

AI or Die
Rehgan Avon
AI or Die is the podcast where we hang out and talk about trends, news, and the great debate of AI. In each episode, hosts (and friends) Rehgan, Nick, and Brendan discuss topics and news in the data & AI space.Currently, they work together at AlignAI, a tech start-up based in Columbus, Ohio.
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May 31, 2023 • 1h 13min
Law & AI Ft. Carole Piovesan
Welcome back to episode 5. This week we are joined by Carole Piovensan. Carole is Managing Partner at INQ Law, focusing her practice on privacy, cyber incident response, data governance, and artificial intelligence (AI) risk management. She regularly counsels clients on a wide range of matters related to privacy, cyber readiness and breach response, data governance, ethical AI, and responsible innovation. On this week's episode, we discuss what she’s hearing from clients around AI & law, use cases, points of concern, big opportunities long term, etc.Google showing you AI-generated ads. How are internet ads going to change with AI?AI Regulation discussion & how we predict it to unfoldGovernance leaders & how they are leveraging stewards. Bringing people and processes together.Fractional CDO/CAO/CTO - Caution against it or lean into it?We also chat:New York City cracking down on using AI to hire and recruit.Guidance and regulations for AIBridging regulation gaps internallyWhat constitutes good data quality?Country-wide regulations around research and development around models and AI

May 11, 2023 • 56min
LLMs in the Enterprise, Can They Trust Them?
This week we are joined by Pete Gordon. Pete has worked with many companies to build NLP solutions. Pete believes that beautiful things happen when Statistics and Software come together on the Internet to bring Automated Inference (AI) and the ideal User Experience. This week we cover topics:Update from Nick at the conference he’s attending in Cincinnati, Ohio.Why are companies avoiding data governance right now?Why Cyber Security should care about AI.Paradigm shift and digital transformation with ChatGPT. How much impact will this have on workers (programmers, data scientists, and writers)The AI Revolution. How previous revolutions replaced or accelerated the past technologies we use today.How start-ups have embraced AI and why.Word embeddings with OpenAI

Apr 18, 2023 • 1h 3min
Is MLOps just hard mode for Data Engineering?
Welcome back to AI or Die, episode 3! In this episode, we cover:GDPR violation of ChatGPTWhy companies shouldn't wait to implement AIEmerging Tutorials for DocumentingIs MLOps mostly data engineering? (hot take)

Mar 29, 2023 • 47min
Is ChatGPT having AI Hallucinations?
Brendan’s Meditation RetreatNew ChatGPT featuresGenerative AI being adopted by companiesAI HallucinationsAre companies avoiding the L and T words?

Mar 11, 2023 • 1h 2min
Job Titles In Data Are Made Up
Welcome to AI or Die's first episode! In this episode, we talk about Brendan's mullet, ChatGPT vs Bard, layoffs in tech, crazy job titles in Data, and much more.