original address:Is this the AI renaissance? (Ep. 564) (opens new window)

Paul van der Boor is a Senior Director of Data Science at Prosus and a member of its internal AI group. He talks with Ben about what’s happening in the world of generative AI, the power of collective discovery, and the gap between a shiny proof of concept and a product that people will actually use.

Paul van der Boor is a Senior Director of Data Science at Prosus and a member of its internal AI group. He talks with Ben about what’s happening in the world of generative AI, the power of collective discovery, and the gap between a shiny proof of concept and a product that people will actually use.

Episode notes:

Prosus (opens new window), one of the world’s largest tech investors, acquired Stack Overflow (opens new window) in 2021.

Check out the annual State of AI Report (opens new window) from Nathan Benaich and Ian Hogarth.

Read our CEO’s recent post (opens new window) on Stack Overflow’s approach to Generative AI.

Connect with Paul on LinkedIn (opens new window).

Today’s Lifeboat badge (opens new window) winner is suvayu (opens new window) for their answer to How to (opens new window)p (opens new window)ut a big centered “Thank You” in a LaTeX slide (opens new window).

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