
The AI Fundamentalists
A podcast about the fundamentals of safe and resilient modeling systems behind the AI that impacts our lives and our businesses.
Podcasting since 2023 • 39 episodes
The AI Fundamentalists
Latest Episodes
What is thinking? Metaphysics meets modern AI and the illusion of reasoning
This episode is the intro to a special project by The AI Fundamentalists’ hosts and friends. We hope you're ready for a metaphysics mini‑series to explore what thinking and reasoning really mean and how those definitions should shape AI researc...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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16:19

AI in practice: Guardrails and security for LLMs
In this episode, we talk about practical guardrails for LLMs with data scientist Nicholas Brathwaite. We focus on how to stop PII leaks, retrieve data, and evaluate safety with real limits. We weigh managed solutions like AWS Bedrock against op...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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35:11

AI in practice: LLMs, psychology research, and mental health
We’re excited to have Adi Ganesan, a PhD researcher at Stony Brook University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Vanderbilt, on the show. We’ll talk about how large language models LLMs) are being tested and used in psychology, citing example...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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42:28

LLM scaling: Is GPT-5 near the end of exponential growth?
The release of OpenAI GPT-5 marks a significant turning point in AI development, but maybe not the one most enthusiasts had envisioned. The latest version seems to reveal the natural ceiling of current language model capabilities with increment...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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22:42

AI governance: Building smarter AI agents from the fundamentals, part 4
Sid Mangalik and Andrew Clark explore the unique governance challenges of agentic AI systems, highlighting the compounding error rates, security risks, and hidden costs that organizations must address when implementing multi-step AI processes.&...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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37:25

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