Practical AI podcast

Practical AI

Making artificial intelligence practical, productive & accessible to everyone. Practical AI is a show in which technology professionals, business people, students, enthusiasts, and expert guests engage in lively discussions about Artificial Intelligence and related topics (Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Neural Networks, GANs, MLOps, AIOps, LLMs & more). The focus is on productive implementations and real-world scenarios that are accessible to everyone. If you want to keep up with the latest advances in AI, while keeping one foot in the real world, then this is the show for you!

Making artificial intelligence practical, productive & accessible to everyone. Practical AI is a show in which technology professionals, business people, students, enthusiasts, and expert guests engage in lively discussions about Artificial Intelligence and related topics (Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Neural Networks, GANs, MLOps, AIOps, LLMs & more). The focus is on productive implementations and real-world scenarios that are accessible to everyone. If you want to keep up with the latest advances in AI, while keeping one foot in the real world, then this is the show for you!

 

#342

The AI engineer skills gap

Chris and Daniel talk with returning guest, Ramin Mohammadi, about how those seeking to ge... more

10 Dec 2025

45 MINS

45:33

10 Dec 2025


#341

Technical advances in document understanding

Chris and Daniel unpack how AI-driven document processing has rapidly evolved well beyond ... more

02 Dec 2025

49 MINS

49:18

02 Dec 2025


#340

Chris on AI, autonomous swarming, home automation and Rust!

This episode is a special crossover between the Practical AI podcast and The Changelog pod... more

26 Nov 2025

1 HR 37 MINS

1:37:09

26 Nov 2025


#339

Beyond note-taking with Fireflies

Fireflies CEO, Krish Ramineni shares how the company is transforming AI-powered note-takin... more

19 Nov 2025

48 MINS

48:59

19 Nov 2025


#338

Autonomous Vehicle Research at Waymo

Waymo’s VP of Research, Drago Anguelov, joins Practical AI to explore how advances in auto... more

13 Nov 2025

52 MINS

52:08

13 Nov 2025


#337

Are we in an AI bubble?

Dan and Chris unpack whether today’s surge in AI deployment across enterprise workflows, m... more

10 Nov 2025

49 MINS

49:41

10 Nov 2025


#336

While loops with tool calls

Dan and Chris sit down (again) with Jared Zoneraich, co-founder and CEO of PromptLayer, to... more

30 Oct 2025

44 MINS

44:45

30 Oct 2025


#335

Tiny Recursive Networks

In this fully connected episode, Daniel and Chris explore the emerging concept of tiny rec... more

24 Oct 2025

48 MINS

48:23

24 Oct 2025


#334

Dealing with increasingly complicated agents

As AI systems move from simple chatbots to complex agentic workflows, new security risks e... more

16 Oct 2025

54 MINS

54:56

16 Oct 2025


#333

The impact of AI on the workforce: A state-level case study

Daniel sits down with Chelsea Linder, VP of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at TechPoint, ... more

09 Oct 2025

44 MINS

44:04

09 Oct 2025


#332

We've all done RAG, now what?

Longtime friend of the show Rajiv Shah returns to unpack lessons from a year of building r... more

29 Sep 2025

43 MINS

43:35

29 Sep 2025


#331

Creating a private AI assistant in Thunderbird

In this episode, Daniel and Chris are joined by Chris Aquino, software engineer at Thunder... more

23 Sep 2025

53 MINS

53:08

23 Sep 2025


#330

Cracking the code of failed AI pilots

In this Fully Connected episode, we dig into the recent MIT report revealing that 95% of A... more

11 Sep 2025

46 MINS

46:44

11 Sep 2025


#329

GenAI risks and global adoption

Daniel and Chris sit with Citadel AI’s Rick Kobayashi and Kenny Song and unpack AI safety ... more

27 Aug 2025

43 MINS

43:20

27 Aug 2025


#328

Inside America’s AI Action Plan

Dan and Chris break down [Winning the Race: America's AI Action Plan] (https://www.whiteho... more

19 Aug 2025

43 MINS

43:52

19 Aug 2025


#327

Confident, strategic AI leadership

Allegra Guinan of Lumiera helps leaders turn uncertainty about AI into confident, strategi... more

12 Aug 2025

47 MINS

47:40

12 Aug 2025


#326

Educating a data-literate generation

Dan sits down with guests Mark Daniel Ward and Katie Sanders from The Data Mine at Purdue ... more

08 Aug 2025

44 MINS

44:41

08 Aug 2025


#325

Workforce dynamics in an AI-assisted world

We unpack how AI is reshaping hiring decisions, shifting job roles, and creating new expec... more

01 Aug 2025

44 MINS

44:06

01 Aug 2025


#324

Reimagining actuarial science with AI

In this episode, Chris sits down with Igor Nikitin, CEO and co-founder of Nice Technologie... more

25 Jul 2025

40 MINS

40:59

25 Jul 2025


#323

Agentic AI for Drone & Robotic Swarming

In this episode of Practical AI, Chris and Daniel explore the fascinating world of agentic... more

15 Jul 2025

46 MINS

46:27

15 Jul 2025


#322

AI in the shadows: From hallucinations to blackmail

In the first episode of an "AI in the shadows" theme, Chris and Daniel explore the increas... more

07 Jul 2025

44 MINS

44:50

07 Jul 2025


#321

Finding Nemotron

In this episode, we sit down with Joey Conway to explore NVIDIA's open source AI, from the... more

02 Jul 2025

46 MINS

46:23

02 Jul 2025