Tune in to The Only Constant for insights you haven’t heard before - and for deep conversations at the intersection of business, technology, and AI, where the only thing that stays the same is change.<br /><br />This podcast is for those who prioritize exploration over explanation.<br />For those who enjoy difficult questions more than easy answers.<br />For anyone looking to stay ahead and relevant in an age of accelerating change.<br /><br />Join host Lasse Rindom as he speaks with global thought leaders about how AI and emerging technologies are actually being adopted in enterprise settings. Episodes explore the challenges of scaling generative AI, governing stochastic systems, embedding human-in-the-loop approaches, and confronting ethical trade-offs.<br /><br />With a focus on pragmatic strategy, past automation lessons, and a touch of business philosophy, this podcast dives deep into how organizations deal with unstructured data, real implementation hurdles, and the messy reality of transformation.<br /><br />Sponsored by Basico.<br />Driven by curiosity.
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Tune in to The Only Constant for insights you haven’t heard before - and for deep conversations at the intersection of business, technology, and AI, where the only thing that stays the same is change.<br /><br />This podcast is for those who prioritize exploration over explanation.<br />For those who enjoy difficult questions more than easy answers.<br />For anyone looking to stay ahead and relevant in an age of accelerating change.<br /><br />Join host Lasse Rindom as he speaks with global thought leaders about how AI and emerging technologies are actually being adopted in enterprise settings. Episodes explore the challenges of scaling generative AI, governing stochastic systems, embedding human-in-the-loop approaches, and confronting ethical trade-offs.<br /><br />With a focus on pragmatic strategy, past automation lessons, and a touch of business philosophy, this podcast dives deep into how organizations deal with unstructured data, real implementation hurdles, and the messy reality of transformation.<br /><br />Sponsored by Basico.<br />Driven by curiosity.
Episode #75 | On AI as ordinary technology, and the bias of anthropomorphisms
The Only Constant
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Episode #75 | On AI as ordinary technology, and the bias of anthropomorphisms
In this episode of The Only Constant, Lasse Rindom sits down with Serge Belongie, Director of the Pioneer Centre for AI and one of Europe’s leading AI thinkers, for a conversation that cuts through the noise of hype and panic to reach something far more enduring.
Together, they explore:
Why AI isn’t a revolution but a continuation of the march of automation
How the “idiot wind” of hype always blows through history and major technological changes
Why spreadsheets once terrified CEOs the same way large language models now do
The problem of “data washing” and how a biased baby monitor reveals the limits of clean datasets
Why AI should be treated as statistics and software - ordinary technology - until proven otherwise
The dangers of anthropomorphizing chatbots and why friction can be a democratic safeguard
Belongie’s blend of historical analogy, dry humor, and academic precision makes this conversation one of the most illuminating yet and a standout episode of The Only Constant.
Do you want to know more about Serge Belongie?
Serge Belongie is a professor of Computer Science at the University of Copenhagen, where he also serves as the head of the Pioneer Centre for Artificial Intelligence (P1).
Previously, he was a professor of Computer Science at Cornell University, an Associate Dean at Cornell Tech, a member of the Visiting Faculty program at Google, and a professor of Computer Science & Engineering at UC San Diego. His research interests include Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Augmented Reality, and Human-in-the-Loop Computing. He is also a co-founder of several companies including Digital Persona and Anchovi Labs.
He is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, the MIT Technology Review “Innovators Under 35” Award, the Stibitz-Wilson Award, the Helmholtz Prize, the Everingham Prize, and the Koenderink Prize for fundamental contributions to the Computer Vision community.
He is a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters and serves on the board of the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS).
The Only Constant
Tune in to The Only Constant for insights you haven’t heard before - and for deep conversations at the intersection of business, technology, and AI, where the only thing that stays the same is change.<br /><br />This podcast is for those who prioritize exploration over explanation.<br />For those who enjoy difficult questions more than easy answers.<br />For anyone looking to stay ahead and relevant in an age of accelerating change.<br /><br />Join host Lasse Rindom as he speaks with global thought leaders about how AI and emerging technologies are actually being adopted in enterprise settings. Episodes explore the challenges of scaling generative AI, governing stochastic systems, embedding human-in-the-loop approaches, and confronting ethical trade-offs.<br /><br />With a focus on pragmatic strategy, past automation lessons, and a touch of business philosophy, this podcast dives deep into how organizations deal with unstructured data, real implementation hurdles, and the messy reality of transformation.<br /><br />Sponsored by Basico.<br />Driven by curiosity.
