Not So Standard Deviations
Roger Peng and Hilary Parker
- 19 minutes 38 seconds190 - Indefinite Leave
190 - Indefinite Leave
After a very brief summary of the changing data science landscape, Hilary and Roger do not actually end the podcast but discuss taking an indefinite leave, leaving the door slightly ajar for future opportunities.
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19 May 2025, 5:40 pm - 1 hour 7 minutes189 - LLMs and Data Science
Hilary and Roger discuss Hilary's Use R! keynote presentation, LLMs and R, and whether R (or any programming language) has a future. Also, a brief preview of Roger's JSM 2024 talk.
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5 August 2024, 5:08 pm - 41 minutes 10 seconds188 - Everyday Statistics Terms
Hilary and Roger talk about the commonplace usage of statistics terminology, Apple's recent AI announcements, and Microsoft's Recall feature.
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24 June 2024, 2:08 pm - 1 hour 3 minutes187 - Building Robot Hilary
Hilary and Roger discuss limitations of AI image generation and the possibility of replacing both podcast hosts with robots.
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11 June 2024, 9:00 am - 57 minutes 30 seconds186 - Humanoid Robots
Hilary and Roger discuss the latest AI news, open source Llama, and the prospect of humanoid robots.
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9 May 2024, 8:39 pm - 44 minutes 45 seconds185 - Consultation Lessons Learned
Roger and Hilary talk about a consulting engagement gone wrong and whether there have been any good consulting engagements.
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26 February 2024, 2:44 pm - 46 minutes 15 seconds184 - Unknown Unknowns
Hilary and Roger talk about whether it might be better if ChatGPT didn't give you what you wanted.
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16 February 2024, 2:03 pm - 1 hour 14 minutes183 - What's an Informative Tool?
Hilary and Roger discuss what makes a data analytic tool informative for a given problem and Hilary, predictably, gets furious.
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31 January 2024, 1:35 pm - 57 minutes 32 seconds182 - The Best CEOs Not Named Hilary
Hilary and Roger ring in the new year with some discussion of AI and data science, Roger's upcoming spring semester data science course, and some predictions for 2024.
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10 January 2024, 9:41 pm - 1 hour 1 minute181 - Welcome to the Parkerverse
Hilary and Roger discuss Hilary's new ChatGPT consulting business and tease the future of data analysis with AI.
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15 November 2023, 1:36 pm - 47 minutes 35 seconds180 - Lessons from T2
Hilary and Roger discuss how to improve ChatGPT interactions and important lessons learned from Terminator 2.
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