Not So Standard Deviations podcast

Not So Standard Deviations

Roger Peng and Hilary Parker talk about the latest in data science and data analysis in academia and industry.

Roger Peng and Hilary Parker talk about the latest in data science and data analysis in academia and industry.

 

#100

190 - Indefinite Leave

190 - Indefinite Leave   After a very brief summary of the changing data science landscape... more

19 May 2025

19 MINS

19:38

19 May 2025


#99

189 - LLMs and Data Science

Hilary and Roger discuss Hilary’s Use R! keynote presentation, LLMs and R, and whether R (... more

05 Aug 2024

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:08

05 Aug 2024


#98

188 - Everyday Statistics Terms

Hilary and Roger talk about the commonplace usage of statistics terminology, Apple’s recen... more

24 Jun 2024

41 MINS

41:10

24 Jun 2024


#97

187 - Building Robot Hilary

Hilary and Roger discuss limitations of AI image generation and the possibility of replaci... more

11 Jun 2024

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:25

11 Jun 2024


#96

186 - Humanoid Robots

Hilary and Roger discuss the latest AI news, open source Llama, and the prospect of humano... more

09 May 2024

57 MINS

57:30

09 May 2024


#95

185 - Consultation Lessons Learned

Roger and Hilary talk about a consulting engagement gone wrong and whether there have been... more

26 Feb 2024

44 MINS

44:45

26 Feb 2024


#94

184 - Unknown Unknowns

Hilary and Roger talk about whether it might be better if ChatGPT didn’t give you what you... more

16 Feb 2024

46 MINS

46:15

16 Feb 2024


#93

183 - What’s an Informative Tool?

Hilary and Roger discuss what makes a data analytic tool informative for a given problem a... more

31 Jan 2024

1 HR 14 MINS

1:14:14

31 Jan 2024


#92

182 - The Best CEOs Not Named Hilary

Hilary and Roger ring in the new year with some discussion of AI and data science, Roger’s... more

10 Jan 2024

57 MINS

57:32

10 Jan 2024


#91

181 - Welcome to the Parkerverse

Hilary and Roger discuss Hilary’s new ChatGPT consulting business and tease the future of ... more

15 Nov 2023

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:02

15 Nov 2023


#90

180 - Lessons from T2

Hilary and Roger discuss how to improve ChatGPT interactions and important lessons learned... more

04 Oct 2023

47 MINS

47:35

04 Oct 2023


#89

179 - AI Grand Strategy

Hilary and Roger are discussing Python in Excel, speed cubing data, and a grand strategy f... more

06 Sep 2023

1 HR 14 MINS

1:14:30

06 Sep 2023


#88

178 - Hilary is Cranky About Everything

Hilary and Roger discuss data vs. oil, large language models, automated vehicles, and Hila... more

22 Aug 2023

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:48

22 Aug 2023


#87

177 - We’re Back!

Hilary and Roger return to see if anything has changed in the world since they took their ... more

12 Aug 2023

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:58

12 Aug 2023


#86

176 - Is R the Worst?

Hilary and Roger make a special announcement and discuss large language models, prompt eng... more

03 May 2023

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:31

03 May 2023


#85

175 - Apocalypse Later

Hilary and Roger discuss Posit ads and continue the discussion of ChatGPT and AI (includin... more

17 Apr 2023

58 MINS

58:39

17 Apr 2023


#84

174 - The Future Was Here

Hilary and Roger debate the impacts and time horizon of ChatGPT and its competitors.   Sho... more

04 Apr 2023

1 HR 21 MINS

1:21:26

04 Apr 2023


#83

173 - Narrative Diagrams

Hilary and Roger reflect on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, discuss what the goal of ... more

14 Mar 2023

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:18

14 Mar 2023


#82

172 - Efficient Counterfactuals

Hilary and Roger winge about Twitter, correct the record about dbt, and consider more coun... more

17 Feb 2023

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:15

17 Feb 2023


#81

171 - Orchestrating the Reverse ETL

Hilary recovers from COVID while Roger throws various difficult discussion topics at her. ... more

03 Feb 2023

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:33

03 Feb 2023