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