Filipe Lauar

Life with AI

In this podcast I explain some hard concepts of AI in a way that anyone can understand. I also show how AI is influencing our lives and we don’t know.

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Filipe Lauar

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Technology

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Latest episode

Feb 5, 2026

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Episodes

#25 - How is the experience of having a podcast. 18.11.2021

Hey guys, in this episode I talk about how is being the experience of have the podcast. I talk about my routine as a podcaster, the equipment and tools that I use to record and edit and also how the podcast is helping me to improve my hard and soft skills. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podcast.lifewithai/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/life-with-ai

#24 - Tips for training neural networks, data augmentation and self-supervised learning with Fernando Santos. 11.11.2021

Hey guys, in this episode I talk about the main points of the episode that I recorded in Portuguese with Fernando Santos, a post doc researcher and professor at USP. In this episode, I talk about tips to train neural networks and some techniques that are really improving the convergence of the training, like data augmentation and self-supervised learning. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podca...

#23 - How to fed data into AI algorithms. Understanding categorical feature encoding and scaling/normalization. 04.11.2021

Hey guys, in this episode I talk about how to input tabular data into artificial intelligence algorithms. You can understand tabular data as the famous excels tables, where you have categorical and numerical variables. in this episode I explain how the algorithms see tabular data and have how to transform this into the right format.  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podcast.lifewithai/&nb...

#22 - Binary Neural Networks with Breno Skuk. 28.10.2021

Hey guys, in this episódio I have as guest my friend Breno Skuk to talk about binary neural networks. Binary Neural Networks can decrease the inference time of the model by 40x and the memory size by until 64x! In this episode we talk about many pros and cons of the use of these networks and how its evolution and implementation can impact our lives. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podcast.lif...

#21 - Algorithms for NLP and time series. Understanding RNN, GRU and LSTM. 21.10.2021

Hey guys, in this episode I explain the ideia behind 3 very important algorithms widely used in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and time series. I explain classic RNN, GRU and LSTM algorithms, explaining the ideia behind each one of them and also the goal of the famous and very important LSTM and GRU gates. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podcast.lifewithai/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.c...

#20 - Applications of RNNs in the real world. 14.10.2021

Hey guys, in this episode I talk about applications related to RNNs in the real world. I talk about applications of Natural Language Processing (NLP), like text classification, chatbots, text generation, speech recognition... and also applications related to time series, like weather forecasting, predictive maintenance and much more! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podcast.lifewithai/ Linkedi...

#19 - Applications of GANs in the real world. 07.10.2021

Hey guys, in this episode I talk about applications of GANs, Generative Adversarial Networks, in the real world. I talk about many applications in photo and video editing, super resolution, video games, autonomous driving and much more! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podcast.lifewithai/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/life-with-ai Code: https://github.com/filipelauar/projects/tree...

#18 - Applications of CNNs in the real world. 30.09.2021

In this episode I talk about different applications of artificial intelligence in the real world using CNN networks. I talk about 3 main problems, classification, detection and segmentation, explain what's being done in each of these problematic and also the state of the art to solve them. Website to find state of the art models: https://paperswithcode.com/sota/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.co...

#17 - Artificial Intelligence in the financial market with Gabriel Oliva. 23.09.2021

In this episode I'm with my friend Gabriel Oliva to talk about the use o Artificial Intelligence in the financial market. We talk about many applications, such as satellite analysis, price prediction, assets allocation and many more. We also discuss the use of AI more as a tool than a final solution. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podcast.lifewithai/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/compan...

#16 - Financial market, first steps to get into it with Kevin Kühl. 16.09.2021

In this episode I'm with my friend Kevin Kühl to talk about the first steps to get into the financial market. We talk about different types of investments like fixed incomes and variable incomes, the stocks, the REITS and also the ETFs. If you want to now more about the financial market and is thinking to get into it, this episode is for you! https://www.instagram.com/podcast.lifewithai/ Linkedin:...

#15 - Modeling complex systems like the Covid and epilepsy with Kevin Kühl. 09.09.2021

In this episode I have as a guest my friend Kevin Kühl, which worked with modeling complex systems in the ICMC lab from USP in partnership with a lab at the Imperial College London. In the episode we talk about how modeling complex systems can help us understand the behavior of the human brain, the isolation system against Covid19 and even the hands clapping in a birthday party. Instagram:  h...

#14 - Dimensionality Reduction and Clustering. Understanding PCA, Kmeans and Autoencoders. 02.09.2021

In this episode I talk about the problems of dimensionality reduction and clustering. I explain the applications of each one of these problems and also the most famous methods for solving them, such as PCA, KPCA, ICA and NNMF for the dimensionality reduction and the Kmeans for the clustering problems. In the end I also explain the autoencoders, which are powerfull neural networks that can be used...

#13 - Augmented reality and virtual reality with Vinícius Bonemer. 26.08.2021

In this episode I have as a guest my friend Vinícius Bonemer, that worked with augmented reality and virtual reality in the Apple lab in Brazil. In this conversation we explain what is AR and VR, the differences between them, many applications and also talk about the future of the fields!

#12 - Transforming normal pictures into famous paintings. Understanding the CycleGAN. 19.08.2021

In this episode I explain a new class of problems that are able to be solved from the neural network CycleGAN. With this new network, we are able to transform an image into another, such as transform a horse into a zebra, a cat into a dog of even a normal picture into a famous painting made by Van Gogh or Monet! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podcast.lifewithai/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedi...

#11- How did I win a Kaggle competition. 12.08.2021

In this episode I explain the solution I had to win a kaggle competition in my university (Telecom Paris). I explain the different solutions I had and what I did to improve the results. In the end I also talk about a possible solution that could win against my own using ensembles. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podcast.lifewithai/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/life-with-ai GitHu...

#10 - Racist algorithms 05.08.2021

In this episode I give various examples about racist algorithms in different domains like face recognition, healthcare insurance, crime probability, hate speech and much more! I talk not only about racial problems, but also about gender and religion problems caused by artificial intelligence algorithms. 

#9 - Trees and forests. How these algorithms work? Understanding XGBoost and RandomForest. 29.07.2021

In this episode I explain how the machine learning algorithms based on trees and forests work. In the episode I explain in a simple way the idea behind the decision trees and also the powerful algorithms RandomForest and XGBoost and its respectives methods, bagging and boosting.

#8 - Myths and truths about Artificial Intelligence 22.07.2021

In this episode we talk about some myths and truths about Artificial Intelligence. We talk about the general artificial intelligence, where the robots would conquer the earth, and a lot of other curiosities about AI!

#7 - What's behind Instagram filters? Understanding the styleGAN. 15.07.2021

In this episode I talk about the next generation of instagram filters, that we will be able to edit easily specific attributes of our face or even mix two people. I also explain the artificial intelligence networks behind this next generation of filters. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podcast.lifewithai/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/life-with-ai Code: https://github.com/filipel...

#6 - How to generate people that doesn't exist? Understanding Generative Adversarial Networks - GANs. 08.07.2021

In this episode I talk about how artificial intelligence is generating people that doesn't exist. I explain how the GANs work, the Generative Adversarial Networks that are able to generate perfectly people from noise. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podcast.lifewithai/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/life-with-ai This person is real: https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/ Which face i...

#5 - How Facebook algorithms work? 01.07.2021

In this episode I talk about how Facebook algorithms work. I explain the main goal of the platform and also how do they use our data to make money. I also give some examples of how powerful data is.  

#4 - How the computer understand texts? Understanding Word Embeddings. 24.06.2021

In this episode we explain how computers understand texts. I talk about a representation based on the dictionary and a more efficient one based on the attributes/characteristics of the word so that the computer can understand them better.

#3 - Artificial intelligence for images. Understanding Convolutional Neural Networks - CNNs. 17.06.2021

In this episode I talk about artificial intelligence for image. I explain the idea behind one of the most popular AI algorithm, the neural networks and show how it's able to learn.

#2 - Is it possible to predict news? 10.06.2021

In this episode of the podcast Life with AI I talk about the problem of predicting news. In this episode I show how I statistically proved that it's possible to predict news and I also show could we use such algorithm in practice.

#1 - AI and fraud detection in the stock market. 07.06.2021

This is the first episode of the podcast Life with AI, the podcast that talks about artificial intelligence in a simpler way. In this episode I explain the problem of detecting insider trading frauds and how I did to create a dataset of numbers of possible insider trading frauds for the Brazilian market. Hope you like it!

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