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…
Are you an approachable parent? Will your child come to you with her deepest and most intimate concerns? You want her to because she will go somewhere for advice. Make sure you are on her list of confidants. Listen as Trey and Stephanie discuss ways of cultivating an attitude of approachability. Become the Evangelical Parent God calls you to be!…
Listen as Trey and Stephanie discuss the most recent letter to families from Pope Francis. Why is the Pope addressing families? What can we learn from his letter? What does he want from us? Also, listen as they answer a question from a listener regarding how moms and dads from different families of origin (i.e. strict vs. permissive) can still work together and learn from each other as they raise their children.…
Are you an evangelist to your children? You’re called to be! Listen as Trey and Stephanie discuss the four attitudes that are necessary to make your children more receptive to the Good News. Are you approachable? Will your child come to you with the most intimate of questions? If not or if you don’t know, listen to the Cashions outline the four attitudes every serious parent needs to cultivate in themselves if they are to fulfill their call to be their children’s first evangelists.…
Trey and Stephanie discuss ADHD with Catholic Psychologist and ADHD Expert, Dr. Joseph White. Listen as Dr. White helps us understand how to deal most effectively with children diagnosed with ADHD. He discusses the frequent misconception that ADHD is a myth. Together, Dr. White and the Cashions provide practical ways of handling children diagnosed with this disorder.…
Listen as Trey and Stephanie discuss the 5 things that every child should know before they leave home, including teaching your children that God desires them to become themselves.
This is a re-release of our podcast on Parenting in the Funnel. We discuss practical ways to balance freedom and limits in raising children. This balance is a key to living out the mystery of parenthood and to preparing our children to leave home ready to enter this world and impact our culture. God bless!…
This show is an open forum with questions provided by our listeners. In this show, we address handling/preventing temper tantrums, dealing with small children at Mass, and handling the difficult situation of explaining divorced grandparents to children.
Listen as we discuss laying the groundwork in the early years of parenthood for having “THE TALK” so that we can have a fruitful discussion about authentically Christian human sexuality with our children when appropriate.
In this episode, using the “R” in the acronym FIRE which stands for Relationships, Trey and Stephanie discuss building relationships through time, trust, and authority in order that your family may be set ablaze and provide light to offset this present darkness.
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