Yanshuai Cao, a Senior Research Team Lead at Borealis AI, discusses his groundbreaking work on Turing, an engine transforming natural language into SQL queries. He compares it with OpenAI's Codex, highlighting the unique challenges of SQL generation. The conversation reveals insights into the crucial role of reasoning and common sense in accurate query creation. They also tackle complexities in multilingual datasets, data augmentation, and the ongoing quest for model explainability, shedding light on fascinating advancements in AI technology.