Super Data Science: ML & AI Podcast with Jon Krohn
Jon Krohn
The latest machine learning, A.I., and data career topics from across both academia and industry are brought to you by host Dr. Jon Krohn on the Super Data Science Podcast. As the quantity of data on our planet doubles every couple of years and with this trend set to continue for decades to come, there's an unprecedented opportunity for you to make a meaningful impact in your lifetime. In conversation with the biggest names in the data science industry, Jon cuts through hype to fuel that professional impact.Whether you're curious about getting started in a data career or you're a deep technical expert, whether you'd like to understand what A.I. is or you'd like to integrate more data-driven processes into your business, we have inspiring guests and lighthearted conversation for you to enjoy.We cover tools, techniques, and implementation tricks across data collection, databases, analytics, predictive modeling, visualization, software engineering, real-world applications, commercialization, and entrepreneurship − everything you need to crush it with data science.
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Oct 17, 2025 • 29min
932: Should You Build or Buy Your AI Solution? With Larissa Schneider
Larissa Schneider speaks to Jon Krohn in this Feature Friday about finding the right time to invest in AI solutions, and when it’s better to build them yourself. She discusses her work leading global strategy and operations at Unframe, and how they raised $50 million in venture capital since the company’s launch in March 2025.
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/932
Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.
Oct 14, 2025 • 1h 13min
931: Boost Your Profits with Mathematical Optimization, feat. Jerry Yurchisin
AI predictions, and how to act on them: Data Science Strategist at Gurobi, Jerry Yurchisin, speaks to Jon Krohn about how mathematical optimization helps enterprises automate decisions for business success and where to find the resources to make it happen.
This episode is brought to you by the ODSC, the Open Data Science Conference, by Fabi, by Dell, and by Intel.
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/931
Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.
In this episode you will learn:
(02:34) What mathematical optimization is
(13:58) How to get started with mathematical optimization
(45:56) Gurobi’s use cases
(56:29) Quantum computing and mathematical optimization
Oct 10, 2025 • 37min
930: In Case You Missed It in September 2025
Jon Krohn’s highlights from this month of interviews focus on ways to future-proof your career, looking at the hardware that will get you the most mileage, the emerging roles that are well worth a look, and the developments in AI that will endure in a field constantly testing the durability of its own breakthroughs.
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/930
Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.
Oct 7, 2025 • 1h 14min
929: Dragon Hatchling: The Missing Link Between Transformers and the Brain, with Adrian Kosowski
Breaking news: Jon Krohn welcomes Adrian Kosowski to the show to talk about the groundbreaking research happening at Pathway. Adrian and his team demonstrate how they have brought attention in AI closer to the way the brain functions, creating, in essence, a “massively parallel system of [artificial] neurons” that communicate with one another and exhibit properties similar to natural neurons. The goal is to move beyond the current limitations of transformers, where reasoning can be generalized across more complex and extended reasoning patterns, approximating a more human-like approach to problem-solving.
This episode is brought to you by the Trainium2, the latest AI chip from AWS, by Dell, by Intel, by and Gurobi.
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/929
Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.
In this episode you will learn:
(01:27) Pathway’s ground-breaking new biologically inspired architecture
(20:40) Limitless context windows
(34:39) BDH architecture as positive space
(53:11) Building multilingual models
(1:01:07) How to access the BDH architecture
Oct 3, 2025 • 6min
928: The “Lethal Trifecta”: Can AI Agents Ever Be Safe?
Prompt injections, malicious code, and AI agents: In this week’s Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn looks into the current security weaknesses found in AI systems. A structural vulnerability that The Economist dubs a “lethal trifecta” could cause havoc for AI users, unless we take the necessary steps to contain our systems.
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/928
Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.
Sep 30, 2025 • 1h 19min
927: Automating Code Review with AI, feat. CodeRabbit’s David Loker
Earlier this year, David Loker joined CodeRabbit as their Director of AI. As more people come to write code with the help of large language models, David believes CodeRabbit will become a helpful assistant for code reviewing and pull requests. He tells Jon Krohn how CodeRabbit assists developers with real-time feedback, as well as the reality of vibe coding, the optimization challenges of agentic AI, and other pressing questions in AI and tech.
This episode is brought to you by the Dell, by Intel, by Gurobi and by ODSC, the Open Data Science Conference.
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/927
Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.
In this episode you will learn:
(01:26) How CodeRabbit helps with coding
(17:30) Context engineering in context
(40:40) How CodeRabbit keeps data secure
(46:10) David’s thoughts on “vibe coding”
(1:03:04) If machines will ever be truly creative
Sep 26, 2025 • 5min
926: AI is Disrupting the Legal Industry: Are Paralegals Doomed?
In this Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn explores how AI is reshaping the legal industry. He investigates how AI tools are helping lawyers make conclusions faster, how paralegals are being retrained, and the latest in-demand role in law (hint: It concerns AI). Listen to hear how Harvey AI and Thomson Reuters’ CoCounsel are using AI to help lawyers get ahead.
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/926
Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.
Sep 23, 2025 • 1h 10min
925: AI, Automation and the Future of Work, with Oxford’s Prof. Carl Benedikt Frey
Tech innovation’s dependence on economic systems, trust in technology throughout history, and job displacement through AI: The Dieter Schwartz Associate Professor of AI and work at the University of Oxford, Carl Benedikt Frey, talks to Jon Krohn about his latest book, How Progress Ends, as well as how different economic systems deal with innovation and scaling, dealing with the homogeneity of generative AI output, and how to stay afloat in the new wave of job automation.
This episode is brought to you by the Dell, by Intel, by ODSC, the Open Data Science Conference and by Gurobi.
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/925
Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.
In this episode you will learn:
(04:00) All about How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations
(14:26) The role of weak ties in driving technological innovation
(18:22) How to keep innovating as a big business
(48:05) What we can learn and apply from previous industrial revolutions
(54:33) How workers can try to ‘future-proof’ themselves
Sep 19, 2025 • 5min
924: 95% of Enterprise AI Projects Fail (Per MIT Research)
MIT lab NANDA (“Networked AI Agents in Decentralized Architecture”) reveals less than promising results for the future of AI adoption in businesses. According to “The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025”, a whopping 95% of enterprise AI projects “are getting zero return” on their $30-40 billion investment. Jon Krohn takes this Five-Minute Friday to look into why this has happened, with help from a critical response to the report written by Futuriom’s R. Scott Raynovich.
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/924
Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.
Sep 16, 2025 • 1h 4min
923: Graph Algorithms, GraphRAG and Causal Graphs, with Graph Guru Amy Hodler
Graphs, but not as you would expect them: Graph analytics guru Amy Hodler speaks to Jon Krohn about the graph data structure and graph applications, graph algorithms, graph RAG, and graphs as memory systems for AI agents. We can use graphs in a surprising number of ways. Money laundering and fraud, as well as supply-chain crime, leave breadcrumbs at multiple “touch-points” over time, behaviors that graphs are better suited to reveal than rows and tables. Amy sees that most interest in graphs has been in the cybersecurity space. But this work isn’t only restricted to fighting crime! Listen to the episode to hear more case examples and how to get into graph work.
This episode is brought to you by the Dell, by the Intel, by ODSC, the Open Data Science Conference and by Gurobi.
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/923
Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.
In this episode you will learn:
01:49) A brief history of graphs
(10:08) Uncovering fraud with graphs
(28:31) Where graphs are most commonly applied, to date
(34:49) Retrieval augmented generation graphs
(48:04) The future of graphs
