Sebastian Raschka: AI Education and Research

In episode 36 of The Gradient Podcast, Daniel Bashir speaks to Sebastian Raschka.Sebastian is an Assistant Professor of Statistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Lead AI Educator at Lightning AI. He has written two bestselling books: Python Machine Learning and Machine Learning with PyTorch and Scikit-Learn.Subscribe to The Gradient Podcast:  Apple Podcasts  | Spotify | Pocket Casts | RSSFollow The Gradient on TwitterSections:(00:00) Intro(01:10) Sebastian’s intro to AI(05:15) Sebastian’s process for learning new things(12:15) Learning style varies with purpose(16:10) Ordinal Regression(31:00) Solving rank inconsistency with conditional probability(35:00) Semi-Adversarial Networks(44:15) Why Sebastian got into education(52:45) Lightning AI(1:00:00) Sebastian’s advice for educators(1:03:30) Be cool like Sebastian and follow the Gradient(1:03:40) OutroEpisode Links:* Sebastian’s Homepage* Sebastian’s Twitter* Sebastian’s Books Get full access to The Gradient at thegradientpub.substack.com/subscribe