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Artificial intelligence is evolving at an unprecedented pace—what does that mean for the future of technology, venture capital, business, and even our understanding of ourselves? Award-winning journalist and writer Anil Ananthaswamy joins us for our latest episode to discuss his latest book Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI . Anil helps us explore the journey and many breakthroughs that have propelled machine learning from simple perceptrons to the sophisticated algorithms shaping today’s AI revolution, powering GPT and other models. The discussion aims to demystify some of the underlying math that powers modern machine learning to help everyone grasp this technology impacting our lives, even if your last math class was in high school. Anil walks us through the power of scaling laws, the shift from training to inference optimization, and the debate among AI’s pioneers about the road to AGI—should we be concerned, or are we still missing key pieces of the puzzle? The conversation also delves into AI’s philosophical implications—could understanding how machines learn help us better understand ourselves? And what challenges remain before AI systems can truly operate with agency? If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform. Sign up for our newsletter at techsurgepodcast.com for exclusive insights and updates on upcoming TechSurge Live Summits. Links: Read Why Machines Learn, Anil’s latest book on the math behind AI https://www.amazon.com/Why-Machines-Learn-Elegant-Behind/dp/0593185749 Learn more about Anil Ananthaswamy’s work and writing https://anilananthaswamy.com/ Watch Anil Ananthaswamy’s TED Talk on AI and intelligence https://www.ted.com/speakers/anil_ananthaswamy Discover the MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellowship that shaped Anil’s AI research https://ksj.mit.edu/ Understand the Perceptron, the foundation of neural networks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptron Read about the Perceptron Convergence Theorem and its significance https://www.nature.com/articles/323533a0…

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The Last Optimist is hosted by Mark P. Mills—author, businessman, physicist, contributing editor to the City Journal, and distinguished senior fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation—and features discussions about inventing our future. Mark's latest book is “The Cloud Revolution: How The Convergence of Emerging Technologies Will Unleash the Next Economic Boom and a Roaring 2020s.

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Information About Energy is More Critical Than Ever: Time to Reboot the IEA 36:36

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T he International Energy Agency (IEA) is 50 years old this year, created because of the 1973/4 “oil shock” that triggered a global recession. Today’s energy markets and geopolitics are just as vulnerable to similar disruptions, but the IEA has since shifted its mission to advocate for abandoning hydrocarbons, erasing its ability to serve as a credible, unbiased source of the kind of energy information vital for risk analysis and planning. It’s time to reform the IEA.…

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The Imminent Prospect of a Very Bad Idea: A Carbon Tax 33:39

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A t the end of 2023, Congress had four different pieces of proposed legislation directed at creating a carbon tax; three had bipartisan support. Thus, bookmakers see a rising prospect for some form of carbon tax. We return to unbundling why that’s such a bad idea, and the flaws in claiming that it would unleash “market forces” to create alternatives. For a summary of the state of the bad idea see The Carbon Tax Cliff , City Journal , Mark P. Mills, January 3, 2024.…

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Chemicals, Climate, Carbon, and a Cri de Coeur for Rational Dialogue 48:21

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Joining this episode, Peter Huntsman - CEO of a multi-billion-dollar US-based multinational with operations in 30 countries - for a far ranging-conversation about the role and nature of chemicals (used in everything from batteries to Boeings), workplace culture, regulations, energy issues, and the challenges of global competition. Biography of Peter Huntsman, Chairman, CEO, Huntsman Corporation The Wall Street Journal interview with Peter Huntsman.…

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Will Climate Policies Throttle the A.I. Era? 42:43

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We revisit, with new research, the astonishing energy appetite of artificial intelligence (A.I.), a reality completely absent from the just-released 18,000 word Executive Order on A.I. Yet the Administration's “whole-of-government” pursuit of climate policies is seen everywhere else. Meanwhile, fueling A.I. will propel the world beyond today’s zettabyte of digital traffic into the yottabyte era. Links: A coalition of digital and cloud experts comes together at the newly announced Yotta organization. The White House Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence.…

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Hybrid-electric Cars: Faster, Cheaper, Better and Fairer Way to Cut Oil Use 32:46

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If one feels compelled, and by that, I mean if Congress and state policymakers feel compelled to subsidize ways to reduce the amount of oil used by vehicles on the roads, the facts point to hybrids making far more sense. Sales figures in recent months suggest that consumers think so too. Related to this episode’s topic, to watch or listen to the October 2023 “great debate” over EVs between Mark Mills and Rosario Fortugno, click here for that SOHO Forum Debate recording.…

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Artificial Intelligence and its Energy Appetite 42:06

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The invention of useful artificial intelligence (AI), epitomized by the hype over ChatGPT, is the latest example of a basic truth about technology: There have always been many more inventions that use energy than those that can produce it. Only a few inventions over history are as energy-hungry as AI; it ranks up there with the invention of the automobile and aircraft.…

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EVs and the Simplicity Trope 34:41

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At the core of the belief that EVs inevitably displace conventional cars is the claim that EVs are, inherently, just simpler machines. That means, we’re told, fewer jobs—hence the ostensible reason for the UAW’s anxiety. But the simplicity claim is a canard. EVs entail a complexity swap, not a simplification. Electric Vehicles for Everyone? The Impossible Dream , Manhattan Institute Policy Paper, July 2023.…

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Harold Hamm, Icon of the Oilfields 41:50

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We talk with Harold Hamm, founder and former CEO, now Exec Chairman of Continental Resources. Hamm, one of the key pioneers of the American shale revolution, has written a book about his life’s journey and the critical role of the U.S. oil and gas industry. Game Changer: Our Fifty-Year Mission to Secure America's Energy Independence , Harold Hamm, Forefront Books, 2023.…

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The Impossible Dream of EVs for Everyone: Part 4 of 4 Inconvenient Geopolitics 48:41

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The refrain, the claim, from EV and green-tech advocates is that EVs and the massive alternative energy subsidies will free us from “our geopolitical adversaries” and the “manipulation of the price of oil.” Instead, supply chain realities show just how profoundly misguided those claims are. Electric Vehicles for Everyone? The Impossible Dream , Manhattan Institute Policy Paper , July 2023.…

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The Impossible Dream of EVs for Everyone: Part 3 No Salvation from Magic Battery Tech 43:29

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The ubiquitous clickbait headline about some new battery innovation that “changes everything” is just that; clickbait. The underlying realities of energy physics and electrical engineering determine the usefully foreseeable future and it’s not one with EVs cheaper, better and universal. Electric Vehicles for Everyone? The Impossible Dream , Manhattan Institute Policy Paper, July 2023.…

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The Impossible Dream of EVs for Everyone: Part 2 The ‘Hidden’ CO2 Emissions 48:38

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The entire motivation for government subsidies and mandates to pursue an all-EV future is the claim that it will result in radical reductions in CO2 emissions. But known unknowns in EV supply chains show that all EV emission claims are ‘guesstimates’ based on averages, approximations, or aspirations. Pushing an all-EV world is likely to increase CO2 emissions. Electric Vehicles for Everyone? The Impossible Dream , Manhattan Institute Policy Paper, July 2023.…

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The Impossible Dream of EVs for Everyone: Part 1 The State of Play 43:06

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With a dozen states planning to ban the sale of new cars with internal combustion engines and massive subsidies for electric vehicles (EV) from production to infrastructures, it’s time to dig deep into whether the facts support claims about EV emissions reductions and operational superiority. We start with a review of the state of play. Electric Vehicles for Everyone? The Impossible Dream , Manhattan Institute Policy Paper , July 2023.…

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In Praise of (Virtuous) Autonomous Weapons, Part 2: Has Silicon Valley Developed a Soul? 34:53

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We continue our conversation with philosopher Don Howard who has very practical ideas about, and projects engaged in advancing the principles of ethics in robotics and artificial intelligence. For dystopians, prof Howard provides hope that Silicon Valley’s rising innovators are embracing ethics.

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In Praise of (Virtuous) Autonomous Weapons, Part 1: The Ethical Dimension of Robots and AI 35:20

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One of Hollywood’s favorite SciFi themes, robo-wars, is in the real-world a serious topic with features and implications different from fevered movie scripts and clickbait. In this first of a two-part episode, we are joined by Don Howard, the brilliant Notre Dame professor of philosophy and ethics of technologies. “ In Defense of (Virtuous) Autonomous Weapons .” Don Howard, Notre Dame Journal on Emerging Technologies, November 2022. In Defense of (Virtuous) Autonomous Systems , Don A. Howard, Dakota Digital Review, February 21, 2023 Re al Robots in Our Near Future: The Rise of Capable Industrial Automatons , Dakota Digital Review, Mark P. Mills , March 9, 2023…

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Tech Investing: Where the Rubber Meets the Road (Part 2) 30:01

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In part 2, we pick up the conversation with legendary tech analyst Mark Mahaney. “Institutional Investor magazine has ranked him as a top Internet analyst every year for the past 15 years, including five years as number one.” Mahaney and Mills dig deeper into the implications of AI and ChatGPT, and more.…

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