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How to train your data

aired Jun 25, 2026 · 28.0m
Signal
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confidence 0.99
Orig44.6
Actn59.0
Dens100.0
Dpth100.0
Clty71.1
Summary

Hello, and welcome to the VergeCast, the flagship podcast of music that sounds eerily but not exactly like other music. I'm your friend David Pierce, and today on the show, we're talking about training data.

Why listen

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of like, data, think, including: I'm your friend David Pierce, and today on the show, we're talking about training data.

Key takeaways
  1. 01Hello, and welcome to the VergeCast, the flagship podcast of music that sounds eerily but not exactly like other music
  2. 02I'm talking to Alex Reisner, who's a staff writer at The Atlantic, and over the last couple of years, he has spent a lot of time investigating training data and how all of these bo
  3. 03I think the way that these models are created and the sources of these data has a lot to do with the way that we feel about AI, particularly generative AI as a creative expression
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