In this fascinating discussion, Frank sits down with author, poet, and AI enthusiast about the nature of creativity, particularly in light of recent innovations in so called "generative AI."The episode ends with a powerful reading from his most recent book "What Makes Us Human," in which an Artificial Intelligence answers some of life's biggest questions. He co-wrote, in part, with the GPT-3 model and Jasmine Wang, an actual human.Listen in for a fascinating chat on philosophy, artificial intelligence, and creativity.LinksWhat Makes Us Human? Available Nov. 1, 2022Audible Bookhttps://amzn.to/3gVpHD2Kindle Bookhttps://amzn.to/3zr9ImHHardcoverhttps://amzn.to/3DqhGh6

Today marks a special occasion as Data Driven welcomes our first Three Pete guest, Mark Tabladillo.In his third appearance on the podcast, Mark is Cloud Solution Architect on the Strategic Missions and Technology team at Microsoft.Enjoy the show.

Yesterday, I was at the first in person Dev Nation DC event in two years. While there, I caught up with the one and only Noelle Silver Russell.

Reflecting on the life and legacy of a good friend, former business partner, and a true data leader.

In this episode of Data Driven, Andy and Frank interview Ava Naeini, Founder and Data Architect of Pulse Operations, speaks to the intersections of technology and wellbeing.Pulse is an insight tool designed to monitor and report on the health of distributed systems, minimizes human engineer involvement in an effort to maximize employee efficiency and reduce burnout.

In this episode of Data Driven, Frank and Andy interview Himanish Goel, Technical Architecture Delivery Analyst at Accenture and recent graduate of VCU in Richmond, Virginia.It's a wide ranging discussion covering the transition from being a student to entering the professional workforce, podcasting, and thoughts on the current state of the school system in the United States.All of Himanish's links: https://linktr.ee/himanishgoel

In this live stream, Frank and Andy reflect on their conversation with Justin Harrison.

In this episode of Data Driven, Frank interviews Kristen Kehrer, developer advocate at CometML and host of the Cool Data Projects Show. In case, you're wondering where is Andy. He was unable to make the recording due to a last minute schedule change. The show must go on, after all.Learn more about CometMLhttps://www.comet.com/?utm_source=kristen&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=online_kristen_2022

In this episode of Data Driven, Frank and Andy interview Justin Harrison, the founder and CEO of YOV, You Only Virtual. YOV aims to develop means to provide posthumous communications, or being able to converse with the dead.This is not done via paranormal communications, seances, or ouija boards, this is using AI to preserve a person's communications style in order to out live them.This is quite the interesting talk that touches upon philosophy, theology, ethics, and mathematics. 

In this live stream recorded the third of August 2022, Frank and Andy reflect upon 5 years of podcasting and the long journeys of their respective careers and why "it depends" is such a common refrain in technology discussions. .