Two PhDs on a Pod

AI Without the Hype: What’s Real, What’s Not, and How It Works

October 7, 2026·1h 41m
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What does AI actually do well, and where does it fall apart? Momo Vuyisich, PhD, and Guru Banavar, PhD, start with a chest X-ray model that looked nearly perfect until it reached the clinic, then trace AI from 1980s expert systems to today's large language models and AlphaFold. You'll learn how machines learn, how statistics, machine learning, and AI differ, how diagnostic models are validated, the red flags to watch for in AI research claims, and where Guru thinks we are on the road to general AI.

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