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Hey folks, Alex here, writing this from the beautiful Vancouver BC, Canada. I'm here for NeurIPS 2024, the biggest ML conferences of the year, and let me tell you, this was one hell of a week to not be glued to the screen. After last week banger week, with OpenAI kicking off their 12 days of releases, with releasing o1 full and pro mode during ThursdAI, things went parabolic. It seems that all the AI labs decided to just dump EVERYTHING they have before the holidays?
Hey Folks, we are finally due for a "relaxing" week in AI, no more HUGE company announcements (if you don't consider Meta Movie Gen huge), no conferences or dev days, and some time for Open Source projects to shine. (while we all wait for Opus 3.5 to shake things up) This week was very multimodal on the show, we covered 2 new video models, one that's tiny and is open source, and one massive from Meta that is aiming for SORA's crown, and 2 new VLMs, one from our friends at REKA that understands videos and audio, while the other from Rhymes is apache 2 licensed and we had a chat with Kwindla Kramer about OpenAI RealTime API and it's shortcomings and voice AI's in general. ThursdAI - Recaps of the most high signal AI weekly spaces is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.All right, let's TL;DR and show notes, and we'll start with the 2 Nobel prizes in AI
Virtuoso sarod player Soumik Datta blends classical Indian music with genres like R&B, drum and bass, and European orchestral music. He talks about the fluke incident that set him down a musical path, working to empower refugees through the arts, and what it was like performing with Jay-Z and Beyonce. Soumik is one of the winners of this year's Aga Khan Music Awards.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In a day, filled with online meetings, presentations and never-ending instagram reels, choosing yet another screen to catch up on your reading might not seem like a smart idea. But what if it actually was? What if your experience of getting through your favourite books were so much better because you chose to hear them out and not actually read them? And why spend days trying to read long and heavy books when there are apps that summarise them to just 30 minutes? Are you one of those who might be hesitant about mixing technology and reading habits? In this episode, we speak to to Arpita & Shoumik who join us from Bangalore and have been using tech to make time for their daily reading amidst their very busy schedules. Arpita is a Chief Marketing Officer for a large enterprise software firm who has been talking to me about her love for audio books for a while now. Her husband Shoumik is the CEO & Co-founder of a startup called Lightmetrics and happens to be a big fan of the Kindle. We talk about their transition to the new way of reading and how that's helped them read more books and in fact also appreciate physical books a lot more. An interesting read recommended by Soumik: When Listening to a Book Is Better Than Reading It Hey HYOM-ers, this episode is brought to you by Skillshare, the online learning community for curious and creative people alike. You can choose from thousands of classes - Learn, collaborate, and even teach a class of your own. It all starts on Skillshare! Get 40% off your annual membership today Or, if you are not sure, you could Start with a 30 day free trial!
In episode 3.3, former MSIS alum Soumik Chakraborty describes his journey after the MSIS program to working at Tableau and then Microsoft as a PM. He also provides useful tips and advice for current Specialized Master's students.
Why Cheat India, the makers tell us, is a hybrid of fact and fiction. This blend – maybe we should call it faction – seems to have become Bollywood’s favourite genre. Think of Uri, Padman, Sanju, Raazi, Raid and so many others. These films want both – the authenticity and heft of fact with the dramatic possibilities of fiction. It’s tough to do and many directors topple. In Why Cheat India, Soumik Sen manages to stay standing for some time. Subtlety is not his strength but in his own, heavy-handed way, Soumik creates a reasonably engaging first hour. Ultimately however, he can’t resist the lure of full-blown, blaring background music, suspense via split screens and giving his star Emraan Hashmi a speech from the pulpit about how the system forces him to be corrupt.
Why Cheat India, the makers tell us, is a hybrid of fact and fiction. This blend – maybe we should call it faction – seems to have become Bollywood's favourite genre. Think of Uri, Padman, Sanju, Raazi, Raid and so many others. These films want both – the authenticity and heft of fact with the dramatic possibilities of fiction. It's tough to do and many directors topple. In Why Cheat India, Soumik Sen manages to stay standing for some time. Subtlety is not his strength but in his own, heavy-handed way, Soumik creates a reasonably engaging first hour. Ultimately however, he can't resist the lure of full-blown, blaring background music, suspense via split screens and giving his star Emraan Hashmi a speech from the pulpit about how the system forces him to be corrupt.
2018 is the eighth year of Songlines Encounters Festival and the most ambitious yet. It does what it has always done – bring high-quality artists from around the world championed by Songlines magazine to play music in the superb environment of Kings Place, London. Songlines Editor-in-Chief Simon Broughton interviews Soumik Datta about the seasons and time-cycles of North Indian music, ahead of his upcoming performance on Sunday June 3. This year’s festival runs from May 31 - June 6 2018. For more information visit Kings Place
Celebrated sarodist Soumik Datta returns to Kings Place in June as part of Songlines Encounters Festival to explore the seasons and time-cycles of North Indian music. Songlines magazine Editor-in-Chief Simon Broughton interviews Soumik about the seasons and time-cycles of North Indian music, ahead of his upcoming performance on Sun 3 Jun. 31 May - 6 Jun 2018 bit.ly/2mC4sGJ
The Swedish orchestra O/Modernt fuses Vivaldi with rock music, including Metallica, Muse and Pink Floyd as part of Kings Place’s Baroque Unwrapped series. Conductor / violinist Hugo Ticciati returns in 2017 for an inspiring concert with Kian Soltani and vocal ensemble VOCES8 as well as a special cross-cultural collaboration between O/Modernt, Matthew Barley, Sukhwinder Singh & Soumik Datta as part of the brand-new Cello Unwrapped series. Fri 31 Mar 2017, 7.30pm kingsplace.co.uk/VOCES8ensemble Fri 20 Oct 2017, 7.30pm kingsplace.co.uk/IndianInflections