Podcast appearances and mentions of eric steen

Earth To Beer is a national movement with a goal for participating breweries to create a packaged beer that's better for the planet. The initiative seeks to affect change upstream of breweries by asking them to intentionally source environmentally responsible ingredients for their beer, as well as affecting downstream impact by donating a portion of proceeds to a local environmentally-focused nonprofit. Participating breweries will begin releasing beers starting on April 1st and continue through Earth Day on April 22nd. Prior to founding Earth To Beer, Eric Steen has had an ongoing history of bringing beer, conservation, and environmentalism together, with projects such as Cheers to the Land, The Oregon I Am, and Beers Made By Walking, a movement that invites brewers to make beer using local ingredients found or inspired by nature hikes and urban walks. Join us in-person for CBP Connects in 2024 Half workshop, half networking Portland, ME | June 10-12, 2024 Learn more at www.CBPConnects.com

In todays episode I am joined by Eric Steen, Biotechnology entrepreneur, and CEO of Lygos, an innovative biotechnology company, creating healthy and sustainable chemicals. Eric reflects on his upbringing, and the influence of his parents in creating a foundation and set of principles based upon reusing natural resources and sustainability. Eric talks about the time at UC Berkeley, and leveraging the new biotechnology toolkits, and the vision for setting up Lygos, to produce  novel and sustainable chemicals. He outlines the development of the technology platform overcoming the challenges in producing malonic acid, via fermentation process, something that had previously not been done before. He spoke about the range of organic acids, and molecules that Lygos can produce, and about plans for scale up and growth. He highlighted the challenges of current malonic acid production, and how he envisages a future of healthy and sustainable chemicals, driven by the consumer demanding chemicals and materials made sustainably from nontoxic processes

Building a sophisticated AI that can evolve to fit our vast and diverse needs is a Herculean challenge. Today we speak with senior engineer Eric Steen about Automata, his experimental Elixir project that uses neuroevolution and cutting edge theory to create a multi-agent behavior tree — or really good AI in the common tongue. But before we tap into that rich topic, we talk with Eric about tech burnout, his background, and why Elixir is an excellent language for writing modern software. He then unpacks AI concepts like the need to develop backpropagation in your system, and the value of “neural diversity,” and Markov decision processes. After Eric gives his take on architecture versus design and the place of domain-driven design, we discuss Automata. A key breakthrough, Eric shares his enthusiasm for ‘novelty search,’ where machines learn from a variety of new behaviors and searches, as opposed to completing one task at a time. We touch on Automata’s progress, Eric’s long-term approach, and what his project might be used for. Near the end of our interview, we chat about CryptoWise, a collaborative analysis platform for cryptocurrency. Todd Resudek then opens with another edition of Pattern Matching, where he interviews Whatsapp engineer Michał Muskała. They talk about Michał’s career, the movies and music that he enjoys, and the projects that excite him. Tune in to hear more about both Michał and neuroevolution in AI. Key Points From This Episode: Experiencing tech burnout and challenges around algorithms rendering you redundant. Hear about Eric’s programming background and shifts in the industry. Backpropagation and using Elixir to build a neural evolutionary system. How Markov decision processes help systems choose between possible actions. Eric’s take on architecture versus design and the place of domain-driven design. Exploring Automata — Eric’s ambitious multi-agent behavior tree. The importance of neurodiversity when building AIs; they need to adapt to many needs. Novelty search; why learn through one task when you can learn through a variety of tasks at the same time? Automata’s practical applications and why Eric sees it as a long-term project. Eric shares a progress report on his work and using design processes like Sprint. What Eric would like people to use Automata for. A sense that Elixir is gaining in popularity within Silicon Valley. Eric gives an elevator-pitch for CryptoWise, a collaborative analysis platform for cryptocurrency. Todd Resudek interviews Michał Muskała on another edition of Pattern Matching. Michał shares his background and his move from Poland to London. Movies and music that Michał enjoys, and details on projects that excite him. Differences between Erlang and Elixir and why both communities would benefit from working together. Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: SmartLogic — https://smartlogic.io/ Eric Steen on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericsteen1/ Eric Steen — https://twitter.com/thesteener Webflow — https://webflow.com/ Automata GitHub — https://github.com/upstarter/automata Automata on Slack — https://join.slack.com/t/automata-project/sharedinvite/zt-e4fqrmo4-7ujuZwzXHNCGVrZb1aVmA CryptoWise — https://www.cryptowise.ai/ Hippo Insurance — https://www.hippo.com/ Carl Hewitt — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CarlHewitt Stanford University — https://www.stanford.edu/ MIT — https://web.mit.edu/ Actor Model — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actormodel Marvin Minsky — http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/ Tensorflex on GitHub— https://github.com/anshuman23/tensorflex Matrex on GitHub — https://github.com/versilov/matrex Handbook of Neuroevolution Through Erlang — https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9781461444626 Markov Decision Process — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markovdecisionprocess Amazon Web Services — https://aws.amazon.com/ The Little Elixir & OTP Guidebook — https://www.amazon.com/Little-Elixir-OTP-Guidebook/dp/1633430111 Elon Musk — https://www.forbes.com/profile/elon-musk/ Welcome to the Era of Deep Neuroevolution — https://eng.uber.com/deep-neuroevolution/ Kenneth O. Stanley — https://www.cs.ucf.edu/~kstanley/ Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective — https://www.amazon.com/Why-Greatness-Cannot-Planned-Objective/dp/3319155237/ University of Florida — https://www.ufl.edu/ Uber Air — https://www.uber.com/us/es/elevate/ Jeff Bezos — https://www.forbes.com/profile/jeff-bezos/ Sprint — https://www.thesprintbook.com/ Adobe — https://www.adobe.com/ Horde — https://www.horde.org/development/ Libcluster on GitHub — https://github.com/dsteinberg/libcluster Swift for Tensorflow — https://www.tensorflow.org/swift Triplebyte Blog — https://triplebyte.com/blog EquiTrader — https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/equitrader/ BloXroute Labs — https://bloxroute.com/ Holochain — https://holochain.org/ Michał Muskała on GitHub — https://github.com/michalmuskala Jason on GitHub — https://github.com/michalmuskala/jason Todd Resudek on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddresudek/ Whatsapp — https://www.whatsapp.com/ CERN — https://home.cern/ Ralph Kaminski — https://ralphkaminski.com/ Jayme Edwards — https://jaymeedwards.com/ Special Guest: Eric Steen.

This week the Untapped Fill House recieves us as the Unipiper joins in with his friends from Portland Brewing Bruce Kehe and Eric Steen, to talk about his latest release again, this time in collage covered cans. Bruce tells us about how you can find Portland Brewing beer including the Unipiper release, through their BeerFinder app, as the Unipiper considers a career in Pro-Wrestling. You can still join the Unipiper by becoming a member of his non-profit, Weird Portland United and support his work in the community. Ryan gushes about the cider awards, Damian discovers family members, and John scores with the new hazy. One wheeled Hazy IPAs, Trivia, happy hours, and dog days, on this episode of Brew Happy!

Oregon Brewers Festival – Celebrating 30 Years! Portland Beer Podcast Episode 45 Episode 45 of the Portland Beer Podcast is here! In this episode of the Portland Beer Podcast Host Steven Shomler visits with Chris Crabb, Art Larrance, and Eric Steen talking about the Oregon Brewers Festival. iTunes – You can subscribe to the Portland Beer Podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/portland-beer-podcast/id1122710910?mt=2 More about this Portland Beer Podcast Episode In this episode Art, Chris, Eric, and Steven preview the 2017 OBF and then you will hear how OBF got started 30 years ago and Art shares some of his favorite stories that have happen over past 30 years! You will also hear about the 5 breweries that have each had a beer poured at OBF each of the past 30 years. Follow The Oregon Brewers Festival Website – www.oregonbrewfest.com Facebook - www.facebook.com/OregonBrewFest Instagram – www.instagram.com/oregonbrewfest Twitter - www.twitter.com/oregonbrewfest The Portland Beer Podcast 411 The Portland Beer Podcast is brought to you by Portland Culinary Radio and is recorded at Culmination Brewing Company. Steven Shomler is the Host and Creator of the Portland Beer Podcast. Many thanks to Ken Wilson a true Media Maestro for his excellent sound engineering and editing! Follow The Portland Beer Podcast — iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/portland-beer-podcast/id1122710910?mt=2 SoundCloud – www.soundcloud.com/portlandbeerpodcast Facebook – www.facebook.com/PortlandBeerPodcast Instagram – www.instagram.com/portlandbeerpodcast Twitter – www.twitter.com/PDXBeerPodcast The Portland Culinary Podcast The Portland Beer Podcast has a sister podcast -- the Portland Culinary Podcast www.PortlandCulinaryPodcast.com

On today’s episode, Mary and Chris talk to brewer Eric Steen who tells us about his many brewing endeavors on the west coast. Then, they recap the Craft Brewers Conferene which they attended last week in Denver, CO. At the conference, Mary and Chris spoke with Michael Pollan and Andrea Stanley, whose interviews we get to hear on today’s show! This program has been sponsored by Bonnie Plants. “There really aren’t a lot of educational opportunities out there, so we’re hoping through our guild to be able to point people in the right direction of where they can be educated.” [26:00] –Andrea Stanley on Fuhmentaboudit!

Colorado-based artist Eric Steen brings together home brewers from around the city to brew beer, share tips, sample each others creations, and learn more about the science and creativity found in home brewing. Curated by Esa Nickle.

This week on Beer Sessions Radio (TM), Jimmy is joined by co-host Jen Schwerman and a lively group of guests including Eric Steen, Joshua M Bernstein, Kenny Landin, Janine Bennett & Brandon Moore. Tune in for a discussion on everything from pub culture to home brewing and learn more about how art and beer are connected, what to expect from Crossroads Brewing, why you should buy Brewed Awakening, and how American Beer Distribution helps bring you your favorite craft beers. This episode was sponsored by GreatBrewers.com.