On the latest episode of Unsupervised Learning, Jacob is joined by two of the most influential minds in AI today.
🔹 Noam Shazeer, co-inventor of the Transformer
🔹 Jack Rae, Research Director at DeepMind and one of the leads behind Gemini’s Flash Thinking
We got to ask them all of the top-of-mind questions in AI today about where we are, where we’re headed and what it means for businesses and the world. Some key take-aways:
0:00 Intro
2:07 Exploring Gemini 2.0
4:41 Challenges with Evals and Benchmarks
6:51 Reinforcement Loops and AI Productivity
8:52 Agentic Coding and AI in Development
13:39 Multimodal Capabilities and Applications
15:58 Future of AI: Complexity and Reliability
19:39 Test Time Compute and Data Efficiency
31:57 AI Research Culture and Breakthroughs
39:36 Reflecting on Large Language Models
40:14 The Rise of Vision-Based Models
41:38 Native Image Generation and General Purpose Models
42:12 AI in Healthcare and Specialized Models
44:09 Shifting Timelines and Rapid Adoption
47:25 Open Source Models and Competitive Edge
50:07 AI's Impact on Education and Personal Lives
55:47 AGI Risks and Safety Considerations
58:10 Future of AI Companions
1:02:54 Quickfire
With your co-hosts:Â
@jacobeffronÂ
- Partner at Redpoint, Former PM Flatiron HealthÂ
@patrickachaseÂ
- Partner at Redpoint, Former ML Engineer LinkedInÂ
@ericabresciaÂ
- Former COO Github, Founder Bitnami (acq’d by VMWare)Â
@jordan_segallÂ
- Partner at Redpoint