set many enterprise teams don’t have. This week on No Priors, Sarah and Elad are joined by Harrison Chase, the CEO and co-founder of LangChain, an open-source framework and developer…

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[458] Re-Run of Ep 118 The Validity and Utility of Selection Methods in Personnel Psychology: Practical and Theoretical Implications of 85 Years of Research Findings 35:12

2M ago35:12

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In this episode: Jason’s second podcast in Sydney is selected by guest host Anthony Llewellyn which summarizes the selection techniques to find the right person for the right job. onthewards produces weekly podcasts and topical articles aimed at medical students and junior doctors to help ease the transition from medical school to internship. Our p…

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#23 Figure 01: Robot of the future, Cognition Labs set to redefine SDLC, EU passes world’s first comprehensive AI law, Anthropic releases Claude 3, Drama between Elon Musk and Sam Altman, New AI regulations ... 25:07

2M ago25:07

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In this episode of AI Nexus, hosts Elias and Newton delve into the latest developments in the world of artificial intelligence, exploring groundbreaking innovations, impending regulations, and notable controversies that shape the AI landscape. The hosts kicked off the discussion by highlighting recent AI news, including Emad Mostaque stepping down …

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Speed will win the AI computing battle with Tuhin Srivastava from Baseten 38:32

3M ago38:32

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At a time when users are being asked to wait unthinkable seconds for AI products to generate art and answers, speed is what will win the battle heating up in AI computing. At least according to today’s guest, Tuhin Srivastava, the CEO and co-founder of Baseten which gives customers scalable AI infrastructures starting with interference. In this epi…

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Sub-Self, Meet Meta-Self: Notes on The Emerging World Mind 2:31:22

3M ago2:31:22

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You've heard a million times that the history of life on earth is one of systems tending toward ever-increasing complexity, but in this episode, we argue evolutionary history is best conceptualized as one of ever-expanding boundaries of selfhood. In so doing, we apply a unique lens to questions with concrete strategic implications which have vexed …

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[457] Re-Run of Ep 117 Competent for Unsupervised Practice: Use of Pediatric Residency Training Milestones to Assess Readiness 26:17

3M ago26:17

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In this episode: Jason’s in Sydney for the first of two KeyLIME podcasts from Down Under with two guest hosts Anthony Llewellyn and Marie-Louise Stokes to discuss a prospective cohort study on traning milestones. onthewards produces weekly podcasts and topical articles aimed at medical students and junior doctors to help ease the transition from me…

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Designing the Future: Dylan Field on AI, Collaboration, and Independence 36:32

3M ago36:32

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Figma has had a banner year and the formidable team isn’t slowing down—even after regulatory issues blocked the merger with Adobe. Today on No Priors, Sarah and Elad are joined by Dylan Field the CEO and founder of Figma, the design collaboration tool that is closing the gap between imagination and reality. They discuss what’s next for an independe…

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085 Academic Anxiety & Principal Leadership 44:34

3M ago44:34

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More schools are looking to address the socio-emotional needs of students, and a key area for that work is helping students manage anxiety in the classroom. We look at a study showing how some accommodations may be reinforcing their anxiety, and how teachers can help students develop healthier strategies for managing it.Later, we read a study of pr…

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[456] Re-Run of Ep 116 A typology of longitudinal integrated clerkships 20:21

3M ago20:21

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In this episode: Linda reviews an article chosen by Medical Education. She calls it “When is a clerkship not a clerkship?” Length: 20:05 min Authors: Worley P, Couper I, Strasser R, Graves L, Cummings B-A, Woodman R, Stagg S, Hirsh D and the Consortium of Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (CLIC). Publication details: A typology of longitudinal int…

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Big tech earnings and the current AI debates, with Sarah Guo and Elad Gil 42:14

3M ago42:14

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Host-only episode discussing NVIDIA, Meta and Google earnings, Gemini and Mistral model launches, the open-vs-closed source debate, domain specific foundation models, if we’ll see real competition in chips, and the state of AI ROI and adoption. Don’t miss our episodes with: Mistral NVIDIA AMD Sign up for new podcasts every week. Email feedback to s…

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[455] Re-Run of Ep 115 Time-motion studies of internal medicine residents' duty hours: a systematic review and meta-analysis 18:33

3M ago18:33

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In this episode: Jason presents a time and motion study of internal medicine residents duty hours. Length: 18:15 min Authors: Leafloor CW, Lochnan HA, Code C, Keely EJ, Rothwell DM, Forster AJ, Huang AR. Publication details: Time-motion studies of internal medicine residents' duty hours: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Advances in…

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