How Cade got access to the stories behind some of the biggest advancements in AI, and the dynamic playing out between leaders at companies like Google, Microsoft, and Facebook. Cade Metz is a New York Times reporter covering artificial intelligence, driverless cars, robotics, virtual reality, and other emerging areas. Previously, he was a senior staff writer with Wired magazine and the U.S. editor of The Register, one of Britain’s leading science and technology news sites. His first book, "Genius Makers", tells the stories of the pioneers behind AI. Get the book: http://bit.ly/GeniusMakers Follow Cade on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CadeMetz/ And on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cademetz/ Topics discussed: 0:00 sneak peek, intro 3:25 audience and charachters 7:18 *spoiler alert* AGI 11:01 book ends, but story goes on 17:31 overinflated claims in AI 23:12 Deep Mind, OpenAI, building AGI 29:02 neuroscience and psychology, outsiders 34:35 Early adopters of ML 38:34 WojNet, where is credit due? 42:45 press covering AI 46:38 Aligning technology and need Read the transcript and discover awesome ML projects: http://wandb.me/cade-metz Get our podcast on these platforms: Apple Podcasts: http://wandb.me/apple-podcasts Spotify: http://wandb.me/spotify Google: http://wandb.me/google-podcasts YouTube: http://wandb.me/youtube Soundcloud: http://wandb.me/soundcloud Tune in to our bi-weekly virtual salon and listen to industry leaders and researchers in machine learning share their research: http://wandb.me/salon Join our community of ML practitioners where we host AMA's, share interesting projects and meet other people working in Deep Learning: http://wandb.me/slack Our gallery features curated machine learning reports by researchers exploring deep learning techniques, Kagglers showcasing winning models, and industry leaders sharing best practices: https://wandb.ai/gallery