{"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":"Johannes Otterbach — Unlocking ML for Traditional Companies","slug":"johannes-otterbach-unlocking-ml-for-traditional-companies","published_at":"2022-05-12T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gradient-dissent/johannes-otterbach-unlocking-ml-for-traditional-companies","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gradient-dissent","url":"https://wandb.ai/site/resources/podcast","audio_url":"https://podcasts.captivate.fm/media/e5aa451c-49fe-4092-8610-c3ed37bee6ce/GD-Johannes-V1.mp3","summary":"Johannes Otterbach is VP of Machine Learning Research at Merantix Momentum, an ML consulting studio that helps their clients build AI solutions. Johannes and Lukas talk about Johannes' background in physics and applications of ML to quantum computing, why Merantix is investing in creating a cloud-agnostic tech stack, and the unique challenges of developing and deploying models for different customers. They also discuss some of Johannes' articles on the impact of NLP models and the future of AI regulations. Show notes (transcript and links): http://wandb.me/gd-johannes-otterbach --- ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:04 Quantum computing and ML applications 9:21 Merantix, Ventures, and ML consulting 19:09 Building a cloud-agnostic tech stack 24:40 The open source tooling ecosystem 30:28 Handing off models to customers 31:42 The impact of NLP models on the real world 35:40 Thoughts on AI and regulation 40:10 Statistical physics and optimization problems 42:50 The challenges of getting high-quality data 44:30 Outro --- Connect with Johannes: 📍 LinkedIn: https://twitter.com/jsotterbach 📍 Personal website: http://jotterbach.github.io/ 📍 Careers at Merantix Momentum: https://merantix-momentum.com/about#jobs --- 💬 Host: Lukas Biewald 📹 Producers: Cayla Sharp, Angelica Pan, Sanyam Bhutani, Lavanya Shukla --- Subscribe and listen to our podcast today! 👉 Apple Podcasts: http://wandb.me/apple-podcasts​​ 👉 Google Podcasts: http://wandb.me/google-podcasts​ 👉 Spotify: http://wandb.me/spotify​","meta_description":"Johannes Otterbach is VP of Machine Learning Research at Merantix Momentum, an ML consulting studio that helps their clients build AI solutions. Johannes…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2690,"processing_state":"failed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/gradient-dissent/episodes/johannes-otterbach-unlocking-ml-for-traditional-companies/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gradient-dissent/johannes-otterbach-unlocking-ml-for-traditional-companies.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}