Carnegie Mellon University has launched a new podcast to explore innovations in computer science.
The first season of “Does Compute,” hosted by Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science, contains 10 episodes featuring experts, alumni and students.
Some of the topics addressed tackle smartphones, medical breakthroughs and the challenges of artificial intelligence.
CMU released the first three episodes Thursday. They can be listened to on the “Does Compute” website through GeekWire Studios, via YouTube or on streaming platforms like Spotify and Apple Music.
The first three episodes are titled “What AI Isn’t: Part 1,” “What AI Isn’t: Part 2” and “Data From Humans.” All three are between 30 and 35 minutes.
Zico Kolter, director of CMU’s Machine Learning Department, and professors Maarten Sap and Hoda Heidari join host Steph Stricklen for the two-part AI conversation.
In episode three, CMU professor Mayank Goel and Traci Kennedy, a professor from the University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Psychiatry, share how “easily accessible data from humans can help health care providers better diagnose and treat patients,” CMU said.
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