Episode 42: Humility in Leadership

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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 mathematical concepts that power 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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We would probably all agree that strength is important in a leader, especially mental and emotional strength, but that’s not where great leadership begins. That kind of strength is cultivated over time with experience.

Great leaders take the time for self-reflection, evaluating what is working and not working and what they need to do differently. Great leaders turn their mistakes, their failures into learning opportunities.

But in order to ask yourself those questions, you must leave pride at the door and enter into those conversations with humility and a desire to learn.

That is where great leadership begins. With humility.

In today’s episode, I am going to share with you some traits of a humble leader. See if you can find yourself in this description.

I pray this blesses you!

Becky

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Leadership Becomes Her: Simple, Strategic Solutions for Christian Women Who Lead

Episode 42: Humility in Leadership

Leadership Becomes Her: Simple, Strategic Solutions for Christian Women Who Lead

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Hey, Friend!

But in order to ask yourself those questions, you must leave pride at the door and enter into those conversations with humility and a desire to learn.

That is where great leadership begins. With humility.

In today’s episode, I am going to share with you some traits of a humble leader. See if you can find yourself in this description.

I pray this blesses you!

Becky

58 episodios

#MBA #Religion #Christianity #Business #Podcasting Education #Self-Improvement #Becky Burroughs

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