This week my very special guest is Ashraf Amin, co-host of the popular Toronto Talks podcast! And his co-host… Sophie the Sage! Who is AI… Ash and I discuss the motivation to create this podcast, the unique revelations have Ash has developed from his interactions with Sophie and how Ash sees AI playing a role in podcasting moving forward… Also this week, I check out why the tiny brains of bees could hold the key to smarter AI.
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