Christian Boylston–a machine learning engineer for a startup–joins us for this episode of The 1:1 Podcast.
He answers the question “Should everyone be learning AI?” plus we try to figure out if ChatGPT can make a proper cocktail.
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:04 - Should everyone be learning AI?
03:22 - How to avoid dumbing yourself down while using AI tools
05:57 - Is it fair to say AI is always machine learning, but machine learning isn’t always AI?
10:36 - If someone is thinking about coming into the machine learning field… should they?
13:46 - How do you think workers can prepare for these changes?
16:21 - What can companies do to ensure these technologies are developed responsibly?
18:05 - What are some of the other security concerns you’d warn people against?
19:18 - Prompt quality (leads into learning to prompt ChatGPT to return a good cocktail recipe)
23:11 - How worried should we be about AIs teaching themselves their own languages that humans can’t read?
26:15 - What is the ROI for a company hiring ML engineers?
30:52 - Are ML teams the first to go in a layoff?
31:53 - The interview process for ML engineers
37:09 - What’s the next big thing in AI/ML?
40:43 - Parting thoughts
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ML Definitions / Glossary
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZqbdgpIvI9fE054E6B4ZZj4lep-IlZB0aB4ZxxdqlUc
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Bonus! Here is the David Lynch Dune-inspired cocktail recipe Christian mentioned which ChatGPT created:
Ingredients
2 oz Rye whiskey
0.5 oz Amaro Nonino
1 tsp Apricot preserves (adjust to taste for sweetness)
0.75 oz Fresh lemon juice
1 tsp Allspice Dram
A pinch of sea salt
A thin lemon wheel (for garnish)
Instructions:
If the apricot preserves are quite chunky, mix them with a little hot water first to create a smoother consistency.
Combine the rye whiskey, Amaro Nonino, apricot preserves, fresh lemon juice, Allspice Dram, and sea salt in a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
Shake vigorously until well-chilled. This will help incorporate the apricot preserves into the drink.
Double strain the cocktail into a rocks glass over a large ice cube (the double straining will help catch any chunks from the apricot preserves).
Garnish with a thin lemon wheel.
Enjoy your cocktail! It should have a unique texture and rich apricot flavor from the preserves.
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