Tackling Coronaviruses with Machine Learning, feat. Ben Taylor

For our second episode of A4N — the Artificial Neural Network
News Network podcast — we discuss how anyone can contribute to
the cure for the coronavirus pandemic, mind-controlled prosthetic
limbs, and what it takes to succeed as an AI start-up. (Reference
Links for video are below)


Our special guest today is Ben Taylor. Ben is the Co-Founder and
Chief AI Officer of zeff.ai, an AI product company, and former
Chief Data Scientist at HireVue. He is a prolific thinker and
innovator, and we’re thrilled to have him as a guest on A4N!


Segment 1 on Tackling Coronaviruses with Machine Learning


1:12 Ben Taylor, Hirevue


2:23 untapt, zeff.ai


4:41 Die Antwoord


5:39 Maryam Khakpour LinkedIn post, Yuval Noah Harari’s book Homo
Deus


12:05 CORD-19


16:33 First episode of A4N podcast


17:00 Kaggle Covid-19-related tasks


20:44 Folding@home



Segment 2 on Mind Controlled Prosthetics 36:39


37:45 Reference blog post from University of Michigan


47:41 Gabe Adams: Twitter account and YouTube video


54:27 Norman Doidge book The Brain That Changes Itself



Segment 3 on AI Startups 57:00


57:20 Reference blog post from Andreesen Horowitz


Jon Krohn / A4N YouTube channel


Jon Krohn Twitter


Jon Krohn website for signing up to email newsletter


Jon Krohn LinkedIn


Grant Beyleveld Twitter


Ben Taylor Twitter


Ben Taylor LinkedIn