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Merging Minds

By: Gabriel Fairman Javi Díaz Bureau Works
  • Summary

  • Welcome to Merging Minds podcast, your supportive guide to claiming your power in the rapidly evolving landscape of AI-powered localization. Join our dynamic hosts Gabriel Fairman and Javi Diaz, as they dissect the latest tech, ignite unbiased conversations on navigating the future of work, and empower you to thrive in the face of change where neurons meet algorithms. From demystifying AI with unconventional, innovative thinkers, to translation and localization industry experts, and to unlocking true leadership potential, you’ll discover practical strategies and inspiration to confidently chart your course as we’re deciphering the language of both tech and human minds. Whether you're a seasoned translator, a curious linguist, a creative, researcher, or a business leader, The Merging Minds is your vibrant hub and compass in the digital labyrinth where our thoughts cross paths with data streams.
    2024 - All rights reserved
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Episodes
  • AI Amplifies Impact: A Conversation with Logan Nye M.D.
    May 14 2024

    Tools can be used for good or for evil, and AI is newest, most powerful tool around. This means that when we use it for good, our impact is amplified. This is exactly what Logan Nye, MD has been doing.

    Dr. Nye is a physician and coder who is developing artificial intelligence tools for healthcare from a first principles perspective. His goal is to use the predictive capabilities of LLMs to help us identify risk factors for disease as early as possible.

    Logan is the Founder of Galen Health, is an MD, and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Computer Science.

    Listen to Merging Minds Host Gabriel Fairman talk with Logan about how AI can be used to amplify your positive impact, being mission driven, and much more.

    They discuss:

    • How humans relate to one another and how it can be distorted by algorithmic matchmaking
    • If tech needs to “catch up” to humans or if there is a fundamental difference between humans and machines
    • First principles for medicine
    • AI uncovering predictive patterns for pancreatic cancer
    • How tools can be used for good and evil
    • Being Mission Driven vs. Practice Driven or Dogma Driven
    • AI augmenting humans, not replacing them
    • Being flexible in the details, but steadfast in your mission
    • Digital twins
    • The energy and cost limitations on data processing with AI
    • The benefit of not knowing the future
    • How much knowledge impacts our actions
    • Specific truths vs. broad truths
    • Cultural adoption lags behind tech capabilities
    • At what point is better decision making a bad thing

    And more!

    Click play to join our Merging Minds host Gabriel Fairman and his guest, Logan Nye, for a great conversation about AI!

    You can learn more about Logan Nye here.

    P.S. Don't forget to leave a review and subscribe to Merging Minds Podcast powered by Bureau Works for more thought-provoking podcast episodes.

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    Podcast powered by Bureau Works, a cloud localization platform that makes complex translation tasks simple and predictable.

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    Follow us on YouTube and X @bureau_works for more and don't miss the latest live sessions and offers on LinkedIn:

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    49 mins
  • Polyglot for the People! Being Human in Language and Leadership (Sean Hopwood)
    May 9 2024

    Have you ever met someone more interested in going to the laundromat than the museum? Now’s your chance! Sean Hopwood is so intent on authentically connecting with people that he goes to the laundromat and gives directions for fun.

    But, as a polyglot of 7 languages and the owner of his own translation company it is clear that Sean doesn’t just make small talk. He keeps his love for human interaction at the center of his leadership, and you can see it in how he talks about his professional journey.

    Join our Merging Minds Host Javi Diaz for an incredible conversation with Sean Hopwood as they discuss:

    • Sean’s started as an interpreter and his early jobs
    • Founding a translation company with Microsoft Word
    • The evolution of LSPs
    • The power of belief in self for entrepreneurship (and life)
    • Tricking your mind
    • The joy of interacting with people when travelling
    • How “love languages” can work for professional life
    • The power of recognizing someone’s humanity
    • AI as something that helps translators, not replaces them
    • The business value of translation
    • Tips for leaders and entrepreneurs

    And more!

    Click play to join Javi and Sean for a great conversation about languages and leadership.

    You can learn more about Sean Hopwood here.

    P.S. Don't forget to leave a review and subscribe to Merging Minds Podcast powered by Bureau Works for more thought-provoking podcast episodes.

    Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and wherever else podcasts are found!

    Podcast powered by Bureau Works, a cloud localization platform that makes complex translation tasks simple and predictable.

    www.bureauworks.com

    Follow us on YouTube and X @bureau_works for more and don't miss the latest live sessions and offers on LinkedIn:

    www.linkedin.com/company/bureau-works/

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    35 mins
  • AI Asks An Epic Question, but Nobody Cares (with Stephen Marche)
    May 7 2024

    If anyone understands the intersection of writing and AI, it is Stephen Marche. Stephen first started experimenting with “algorithmic writing” back in 2017 when he built his own writing model.

    Since then Stephen has written an “infinite story” with AI and he created the first ever book written with AI to be reviewed by the New York Times, “Death of An Author”.

    Outside of the AI world, Stephen is also an accomplished writer. He is a novelist, essayist, and columnist whose writing has been published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Esquire, and many others.

    Merging Minds Host Gabriel Fairman sits down with Stephen to talk about artificial intelligence, authorship, and all of the complications that go with it. They get philosophical, they get political, and they get to the bottom of some of the biggest challenges our society is facing when it comes to our perception of AI.

    They discuss:

    Can you be an author without writing the words?

    The Moravec paradox: AI is good at hard things and bad at “simple” things

    40-adjective GPT prompts

    Writing a novel with AI

    The resistance to AI in Western Culture

    The fear and greed in narratives about AI

    The influence of social media on perceptions of AI

    “The Microwave of Language”

    How human supervision can maximize the technology

    The potential for AI be a force for good

    Information civil wars

    Why AI ethics institutes don’t scare AI companies

    Creative AI experiments at Disney and Warner Media

    Apocalyptic sensibilities

    Being better than the collective intelligence

    And more!

    Click play to join our Merging Minds host Gabriel Fairman and his guest, Stephen Marche, for a conversation about AI, authorship, and humanity!

    You can learn more about Stephen Marche here.

    P.S. Don't forget to leave a review and subscribe to Merging Minds Podcast powered by Bureau Works for more thought-provoking podcast episodes.

    Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and wherever else podcasts are found!

    Podcast powered by Bureau Works, a cloud localization platform that makes complex translation tasks simple and predictable.

    www.bureauworks.com

    Follow us on YouTube and X @bureau_works for more and don't miss the latest live sessions and offers on LinkedIn:

    www.linkedin.com/company/bureau-works/

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    58 mins

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