Though it has been around in various forms for nearly 80 years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a technology is ever-changing and continues to play a bigger and bigger role in our society and our lives. 

Join Jon this week as he chats with Brons Larson (who calls in from the back porch of his San Diego home), the Dell Technologies’ strategy lead for the Office of the CTO. They discuss the latest “wave” in Artificial Intelligence, how it differs from former, data intensive AI-based models, and when (if ever) we can expect to see AI replicate human cognition.

What you’ll hear in this episode:

A brief history of Artificial Intelligence (AI) (01:16)

What are neural nets? (1:36)

AI as a technology is shifting (2:10)

The Third Wave of AI is not new (3:32)

Using smart sensors and AI to detect unknown biothreats (4:41)

Mass amounts of data aren’t necessarily required in this third phase of AI (6:22)

Three key benefits of implementing model-based AI algorithms (6:59)

Combining models to abstract outcomes never seen before in the context of autonomous vehicles (7:53)

How close is AI to mimicking human cognition? (9:20)