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The same technology that powered a viral "hot or not" game could find a missing child in a refugee camp of a million faces in under five minutes. A neuroscientist who built real-world AI systems says the most “sleazy” app she ever made secretly reunited refugee families — and it actually worked.
What looks like a dating trick turns into a story about how AI can reshape lives when used with intent.
Vivienne Ming is a neuroscientist, AI researcher, and entrepreneur who has built machine learning systems across healthcare, education, and humanitarian work.
We cover: why a viral “attractiveness” game was actually training a mind-reading model, how crowdsourced choices became an early deep learning system, what happens when AI maps how humans perceive faces, and the refugee search tool that could find a missing child in minutes.
Watch the full one hour coversation Neuroscientist: We’re Not Ready for What This AI Discovered
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The same technology that powered a viral "hot or not" game could find a missing child in a refugee camp of a million faces in under five minutes. A neuroscientist who built real-world AI systems says the most “sleazy” app she ever made secretly reunited refugee families — and it actually worked.
What looks like a dating trick turns into a story about how AI can reshape lives when used with intent.
Vivienne Ming is a neuroscientist, AI researcher, and entrepreneur who has built machine learning systems across healthcare, education, and humanitarian work.
We cover: why a viral “attractiveness” game was actually training a mind-reading model, how crowdsourced choices became an early deep learning system, what happens when AI maps how humans perceive faces, and the refugee search tool that could find a missing child in minutes.
Watch the full one hour coversation Neuroscientist: We’re Not Ready for What This AI Discovered
youtu.be/rVkZmdcpSdE
———
📬 Get the transcript, fascinating bonus content, and my Monday M.A.G.I.C. Message: briankeating.com/yt
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📚 My books:
Losing the Nobel Prize (memoir): amzn.to/2sa5UpA
Think Like a Nobel Prize Winner: https://a.co/d/03ezQFu
Focus Like a Nobel Prize Winner: https://a.co/d/hi50U9U
Galileo's Dialogue (first-ever audiobook): https://a.co/d/iZPi9Un
🌐 More:
🏄♂️ Twitter: twitter.com/DrBrianKeating
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e #AI #refugees #machinelearning #neuroscience
#intotheimpossible #briankeating #science #physics #astronomy #cosmology #podcast #universe
