Tag: artificial intelligence
Episode 391: Jeremy Howard on Deep Learning and fast.ai
Jeremy Howard from fast.ai explains deep learning from concept to implementation. With transfer learning, individuals and small organizations can quickly get to work on machine learning problems using the open source fastai library and desktop graphics hardware. Jeremy and host Nate Black discuss neural network architecture and deep learning models, using pre-trained models from a […]
SE-Radio Episode 299: Edson Tirelli on Rules Engines
Robert Blumen talks to JBoss Drools project lead Edson Tirelli about Rules Engines. The show covers: the nature of business rules; rules and facts; rules and actions; the importance or rules to a business; the structure of a business rule; how many is “a lot” of rules?; communication about rules between the business and software […]
Episode 84: Dick Gabriel on Lisp
In this Episode we’re talking with Dick Gabriel on Lisp. We started by looking at artificial intelligence as the historic context of Lisp, the goals AI tried to reach, and how Lisp was supposed to help reach those.
We then discussed the language itself, starting with the Data As Program / Program As Data concept that is a foundation for Lisp. Then we discussed adding a meta-circular interpreter, programming as language development, and the blurred boundary between language and frameworks (because everything uses the same syntax). We then talked about Lisp’s type system and the importance of macros to extend the language.
The next section concerned CLOS, the Common Lisp Object System and its important concepts: generic functions, multimethods, mixins, and method combination. We also briefly looked at the meta-object protocol but agreed this is a topic for a separate episode. After a discussion about the various dialects of Lisp and Scheme, we concluded the Lisp discussion by explaining why Lisp did not really catch on (“AI Winter”) and Lisp’s role in today’s industry.
We ended the episode with a couple of details about Dick’s other life as a poet and his Poem a Day effort.
Make sure you listen till the end, where we have added a song about Lisp (courtesy of Prometheus Music.)
