{"podcast":{"title":"Gradient Dissent: Conversations on AI","slug":"gradient-dissent","podcast_index_feed_id":1020509,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/gradient-dissent/","website_url":"https://wandb.ai/site/resources/podcast","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/25fd1181-b46e-459b-85a5-d397eec4cdcf/JDLDW81K-wlJoAWL7ZnxLdTp.jpg","author":"Lukas Biewald","episode_count":136,"summary":"Join Lukas Biewald on Gradient Dissent, an AI-focused podcast brought to you by Weights & Biases. Dive into fascinating conversations with industry giants from NVIDIA, Meta, Google, Lyft, OpenAI, and more. Explore the cutting-edge of AI and learn the intricacies of bringing models into production.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gradient-dissent"},"episode":{"title":"Alyssa Simpson Rochwerger — Responsible ML in the Real World","slug":"alyssa-simpson-rochwerger-responsible-ml-in-the-real-world","published_at":"2021-05-20T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gradient-dissent/alyssa-simpson-rochwerger-responsible-ml-in-the-real-world","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gradient-dissent","url":"https://wandb.ai/site/resources/podcast","audio_url":"https://podcasts.captivate.fm/media/3f6d0253-f9fd-422c-97c3-8c3003318303/1042586617-wandb-gd-alyssa-s-rochwerger.mp3","summary":"From working on COVID-19 vaccine rollout to writing a book on responsible ML, Alyssa shares her thoughts on meaningful projects and the importance of teamwork. --- Alyssa Simpson Rochwerger is as a Director of Product at Blue Shield of California, pursuing her dream of using technology to improve healthcare. She has over a decade of experience in building technical data-driven products and has held numerous leadership roles for machine learning organizations, including VP of AI and Data at Appen and Director of Product at IBM Watson. Connect with Sean: Personal website: https://seanjtaylor.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/seanjtaylor LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanjtaylor/ --- Topics Discussed: 0:00 Sneak peak, intro 1:17 Working on COVID-19 vaccine rollout in California 6:50 Real World AI 12:26 Diagnosing bias in models 17:43 Common challenges in ML 21:56 Finding meaningful projects 24:28 ML applications in health insurance 31:21 Longitudinal health records and data cleaning 38:24 Following your interests 40:21 Why teamwork is crucial Transcript: http://wandb.me/gd-alyssa-s-rochwerger Links Discussed: My Turn: https://myturn.ca.gov/ \"Turn the Ship Around!\": https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/314163/turn-the-ship-around-by-l-david-marquet/ --- Get our podcast on these platforms: Apple Podcasts: http://wandb.me/apple-podcasts​​ Spotify: http://wandb.me/spotify​ Google Podcasts: http://wandb.me/google-podcasts​​ YouTube: http://wandb.me/youtube​​ Soundcloud: http://wandb.me/soundcloud​ Join our community of ML practitioners where we host AMAs, share interesting projects and meet other people working in Deep Learning: http://wandb.me/slack​​ Check out Fully Connected, which features curated machine learning reports by researchers exploring deep learning…","meta_description":"From working on COVID-19 vaccine rollout to writing a book on responsible ML, Alyssa shares her thoughts on meaningful projects and the importance of team…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2729,"processing_state":"failed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/gradient-dissent/episodes/alyssa-simpson-rochwerger-responsible-ml-in-the-real-world/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gradient-dissent/alyssa-simpson-rochwerger-responsible-ml-in-the-real-world.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}