My Foreign Service Life podcast

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Understanding the Elegant Math Behind Modern Machine Learning 1:14:43

לפני 5 ימים1:14:43

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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…

My Foreign Service Life

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I've spent most of my career—that's 35 years—living and working overseas for the U.S. Department of State Foreign Service. My coworkers and myself were responsible for carrying out U.S. foreign policy and helping U.S. citizens abroad. With this podcast, I'm starting at the beginning - or really slightly before the beginning—to walk through what it was like being 27, with a small child, moving overseas to Africa for the first time. Join my son and I as in each episode, I read my story and we talk through the challenges overcome and the joys discovered in My Foreign Service Life.

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My Foreign Service Life

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S2E3 - Bidding on Posts 30:21

לפני 1 day30:21

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Christine talks about how bidding works and the ins and outs of choosing a post.

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S2E2 - Zaire - Final Zaire Stories 31:40

לפני 9 ימים31:40

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Lots to cover here: confrontations with gendarmes, avoiding bribes, and economic collapse that leads to suitcases of money at dinner, secret codes over classified radio

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S2E1 Zaire - R and R and Other Tidbits 24:44

לפני 16 ימים24:44

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In this episode Christine talks R & R, which is neither restful or relaxing, home leave and crying in super markets.

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Season 2 Incoming! 0:36

לפני 19 ימים0:36

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Season 2 will be out Feb 17th! Watch the feed for more life in the Foreign Service.

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S1E12 - Zaire: Ex-Pat Life in Kinshasa 21:22

לפני 12 weeks21:22

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In this episode Christine talks about the party life of Kinshasa along with kids school, pets, and R&R. This is the final episode of season 1--watch this space for season 2

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S1E11 - Zaire: Mountains of the Moon 25:48

לפני 13 weeks25:48

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Christine and Derald attempt to climb the Rwenzori Mountains with some friends and encounter small prop planes, malaria, altitude-induced euphoria, and the would-be final resting place of one Californian.

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S1E10 - Zaire: Money 22:09

לפני 14 weeks22:09

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In this episode we get a look at what living through an economic collapse looks like, and the connection between campaign finance and ambassadorship.

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S1E9 Zaire: Little Letho's Birthday 22:17

לפני 15 weeks22:17

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In this episode, we learn the advantages of the French school system as young Gabe gets an invitation to the Dictator's house. Not knowing it was an invitation that should have been refused, Christine and family head over for a party.

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S1E8 Zaire: Onward and Westward 32:58

לפני 16 weeks32:58

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In this episode, Christine and family move to a new post in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo). She gets into how schools worked for diplomatic expats and the pain of moving throughout your childhood when email wasn't a thing.

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S1E7 Burundi: My First Big Mistake 16:35

לפני 17 weeks16:35

16:35

Christine learns that living in a small community of expat means if you mess up, it affects everyone. And this was the 80's so a VCR was involved.

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S1E6 Burundi: A Wedding in Bujumbura 15:11

לפני 18 weeks15:11

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Though Christine absconded to Africa a single woman with a small child, she left Burundi married. She talks about the effort to navigate the Burundi matrimonial system as well as building a family as an ex-pat.

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S1E5 Burundi: One Weekend in Buj 21:33

לפני 19 weeks21:33

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Spending the first weekend on post partying has it's consequences! Choices were made, bosses were encountered, and we all learn about Duty Officers. In this episode Christine has a wild weekend on her first weekend on post and was not prepared to get home.

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S1E4 Burundi: An Embarrassment of Riches 22:37

לפני 20 weeks22:37

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Christine's first day in Bujumbura was hectic and filled with surprises, especially for someone not used to the bonuses of a hardship post. In this episode Christine discusses the perks of going to a small post, hardship posts, and feeling fancy.

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S1E3 Burundi: A Simple Misunderstanding 20:33

לפני 21 weeks20:33

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Arriving at her first diplomatic post in Bujumbura, Burundi, Christine didn't know what to expect and it lead to some misunderstandings. Welcome to Africa!

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S1E2 Burundi: What now? 21:47

לפני 22 weeks21:47

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Getting the call that you are going to a country you've never heard of is an adventure for sure. So is living in a world where you have to find an atlas to figure out where that country is. Oh, the 80's. In this episode Christine talks about the expectations of those in Brooksville, FL, upon the news of her imminent travel to Africa.…

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