Project Astra: Exploring a Universal AI Assistant with Greg Wayne
Publisher |
Hannah Fry
Media Type |
audio
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Education
Science
Technology
Publication Date |
Dec 20, 2024
Episode Duration |
00:46:07

In our final episode for the year, we explore Project Astra, a research prototype exploring future capabilities of a universal AI assistant that can understand the world around you. Host Hannah Fry is joined by Greg Wayne, Director in Research at Google DeepMind. They discuss the inspiration behind the research prototype, its current strengths and limitations, as well as potential future use cases. Hannah even gets the chance to put Project Astra's multilingual skills to the test.

Further reading / listening:

Thanks to everyone who made this possible, including but not limited to: 

  • Presenter: Professor Hannah Fry
  • Series Producer: Dan Hardoon
  • Editor: Rami Tzabar, TellTale Studios
  • Commissioner & Producer: Emma Yousif
  • Music composition: Eleni Shaw
  • Camera Director and Video Editor: Bernardo Resende
  • Audio Engineer: Perry Rogantin
  • Video Studio Production: Nicholas Duke
  • Video Editor: Bilal Merhi
  • Video Production Design: James Barton
  • Visual Identity and Design: Eleanor Tomlinson
  • Commissioned by Google DeepMind

Please like and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform. Want to share feedback? Or have a suggestion for a guest that we should have on next? Leave us a comment on YouTube and stay tuned for future episodes. 

 

In our final episode for the year, we explore Project Astra, a research prototype exploring future capabilities of a universal AI assistant that can understand the world around you.

In our final episode for the year, we explore Project Astra, a research prototype exploring future capabilities of a universal AI assistant that can understand the world around you. Host Hannah Fry is joined by Greg Wayne, Director in Research at Google DeepMind. They discuss the inspiration behind the research prototype, its current strengths and limitations, as well as potential future use cases. Hannah even gets the chance to put Project Astra's multilingual skills to the test.

Further reading / listening:

Thanks to everyone who made this possible, including but not limited to: 

  • Presenter: Professor Hannah Fry
  • Series Producer: Dan Hardoon
  • Editor: Rami Tzabar, TellTale Studios
  • Commissioner & Producer: Emma Yousif
  • Music composition: Eleni Shaw
  • Camera Director and Video Editor: Bernardo Resende
  • Audio Engineer: Perry Rogantin
  • Video Studio Production: Nicholas Duke
  • Video Editor: Bilal Merhi
  • Video Production Design: James Barton
  • Visual Identity and Design: Eleanor Tomlinson
  • Commissioned by Google DeepMind

Please like and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform. Want to share feedback? Or have a suggestion for a guest that we should have on next? Leave us a comment on YouTube and stay tuned for future episodes. 

 

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