Ep. 206: Nigel Toon on How AI Thinks and How We Can Control It

This podcast is sponsored by Supernormal.

Nigel Toon is the founder of Graphcore, which builds unique IPU chips designed for AI. He sits as a Non-Executive Director on the board of the UK Research and Innovation Council and has sat on the UK Prime Minister’s Business Council. He has been ranked #1 on Business Insider’s UK Tech 100 and named as one of the ‘Top 100 entrepreneurs in the UK’ by the Financial Times. He is the author of the best-selling book ‘How AI Thinks’. This podcast covers: 

• Comparing chips: CPU vs GPU vs IPU 
• Data vs information 
• Big data and neural networks 
• Limits of Moore’s Law 
• Can quantum or molecular computing be the next breakthrough 
• Humans vs AI 
• AI safety, verification, and regulation 
• AI and education 
• AI and healthcare 
• AI and finance 
• Responsible AI 
• Books mentioned: Dominion (Holland), The Story of China (Wood)  

You can find Nigel’s book ‘How AI Thinks’ here and you can follow his work here.    

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