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Artificial intelligence is evolving at an unprecedented pace—what does that mean for the future of technology, venture capital, business, and even our understanding of ourselves? Award-winning journalist and writer Anil Ananthaswamy joins us for our latest episode to discuss his latest book Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI . Anil helps us explore the journey and many breakthroughs that have propelled machine learning from simple perceptrons to the sophisticated algorithms shaping today’s AI revolution, powering GPT and other models. The discussion aims to demystify some of the underlying mathematical concepts that power modern machine learning, to help everyone grasp this technology impacting our lives–even if your last math class was in high school. Anil walks us through the power of scaling laws, the shift from training to inference optimization, and the debate among AI’s pioneers about the road to AGI—should we be concerned, or are we still missing key pieces of the puzzle? The conversation also delves into AI’s philosophical implications—could understanding how machines learn help us better understand ourselves? And what challenges remain before AI systems can truly operate with agency? If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform. Sign up for our newsletter at techsurgepodcast.com for exclusive insights and updates on upcoming TechSurge Live Summits. Links: Read Why Machines Learn, Anil’s latest book on the math behind AI https://www.amazon.com/Why-Machines-Learn-Elegant-Behind/dp/0593185749 Learn more about Anil Ananthaswamy’s work and writing https://anilananthaswamy.com/ Watch Anil Ananthaswamy’s TED Talk on AI and intelligence https://www.ted.com/speakers/anil_ananthaswamy Discover the MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellowship that shaped Anil’s AI research https://ksj.mit.edu/ Understand the Perceptron, the foundation of neural networks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptron Read about the Perceptron Convergence Theorem and its significance https://www.nature.com/articles/323533a0…

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Final statement from Solidarity Winnipeg (December 4th, 2023): "We don’t have the person-power needed for the work of laying the basis for a political organization, the mission of 'Solidarity Winnipeg 3.0' since 2018, so we’ve decided to fold. The remaining members are still committed to ecosocialism from below and want to promote these politics so we’ve formed Thicket: A Winnipeg Ecosocialist Collective. We’ll be sponsoring a discussion group with the goal of building political relationships through the shared process of education." To participate in Thicket's first (in-person) reading group session in January, send an email to thicketwinnipeg@gmail.com. We will be reading PALESTINE: A SOCIALIST INTRODUCTION edited by Sumaya Awad and Brian Bean. Get the free e-book from Haymarket Books: www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/307-fre…-introduction.

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Introducing... Thicket! Reading Group Announcement and Final Statement from Solidarity Winnipeg 3:02

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Final statement from Solidarity Winnipeg: "We don’t have the person-power needed for the work of laying the basis for a political organization, the mission of 'Solidarity Winnipeg 3.0' since 2018, so we’ve decided to fold. The remaining members are still committed to ecosocialism from below and want to promote these politics so we’ve formed Thicket: A Winnipeg Ecosocialist Collective. We’ll be sponsoring a discussion group with the goal of building political relationships through the shared process of education." To participate in Thicket's first (in-person) reading group session in January, send an email to thicketwinnipeg@gmail.com. We will be reading PALESTINE: A SOCIALIST INTRODUCTION edited by Sumaya Awad and Brian Bean. Get the free e-book from Haymarket Books: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/307-free-ebook-palestine-a-socialist-introduction.…

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Sept 19, 2023, Public Discussion "Voting is Not Enough" 1:36

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Join us for a discussion "Voting is not enough" Tuesday, Sept 19, 2023 6:30PM (CDT) @ The Hive, University of Winnipeg Please wear a mask! Childcare will be available on site. Please email us so we can prepare (info@solidaritywinnipeg.ca)

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Episode 27: Learning from the 2023 PSAC Strike 1:25:34

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The 2023 PSAC strike saw more workers out for a single strike than in any prior labour action in so-called Canada. In this episode, Solidarity Winnipeg members David and Teddy interview three organizers from PSAC about their experiences of the strike and what we can learn for future actions. We highly recommend reading Brian McDougall’s excellent analysis of the strike recently published in Midnight Sun magazine. https://www.midnightsunmag.ca/skipping-the-strike-vote-but-going-to-the-picket-lines/…

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Next Reading Group on June 28th 1:20

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Solidarity Winnipeg has a monthly online reading group. Our next meeting on June 28th at 7:00pm CST will be on "The Two Souls of Socialism" by Hal Draper. Please send an email to info@solidaritywinnipeg.ca to get the Zoom link. We hope to see you there!

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Episode 26: Sex Worker Activism and Organizing in Winnipeg 51:57

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For International Whores’ Day (June 2nd) we are releasing an interview with members of Sex Workers of Winnipeg Action Committee (SWWAC). If you are in Winnipeg and listening to this on the day of release, please join us for a protest led by SWWAC on June 2nd at the Manitoba Law Courts, 408 York @ York & Kennedy. For more info please see the event: https://fb.me/e/1b4asje5i For further learning, you can explore recordings of SWWAC’s 2021conference on sex work here: https://vimeo.com/showcase/swwacsummit Naomi Sayers and Sarah Hunt on why calls to abolish sex work only cause further harm: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/abolition-of-sex-work-wont-end-violence-against-native-women/article22572753/ Amy Lebovitch and Shawna Ferris’ book Sex Work Activism in Canada: https://arpbooks.org/product/sex-work-activism-in-canada/#:~:text=Sex%20Work%20Activism%20in%20Canada%20also%20looks%20deeply%20at%20commonalities,The%20book%20also%20includes%20a…

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Next Reading Group on May 31st 1:20

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Solidarity Winnipeg has a monthly online reading group. Our next meeting on May 31st at 7:00pm CST will be on "Communism for Kids" by Bini Adamczak. Please send an email to info@solidaritywinnipeg.ca to get the Zoom link. We hope to see you there!

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Episode 25- Universities, Politics and Organizing Today 1:01:01

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Universities and other post secondary institutions present themselves as being in the service of teaching, learning, and developing ideas. At the same time, we live in a moment where an increasing number of people first encounter radical left ideas, not in workplace struggle, but in the classroom. So, let's explore, this! What are some of the strengths, potentials, and limitations of post secondary institutions as a locus of organizing, for workers, students, and the left more broadly? Where do these institutions fit within capitalism? On the syllabus of this episode, we're talking degrees, direct action, and dissent. Join Misha and David for a discussion about all these questions and more, with a few chapters of personal reflections and a few annotated summaries of historical reference to tie it all together. There won't be a final exam on this, but it is required listening. And...don't worry about being late for class. We're happy for you to join in the class struggle. Check it out! Some links to check out: Podcast: Anti-Girlboss Socialist Club "The Campus Sexual Assault Industrial Complex: A Story of Professionalization & Bureaucratization " https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-anti-girlboss-socialist-club/id1589070128?i=1000543751558 Book: "Complaint!" By Sara Ahmed https://www.dukeupress.edu/complaint…

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Public Discussion and Reading Group Announcments 2:31

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Abolition an urgent task. The Winnipeg Police take up over a quarter of the city's entire budget, draining resources away from social services. The cops regularly terrorize unhoused people and perpetuate anti-Black and settler colonial violence. Many people in Winnipeg are sympathetic to abolitionist politics. The petition created by Justice 4 Black Lives Winnipeg calling for the abolition of the Winnipeg police received over a hundred thousand signatures and massive numbers of people joined protests in 2020 to oppose the cops. This wave of activity has subsided but abolitionist organizing continues. Solidarity Winnipeg invites you to our next public discussion over zoom on April 19th at 7pm. Titled What kind of world comes after the police? A discussion on socialism and abolitionist politics. We will raise questions like: What kind of future are we talking about when we call for abolition, and what kind of coalitions do we need to build to make this vision into a reality? How do we ensure calls for abolition are not co-opted by reformists? What systems must be dismantled in order to be rid of police, and what systems could working class people begin to build in their absence? If you'd like to join the discussion, please email us at info@solidaritywinnipeg.ca and we will send you the zoom link. We also have an upcoming reading group on April 26th at 7pm over zoom. We will be reading the second chapter of the book Unspeakable Things by Laurie Penny to discuss socialist and feminist perspectives on masculinity and gender oppression. You can order the book online or you can email us and we will send you a PDF of the chapter. Please email us at info@solidaritywinnipeg.ca and we will send you the zoom link to join the reading group.…

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Next Reading Group on March 29th 1:13

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Solidarity Winnipeg has a monthly online reading group. Our next meeting on March 29th at 7pm central time will be on Feminism for the 99% by Cinzia Arruzza, Nancy Fraser, and Tithi Bhattacharya. You can buy the book directly from the publisher Verso Books, or you can get it from the Winnipeg public library. Please send an email to info@solidaritywinnipeg.ca to get a zoom link. We hope to see you there!…

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Episode 24: Socialism and Abolition 1:00:24

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On International Day Against Police Brutality we are releasing an interview with Haley from Tempest Collective about socialism and abolition. If you are in Winnipeg and listening to the on the day of release (March 15th), please join us at the rally against police brutality at 5pm outside of the Millenium Library! Bronwyn Dobchuk-Land on the bloated police budget in Winnipeg https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analysis/2023/03/14/brutality-baked-into-budget Haley Pessin on abolition and left politics https://www.tempestmag.org/2021/02/defund-the-police/ Tapji Garba on policing and abolition in Midnight Sun https://www.midnightsunmag.ca/what-are-the-police-what-is-abolition/…

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ANNOUNCEMENT: March 1st Reading Group on Angela Davis 1:02

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If you would like to join us on March 1st at 7:00pm to discuss "Women, Race & Class" by Angela Y. Davis, please email us at info@solidaritywinnipeg.ca to get a Zoom link. Looking forward to seeing you there!

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Episode 23: Trans Liberation Part 2 57:04

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In this episode, Misha and Serena continue their conversation about trans liberation. Our release of this episode tragically coincides with the murder of Brianna Ghey amidst a storm of transphobic hate from the UK media and government. Please consider making a financial contribution to Transgender Action Block or if you live in the UK, showing up to one of the rallies they are hosting over the coming days to help fight back against transphobia: https://linktr.ee/transactionbloc. Articles for further reading: Samuel Ng: Sylvia Rivera’s STAR and the Black Panther Party https://lh.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/lh/article/view/39213. Syrus Marcus Ware: All Power to All People https://read.dukeupress.edu/tsq/article-abstract/4/2/170/84689/All-Power-to-All-People-Black-LGBTTI2QQ-Activism…

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ANNOUNCEMENT: January 25th Public Discussion: "What should we expect from an NDP government?" 1:52

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Solidarity Winnipeg will be hosting a public discussion on Wednesday, January 25th at 7:00pm CST: "We know that the PCs and Liberals are parties of business, but what should we expect from an NDP government?" Please take a listen to our recent episode on this topic (Episode 22) before attending. Email us at info@solidaritywinnipeg.ca to register the event and receive the Zoom link!…

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Episode 22: What should we expect from an NDP government? 58:19

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With a provincial election coming this year it's important to understand what the Manitoba NDP governments of 1999-2016 were like, why they did so little for working-class people, and what those of us who want radical change should learn from this. With guest Bronwyn Dobchuk-Land. Some articles mentioned or quoted in this episode: https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/prison-unionism https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/gary-doers-manitoba https://policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/fastfacts-labours-future-streets Also worth reading: https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/manitobas-ndp-and-unions-are-helping-advance-a-police-state…

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Episode 21: When Your Union Breaks Your Heart 33:18

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