Variance

Variance
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Discover how bold ideas are born. In each episode, we sit down with trailblazers in science, tech, art, and design to uncover the variant mindsets and views that spark breakthroughs. Tune in for insights into what it takes to upend convention—and create something truly new.
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Focuses on groundbreaking ideas and unconventional solutions across various fields, with episodes addressing topics such as sustainable architecture in the context of climate change featuring Dan Spiegel discussing housing crises and electric car infrastructure, and the implications of creative thinking on design and art.

Discover how bold ideas are born. In each episode, we sit down with trailblazers in science, tech, art, and design to uncover the variant mindsets and views that spark breakthroughs. Tune in for insights into what it takes to upend convention—and create something truly new.
How fast is AI really improving, and how do we know? What guarantees can we expect from AI systems to be robust and reliable? What is AGI and have we gotten there? Can AI systems show creativity or even sentience?
Join Anastasios Angelopoulos as he lays out his thoughts to these hard questions, as he and his partners build the world’s most sophisticated ways to test LLMs as they get better faster than everyone expects.
Show Notes: Anastasios’s Personal WebsiteConformal Prediction (Science of AI reliability)LM Arena (Humans testing LLMs)DeepSeek and DeepSeek R1

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