Top Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Podcasts in 2024
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are changing the way we interact with machines forever. Worldwide startup funding in AI in 2019 reached a whopping $24 billion, so it’s easy to see evidence of its growing popularity — and the incentives for that growth to continue.
These are also complex and rapidly evolving technologies. If you’re interested in AI and/or ML, podcasts are a great way to keep up with the latest and greatest in the industry, learn about who’s who and who does what in the field, and expose yourself to new ideas and techniques.
We picked out 13 of the best podcasts in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science to help you fill your queue and get listening.
1. Data Skeptic
The Data Skeptic podcast interviews leading academic and practitioner experts every week on topics in data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. The topics are fairly technical, so this podcast will be best for people with some foundational knowledge of data science and ML. Recent guests include Hal Ashton, Ph.D. student at the University College of London; Yuqi Ouyang, Ph.D. student from the University of Warwick; and Nirupam Gupta, a post-doc in computer science at EDFL University in Switzerland.
Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
2. Linear Digressions
Linear Digressions is a podcast covering data science and machine learning. Its last episode was published in July 2020, but there are plenty of episodes in the archive worth checking out if you’re interested in ML. Katie Malone and Ben Jaffe host. Some of the most recent episode topics include AI-driven medical assistants, a data science take on open policing data, and the data science open source ecosystem.
Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
3. Talking Machines
Hosted by Katherine Gorman, a former public radio producer, and Neil Lawrence, director of machine learning at Amazon Research Cambridge, Talking Machines is a podcast about machine learning, featuring ML-related news stories and expert guests. While the last episode was published in June 2020, it’s worth going back through their archives for the most insightful discussions.
Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
4. This Week in Machine Learning (TWIML) AI
TWIML AI is a weekly podcast featuring interviews with an expert in AI/ML to discuss the various ways ML and AI are changing the way business operates — and the ways we live our lives. The podcast, hosted by industry analyst and thought leader Sam Charrington, is part of a larger website that includes a blog, ebooks, newsletter, and community. Recent topics include visual reasoning, architectural and organizational patterns in ML, common sense reasoning in natural language programming (NLP), and how to be human in the age of AI.
Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
5. The O’Reilly Data Show
Ben Lorica, former Chief Data Scientists at O’Reilly Media, hosts The O’Reilly Data Show, which explores opportunities and the latest advances in data science and artificial intelligence. Recent episodes have covered topics like ML for operational analytics and business intelligence, deep learning and neural networks, building and managing data sets for ML, and how to make data science more useful for business.
Listen on Apple Podcasts.
6. Voices in AI
Byron Reese hosts Voices in AI, a podcast featuring the leading minds in the industry. It explores the economic, social, ethical, neuroscience, statistics, and philosophical implications of artificial intelligence from a broad range of viewpoints, “from beaming techno-optimism to dark dystopian despair.” Guests are authors, researchers, engineers, scientists, and philosophers. Reese is a prominent futurist, patented AI practitioner, and CEO and publisher of technology research and analysis firm GigaOm. Recent guests include Rob Lubow, Andrea Thomaz, Azita Arvani, and Davi Ottenheimer.
Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
7. Lex Fridman Podcast
The Lex Fridman Podcast, formerly known as the Artificial Intelligence: AI Podcast, features conversations about the nature of intelligence, cognitive science, psychology, robotics, and technology. Fridman is an AI researcher working on autonomous vehicles, human-robot interaction, and ML at MIT and beyond. This podcast goes beyond the technical parameters and delves into deep impacts on our lives and the future. Recent guests include Deep Work author Cal Newport, MMA fighter Josh Barnett, and Stanford neuroscientist Andrew Huberman.
Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or Youtube.
8. Data Stories
Enrico Bertini and Mortiz Stefaner host Data Stories, a podcast about data and how it affects our lives. While episodes only come out every couple of months now, there are still more than 160 episodes in the archives to choose from. Recent episode topics include data visualization of Covid-19 and visualizing fairness in machine learning.
Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
9. AI In Business
In an era disrupted by artificial intelligence, how can business execs adapt and thrive? AI in Business is a business podcast about AI that will tell you. Host Daniel Faggella interviews top AI and machine learning-focused executives and researchers in industries from financial services, pharmaceuticals, defense, retail, and more.
Listen on Apple Podcasts.
10. AI Today Podcast
The AI Today Podcast brings relevant info about what's happening today in the world of artificial intelligence and business. Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview experts on various domains within AI. Experts share their perspective of deep learning, disruption, and related topics. The podcast is produced by Cognilytica, an AI/ML-focused analyst firm.
Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
11. Eye on AI
Eye on AI, hosted by Craig Smith, longtime correspondent for the New York Times, features leaders making a difference in AI and ML. This is a biweekly podcast. They put the implications of this advancing technology into broader context, giving you what you need to know about how it will change our future.
Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
12. Practical AI
Practical AI hosts Chris Benson and Daniel Whitenack aim to make AI practical, productive, and accessible. The show’s focus on practical implications and real-world scenarios make it accessible to everyone — even if you’re not a highly technical listener.
Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
13. The AI Podcast
On The AI Podcast, host Noah Kravitz interviews the world’s leading tech experts to talk about the inner workings of AI, A.I. adoption, big data, natural language processing, mathematics, economics, deep learning, and ML, how they are evolving, and how they intersect with humanity. Episodes are released about once every two weeks.
Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
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