The Asilo Podcast
Welcome to ’Learn AI with Asilo,’ a podcast series brought to you by Asilo Asset Management a Helsinki based independent asset manager. In this series, we have used AI to break down key AI research papers—often highly technical—and discuss their significance in everyday terms.
Episodes

Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
In today’s episode, “One Ring to Rule Them All,” we dive deep into the transformative power of artificial intelligence in scientific discovery and innovation. We’ll be examining the insightful paper “Artificial Intelligence, Scientific Discovery, and Product Innovation” by Aidan Toner-Rodgers, which not only explores how AI is revolutionizing research and development but also measures the extent of these improvements.

Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
We are diving into a fascinating 2024 paper by Kellogg and colleagues, which challenges the idea that the younger "AI-native" generation will naturally lead AI integration in the workplace. Surprisingly, the study finds that younger people often struggle to effectively apply AI tools, while experienced managers—despite potentially having fewer digital skills—excel at prompting and getting useful outputs from AI.
The takeaway? Don’t wait around. Start experimenting with prompting today!

Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
Previously, we explored the groundbreaking paper that introduced the transformer architecture and discussed its profound impact on large language models and computer vision. Now, what happens when you apply transformers to the complex challenge of protein folding? You get a Nobel Prize and a remarkable example of how AI accelerates other fields of science.

Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Today, we explore incorporating "System 2" thinking—conceptualized by Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman as slow, deliberate, and analytical—into AI models. While AI excels at fast, intuitive "System 1" responses, how can we enable machines to engage in deeper, more reasoned thought processes? Join us as we delve into the challenges and breakthroughs in teaching AI to think slowly and deliberately, just like we humans do when solving complex problems.

Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
Today, we're discussing the highly influential paper "An Image is Worth 16x16 Words: Transformers for Image Recognition at Scale," published by Dosovitskiy and colleagues in 2021. It’s a paper that’s amassed nearly 45,000 citations, which speaks volumes about its impact.
At the time, the transformers architecture was already the standard for natural language processing. What this paper did was extend that breakthrough to computer vision. The authors introduced a pure transformer model for images outperforming over traditional Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs). The model was more efficient in training, and—crucially—brought scaling laws to computer vision. In simple terms, the larger the model, the better the performance.

Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
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Dive into our latest podcast episode where we break down the groundbreaking paper “Reducing Conspiracy Beliefs through Dialogues with AI.” Discover how language models are shaping the world beyond the digital realm. Tune in now and stay ahead of the curve! [Listen Now]

Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
We’re kicking things off with a groundbreaking paper published in 2017 called 'Attention is All You Need.' by Vasvani, Shazeer, Parmar et al. This paper not only introduced transformers but also marked the beginning of a new era in AI: scalable models that improve simply by making them larger. The massive size of state-of-the-art models creates a significant barrier to entry.

Asilo Asset Management
Welcome to 'Learn AI with Asilo,' a podcast series brought to you by Asilo Asset Management a Helsinki based independent asset manager.
In this series, we break down key AI research papers—often highly technical—and discuss their significance in everyday terms.