Building human-centered AI products with Ovetta Sampson
People of AI
Meet Ovetta Sampson, Director of UX for AI compute enablement at Google. She shares her unique path from journalism to AI, including her work on groundbreaking projects prioritizing human-centered design principles. Discover valuable insights into making AI more accessible, the importance of responsible development, and more in this episode of People of AI. Resources: Generative AI and creative arms race → Lessons Learned from Mixing Data Science and Design Research Methods to Improve Customer Service → AI Ethics →
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The intersection of AI, art, and design with Douglas Edric Stanley and Anthony Masure
People of AI
Join Ashley Oldacre as she hosts a conversation with artist Douglas Edrick Stanley and Dean of Research at Geneva University of Art and Design Anthony Masure. They discuss their origin stories, the role of AI in creative fields, and the value of critical thinking in a technology-driven world. Resources: Geneva School of Art and Design: Anthony Masure: Douglas Edric Stanley: Artificial Design: Creation Versus Machine Learning: Art school in Aix-en-Provence: Caran D’Ache: Drawing and AI: Artists: Varvara & Mar: Assembling Intelligence...
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Digital health with Dr. Oliver Aalami
People of AI
Discover the fascinating world of digital health innovation with a leading expert in vascular surgery and digital health innovation, Dr. Oliver Aalami. In this insightful People of AI episode, Dr. Aalami shares his path to medicine, his passion for integrating technology in patient care, and his role as director of Stanford’s Biodesign for Digital Health program. Explore the groundbreaking projects and initiatives shaping the future of healthcare. Resources: Stanford profile → Biodesign for Digital Health → GitHub Stanford Spezi → 21st Century Cures Act → Chapters: 0:00 -...
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NotebookLM with Steven Johnson and Raiza Martin
People of AI
Explore the fascinating world of AI and its potential to transform how we work, learn, and create with NotebookLM. Join guests Steven Johnson, Editorial Director of Notebook LM, and Raiza Martin, Senior Product Manager at Google Labs, leading Notebook LM for a deep dive into the inspiration, development, practical use cases, and more in this People of AI episode. Resouces: A.I. Is Mastering Language. Should We Trust What It Says? → NotebookLM website→ Create your first notebook→ Adjacent possible newsletter → #TensorFlow #PeopleofAI...
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Responsible AI panel at DevFest Silicon Valley 2024
People of AI
Join People of AI host Ashley Oldacre as she moderates a panel on Responsible AI at DevFest Silicon Valley. Ashley teams up with four industry experts to discuss their personal journeys in technology and explore the future of AI. Learn how these experts keep responsible AI at the forefront of emerging technologies. Resources: Learn more about the amazing panelists: Jigyasa Grover, Lead, AI & Research at Bordo AI → Deepa Subramanian, Google Developer Expert → Daniel Goncharov, AI Research Engineer, Stanford University School of Medicine → Vikram...
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3-step approach to mobile app compliance with Checks co-founders Fergus Hurley and Nia Castelly
People of AI
Meet Fergus Hurley and Nia Castelly, co-funders of Checks, Google's AI-powered compliance platform. Fergus Hurley, Product Management Director at Google Cloud in addition to General Manager and Co-founder of Checks, and Nia Castelly, Co-Founder and Head of Legal at Checks, share the inner workings of Checks. Discover how they built Checks initially leveraging natural language processing (NLP) and, now Gemini, to review and analyze privacy policies at scale. Learn about their three-step approach that can detect what an app says it does, how they test apps to see what’s going on, AI safety...
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How AI is revolutionizing sign language recognition with Sam Sepah and Thad Starner
People of AI
Meet today’s guests Sam Sepah and Thad Starner. Sam Sepah, an AI/ML Research Manager at Google, drives innovation in accessibility technology for users with deafness and other disabilities. Thad Starner is a Georgia Tech Professor, wearable computing pioneer, and staff research scientist at Google working on sign language recognition. Explore the transformative impact of AI on sign language recognition and accessibility from the Kaggle competition to Pop Sign AI, and much more! Resources: Kaggle → Kaggle Competitions → PopSign Game → Precious PopSign Kaggle Competition → ...
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Gus and Ashley talk AI visionaries, developers, and consumers - Season 4
People of AI
Join hosts Ashley Oldacre and Gus Martins as they kick off Season 4 of the People of AI podcast! In this episode, enjoy a conversation about how much has changed in the AI landscape the past 2 years, how it is impacting us and what that means to be a person of AI today. Listen to the conversation as the hosts explore the different ways people are using and interacting with AI, from researchers to developers, and the everyday person, how to become a person of AI and how to stay up-to-date with this evolution. Resources: → → →
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Google I/O Special with Sachin Kotwani
People of AI
Join host Ashley Oldacre and guest Sachin Kotwani, Google’s On-Device ML Lead for a second special Google I/O episode. This interview dives deep into the world of Edge AI. Learn about the value, advantages and the future of on-device AI, and how it’s already making waves through initiatives like Project Game Face, and much more. Resources: Andrew Ng’s DeepLearning.AI course → ML Kit → Sachin on Google AI Edge at Google I/O → Google AI Edge website → Project Gameface → AI Edge Torch → LLM On-Device with MediaPipe and...
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Google I/O Special with Mat Velloso and Logan Kilpatrick
People of AI
Join host Ashley Oldacre and guests Mat Velloso, VP of ML developer products at Google, and Logan Kilpatrick, Product Lead for Google AI, for a special episode on the latest on AI, recorded right from Google I/O. Resources: Top AI developer news from Google IO 2024 → Google I/O 2024 recap → Project Astr →: Google AI Studio → Colab → Kaggle → Anders Hejlsberg → The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle → Jaron Lanier → Range by David Epstein → Games: Flappy Bird Game →
info_outlineMeet Simon Tokumine, a Director of Product Management at Google leading teams for large language and multimodal model AI tools. On this episode of People of AI, hosts Ashely Oldacre, Luiz Gustavo Martins, and guest Simon chat about Gemini, Google’s latest AI multimodal model. Join us as we discuss the impacts of this new technology on product development and how this will impact human and machine interactions. Learn about Simon’s introduction to tech career from a background of environmental conservation, Product development, and much more!
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Gemini: https://goo.gle/3NmN068
United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre: https://goo.gle/41k9Alz
Carto: https://goo.gle/3uQNg6Z
Google Labs: https://goo.gle/487pTUU