Talks, podcasts, webinars, and meetups I’ve attended or listened to:
Podcast Episodes
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From Ghaziabad to Silicon Valley
A fascinating conversation between Zerodha cofounder Nikhil Kamath and Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora — covering the journey from India to Silicon Valley, entrepreneurship, career decisions, and what it takes to lead a global tech company. The kind of podcast that makes you rethink your own career trajectory.
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From Skeptic to True Believer: How OpenClaw Changed My Life
Claire Vo shares her journey from OpenClaw skeptic to running nine specialized agents across her business and personal life. Packed with practical agent setup advice, plus some unexpectedly moving reflections on priorities and what truly matters.
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Lost Both Hands at 15 Months, Leading the Bionic Generation
Tilly Lockey lost both hands to meningococcal septicaemia at 15 months old. Now 20, she's a bionic technology pioneer and disability advocate collaborating with Open Bionics. An inspiring, touching, and humbling conversation about turning pain into purpose and negativity into positivity.
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MedAI #130: Me-LLaMA — Medical Foundation LLMs for Text Analysis and Beyond
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The AI Architect — Bret Taylor
Note: Recommended by Dharmesh Shah (Founder and CTO, HubSpot).
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Dario Amodei (Anthropic CEO) — Scaling, Alignment, & AI Progress
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Will Scaling Work?
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Conference Talks & Keynotes
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Sequence to Sequence Learning with Neural Networks: What a Decade
Ilya Sutskever's NeurIPS 2024 keynote examining the evolution of sequence-to-sequence learning over a decade — from the original paper to pre-training, data limitations, and future directions beyond pre-training. Hearing one of the pioneers of deep learning reflect on the field's trajectory was something special.
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Software Is Changing (Again)
Andrej Karpathy's take on how AI and LLM agents are fundamentally transforming software development. His perspective on where software is headed — and what it means for engineers — is always worth paying attention to.
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RL, Kernels, Reasoning, Quantization & Agents
A dense workshop covering reinforcement learning, GRPO, reasoning models, LLM fine-tuning, and the convergence of open-source and closed-source models. Daniel Han from Unsloth packed an incredible amount of practical knowledge into this session.
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Webinars & Meetups
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2025 Kickoff: NeurIPS Recap and SOTA
A meetup kicking off 2025 with a recap of NeurIPS 2024 — covering the state of LLM patterns and agents, the "end of pre-training" era, reasoning models, and future directions. Great way to stay connected with the local ML community and get a curated summary of the field's state.
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DSSG x Google
A meetup on building GenAI agents faster using Google's Agent Development Kit (ADK) and Agent Engine, plus insights on transitioning data scientists from traditional ML to production GenAI solutions. Practical, hands-on content from the Google team.
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We're Sharing AI Secrets for Clinicians
A webinar for healthcare clinicians covering AI applications in healthcare — the distinction between predictive and generative AI, practical use cases, and how to evaluate AI tools in clinical settings. Interesting to see AI through the lens of healthcare professionals.
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Life & Wellness
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Boost Your Immunity with Nutrition
A nutrition talk on strengthening the immune system through diet — reducing inflammatory foods and increasing whole, nutrient-dense foods. Simple, practical advice that's easy to forget in the daily hustle.
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Fuelling Our Performance
A talk on building habits and continuous learning — using principles from Atomic Habits to improve performance and skill development. A nice reminder that performance is fuelled by consistent small actions, not occasional bursts of effort.
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Mindfulness and Meditation
A mindfulness workshop covering nervous system regulation, breathing techniques (including the 4-7-8 breathing method), and practical stress-management strategies. The kind of session you walk out of feeling noticeably calmer.
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Creating a Spending Plan to Fit Your Lifestyle
A financial planning workshop on creating personalized spending plans that balance budgeting with lifestyle enjoyment — understanding the "joy per dollar" concept. A practical perspective on money that complements the books I've read on the topic.
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