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In this episode, renowned AI researcher Pedro Domingos, author of The Master Algorithm, takes us deep into the world of Connectionism—the AI tribe behind neural networks and the deep learning revolution.

From the birth of neural networks in the 1940s to the explosive rise of transformers and ChatGPT, Pedro unpacks the history, breakthroughs, and limitations of connectionist AI. Along the way, he explores how supervised learning continues to quietly power today’s most impressive AI systems—and why reinforcement learning and unsupervised learning are still lagging behind.

We also dive into:
The tribal war between Connectionists and Symbolists.
The surprising origins of Backpropagation.
How transformers redefined machine translation.
Why GANs and generative models exploded (and then faded)
The myth of modern reinforcement learning (DeepSeek, RLHF, etc.)
The danger of AI research narrowing too soon around one dominant approach.

Whether you’re an AI enthusiast, a machine learning practitioner, or just curious about where intelligence is headed, this episode offers a rare deep dive into the ideological foundations of AI—and what’s coming next.

A prototype wearable system uses machine-learning to guide users around obstacles.

Here’s Dennis Wilson of DBC Technologies sharing the many different use cases for AI voice agents.

He also shares how AI can retain the expertise and tribal knowledge that lives in your most capable people.

If your organization needs AI Agents for sales, service, orders, surveys or product information contact me.

I look forward helping you get started!

In this episode of the (A)bsolutely (I)ncredible podcast, Bruce Burke sits down with Dennis Wilson, Founder and CEO of DBC Technologies. Dennis is a graduate of the British Columbia Institute of Technology, and attended the University of British Columbia. DBC provides AI Voice Agents for small to medium enterprise businesses. Dennis is deeply involved in Jim Roddy’s Retail Solution Providers Association (RSPA), and is a featured speaker at their events. Dennis teaches and demonstrates the benefits of AI to these providers of solutions for retailers. Dennis is a passionate marketer, who has developed a platform that utilizes the best the AI industry offers. DBC stands for Doing Business Creatively, which defines Dennis’ approach with his customers. With over 25 + years of software, marketing, CRM, and sales automation experience, they have been integrating Artificial Intelligence capabilities into their internal software stack, and into their client’s businesses since the launch of ChatGPT. Experience DBC’s Inbound AI Voice Agents For Yourself Dial any of the numbers below to interact with DBC’s AI Agents. Ask questions, and dig deep to understand the complexities of these Agentic AI personalities from DBC. * Inbound AI Voice Agent | Claire Fox: 1–888-887‑9862 * Outbound AI Voice Agent | Susan Brown: 1–888-988‑1783 * Cannabis Dispensary Agent | May Bud: 1–888-628‑7858 DBC helps enterprise companies equipment manufacturers, payments providers, cannabis dispensaries, POS equipment manufacturers, and software companies, break free of legacy automated attendant technologies that frustrate customers, decrease customer satisfaction, and waste money. Their services can relieve cost of staffing for tier one, and tier two technical support teams, and the associated employee churn. Dennis and company can automate your customer service center with AI voice agents, and turn it into a profit center with AI’s advanced abilities to resolve problems and then suggestively upsell new products and services, monetizing customer service calls. DBC Technologies helps retailers enhance their marketing with automated marketing solutions using an AI+Human approach. At any time, customers can be connected with a live person to help resolve issues that may need a human touch. Dennis also created an AI-powered Social Media, E-mail, and Text, marketing engine that can work along with your AI Agents to further amplify and promote your brand. Dennis and company enable independent restaurants to compete with the big money chains by implementing AI marketing and automation solutions to grow both dine-in and take out sales — without losing 30% of the order to 3rd party delivery apps. DBC is a leader in Enterprise level AI Voice Agent and ChatBot technology with both being capable of taking orders in the restaurant and cannabis industries. Your inbound calls are answered by AI Agents trained for taking customer orders at an improved level of efficiency compared with similarly human-staffed positions. DBC Technologies Specialties: * AI Automated Voice Agents * AI RAG Bots (Advanced Website Chatbots) * AI Written with Human Edited Marketing * Retail Sales Growth Consulting Services * Bespoke Software Development Services For more information about DBC Technologies Agentic AI and how to get started contact Bruce Burke directly, directly using the links provided. Thank you!

Questions to inspire discussion.

Q: What are Kirk’s predictions for Tesla’s robotaxi rollout? A: Kirk predicts at least 1 million robotaxis on the road by end of 2026, with potential for 2–5 million by end of 2027.

Q: When does Kirk expect Tesla to sell Optimus robots to third parties? A: Kirk expects Optimus sales to third parties in the second half of 2026.

Q: What is the estimated rental price for Optimus robots? A: Kirk estimates Tesla will rent Optimus robots for $110,000-$120,000 per year.

Market and Economic Predictions.

Q: What economic environment does Kirk predict for late 2024? A: Kirk predicts a booming economic environment by Q4 2024, driven by the AI revolution and productivity increases.

XPENG sees Iron as a personal assistant for admin and customer service in homes, offices, and retail—beyond just manufacturing.

Windsurf, the maker of a popular AI coding assistant, is in talks to be acquired by OpenAI for about $3 billion, Bloomberg reported.

If the deal happens, it would put OpenAI in direct competition with a number of other AI coding assistant providers, including Anysphere, the maker of Cursor, which OpenAI backed from its OpenAI Startup Fund.

The acquisition could jeopardize the credibility of the OpenAI Startup Fund, given that it is one of Cursor’s biggest investors, said a person familiar with Cursor’s cap table. It’s not clear whether OpenAI approached Cursor about an acquisition.

New system lets drones autonomously perform complex aerobatics, safely outmaneuvering humans in both indoor and outdoor settings.

Google on Monday announced plans that might help a scientific breakthrough in research into the communication patterns of dolphins. The tech giant announced that it would make DolphinGemma, its foundational AI model, accessible to researchers over the summer.

This must be the most bizarre gig a dog trainer could get.

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