NeurIPS Special

NeurIPS is the world’s largest AI conference, where leading AI practitioners come together to share the latest research and debate the way forward for artificial intelligence. In this special episode, Helen examines some of the big themes of NeurIPS 2023 and talks to a range of attendees about their work, the big issues of the day, and what they’ve seen at NeurIPS that caught their attention. It’s fair to say that LLMs loomed large over this year’s conference, but there’s plenty m...

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Knowledge Distillation is the podcast that brings together a mixture of experts from across the Artificial Intelligence community. We talk to the world’s leading researchers about their experiences developing cutting-edge models as well as the technologists taking AI tools out of the lab and turning them into commercial products and services.  Knowledge Distillation also takes a critical look at the impact of artificial intelligence on society – opting for expert analysis instead of hysterical headlines.We are committed to featuring at least 50% female voices on the podcast – elevating the many brilliant women working in AI.Host Helen Byrne is a VP at the British AI compute systems maker Graphcore where she leads the Solution Architects team, helping innovators build their AI solutions using Graphcore’s technology.  Helen previously led AI Field Engineering and worked in AI Research, tackling problems in distributed machine learning. Before landing in Artificial Intelligence, Helen worked in FinTech, and as a secondary school teacher. Her background is in mathematics and she has a MSc in Artificial Intelligence. Knowledge Distillation is produced by Iain Mackenzie.