Episode Summary What does ‘AI alignment mean? Can philosophy help make AI less biased? How does reinforcement learning influence AI’s unpredictability? How does AI’s ‘frame problem’ affect its ability to understand objects? What role does human feedback play in machine learning and AI fine-tuning? An acclaimed author and researcher who explores the…

Episode Summary Does it matter where you go to college? Should the SAT be abolished? Do you have to have a degree in computer science to work in tech? What are the differences between higher education in the US and in India? …

Episode Summary Few technologies have captured the attention of the general public as well as seasoned software engineers and entrepreneurs like ChatGPT. But how does it work? How can humans use it to increase productivity and output? And how is it likely to evolve? Our guest for this episode is Rama Ramakrishnan…

Episode Summary Alex Kantrowitz, journalist and author of Big Technology, joins Tom and Vivek in the studio to discuss his road to journalism, ad tech, and the business and ethical considerations of generative AI. Alex recounts his career shift and discusses the impact of generative AI on journalism, drawing from an incident…

Episode Summary On the heels of boombox.io’s $7M seed fundraise led by Forerunner, Tom Chavez and Vivek Vaidya sit down with boombox co-founders India Lossman and Max Mathieu for a special episode straight from super{summit} 2023 in New Orleans! Tom, Vivek, India and Max discuss their backgrounds as musicians and techies…

Kicking off the fourth season of the {Closed} Session podcast with a great topic and guest: Frida Polli, CEO and co-founder of pymetrics, which was recently acquired by Harver, joins us to talk about the critical role that technology and specifically AI and neuroscience can play in eliminating bias in hiring and beyond. Listen to all episodes at https://theclosedsession.com/

Arthur Patterson, the founder of venture capital firm Accel, sits down for a fireside chat with super{set} founding partner Tom Chavez as part of our biweekly super{set} Community Call. Across two episodes — one on the business of Venture Investing, and one on the discipline of Company Building, Tom and Vivek sit back and review the tape — analyzing Arthur’s insight into the early days of venture capital, where venture stands today, how venture capitalists view long time horizons, and what he is most proud of from his long career.

Listen to the latest episode on superset.com! Episode Summary What does a startup’s board do? Who is on the board? What happens at a quarterly board meeting? What should the board meeting deck look like? How does the conversation change as a company grows from the seed stage to the later stage? How do you get the most…

Listen to the latest episode on superset.com! Episode Summary When should an entrepreneur raise money? What does the money do? How is a Series A round different from a seed round? How is a Series A today different from 1999? What makes a good VC? Tom and Vivek describe the lessons learned from fundraising at Rapt in 1999…