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How AI could reshape human memory and attention Jan 30, 2026

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AI could change the way we remember, and the way we pay attention.

In this episode of The Deep View: Conversations, Editor-in-Chief Jason Hiner sits down with Bobak Tavangar, CEO of Brilliant Labs, one of the most intriguing startups in AI hardware today.

While trillion-dollar giants like Meta and Google race to define the future of AI glasses, Brilliant Labs is taking a radically different path: building in public, going open-source with both software and hardware, and centering their next product, the Halo glasses, around something deeply human.

The focus? A conversational AI agent for your long-term memories and conversations.

This isn’t just about smarter wearables. It’s about a bigger idea:

+ Can AI help us be more present, not less?
+ Could technology support memory, reflection, and intention instead of distraction?
+ What does privacy look like when AI can recall your life?

Jason and Bobak also explore:

+ What he learned during his time at Apple
+ Why AI hardware is one of the hardest frontiers in tech
+ The challenging process of finding a co-founder
+ Bobak’s philosophy on communicating on social media with purpose, not hype

Bobak is one of the most thoughtful founders in the AI space, consistently elevating the conversation beyond features and into questions of values, agency, and human experience.

If you care about where AI, wearables, memory, and attention intersect, this is a conversation you don’t want to miss.

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How to solve the ROI problem for AI inference Jan 22, 2026

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How do you make AI inference affordable enough to deliver real ROI in the enterprise?

In this episode of The Deep View Conversations, we talk with Rob May, founder and CEO of Neurometric AI, to break down one of the most urgent challenges in AI today: the soaring cost of inference, and how to bring it down without sacrificing performance.

Today's AI is increasingly powerful, but it’s also expensive. For enterprises to see real returns, inference costs have to drop dramatically. Neurometric believes the answer lies in "thinking algorithms" paired with small, specialized models and workload-specific optimization. This approach can significantly reduce costs while often improving accuracy and efficiency. Rob walks through how this works in practice and why it matters as AI moves from experimentation to scaled deployment.

We also talk about:
+ Why the current AI boom pulled Rob back into operating a startup after multiple exits and a move into investing
+ How founders should think about AI infrastructure, efficiency, and long-term economics
+ What startup leaders can do to get journalists to pay attention — and a pivotal early-career conversation that led to coverage which changed the trajectory of one of Rob’s companies

If you’re building, deploying, or investing in AI and wrestling with the economics of inference, this conversation offers a clear, practical perspective on what comes next.

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#27: How AI Is Changing the Way Engineers Review Code - Merrill Lutsky Oct 06, 2025

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In this episode of The Deep View Conversations, we sit down with Merrill Lutsky, cofounder and CEO of Graphite — a company using artificial intelligence to transform how engineers write, review, and ship code.

What started as an internal tool to streamline software deployment has grown into something larger: a vision for how AI can augment, not replace, the craft of engineering — and reshape how teams collaborate at scale.

Merrill walks us through Graphite’s early pivots, the development of its AI reviewer Diamond, and how the company is rethinking the bottleneck that stands between building and shipping code.

We also go beyond the product to explore deeper questions:
Will coding become fully automated?
How do we balance speed and safety in an era of AI-written software?
And what does craftsmanship mean when machines start to create?

#26: How AI Accelerates Drug Development - Patrick Leung Jul 10, 2025

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In this episode of The Deep View Conversations, we sit down with Patrick Leung, CTO of Faro Health — a startup using artificial intelligence to streamline and reimagine clinical trials. What began as a push to speed up drug development turned into something bigger: a mission to reduce suffering, elevate consciousness, and reshape how we think about AI’s role in health and society.

Patrick walks us through the challenges of clinical trial design, the limits of large language models, and how thoughtful AI implementation could unlock faster, safer, and more inclusive access to medicine.

We also go beyond tech to explore deep questions: Is AI truly intelligent? How do we balance speed and safety? And are we building tools — or something closer to gods?

#25: AI, Voice, and the Shifting Human Experience - Russ d'Sa Jul 03, 2025

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In this episode of The Deep View Conversations, we sit down with Russ d'Sa, founder and CEO of LiveKit — the open-source infrastructure powering voice mode for OpenAI, Character.AI, and a fast-emerging voice-first internet.

Russ walks us through how a pandemic side project evolved into the nervous system for the next generation of AI-powered voice applications. But this episode goes far beyond infrastructure. We dive into big, human questions: What does it mean to interact naturally with AI? Are we moving back toward voice as the dominant interface? How will AI reshape work, leisure, and even our sense of identity?

From the democratization of high-tech tools to the societal shifts driven by intelligent systems, this is a wide-ranging and deeply thoughtful conversation on what comes next in the age of synthetic intelligence.

#24: What Makes Machine Translation Work? - Olga Beregovaya Jun 23, 2025

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In this episode of The Deep View Conversations, we explore the world of machine translation and artificial intelligence with Olga Beregovaya — Smartling’s VP of Machine Translation and Artificial Intelligence. Olga takes us through the evolution of machine translation, from rule-based systems to statistical models to today’s neural networks and large language models.

She sheds light on how translation has shifted from being a purely linguistic endeavor to one that now sits at the intersection of data science, AI, and human creativity. We dive into hallucinations, under-resourced languages, the rise of synthetic data, and what it truly means to maintain quality in a multilingual world. If you've ever wondered what makes AI translation tick — and where it's going — this is the episode for you.

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Artificial intelligence is a complicated topic, bound by a number of complex threads — technical science, ethics, safety, regulation, neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, investment and — above all — humanity. On The Deep View: Conversations we break it all down, cutting through the hype to make clear what's important and why you should care.

#23: Reclaiming Truth in the Age of Algorithms - Brinleigh Murphy-Reuter Jun 11, 2025

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In this episode of The Deep View Conversations, we dive into the chaotic world of social media, misinformation, and the growing need for scientific credibility with Brinleigh Murphy Reuter — founder of the Harvard-incubated nonprofit, Science to People. Brinleigh unpacks why it’s become so hard to find accurate health and science information online, and how her organization is using generative AI to fix the broken flow of facts between researchers, influencers, and everyday users.

We explore everything from the overwhelming noise of algorithm-driven content and the dangers of viral misinformation, to how AI can empower creators with reliable, vetted science. If you’re curious about how tech, trust, and truth collide in the age of TikTok and ChatGPT, this is an episode you won’t want to miss.

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#22: AI in Healthcare: Trust, Adoption & the "Last Mile" - Pelu Tran May 26, 2025

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In this episode of The Deep View Conversations, we dive into the complex intersection of artificial intelligence and healthcare with Pelu Tran, co-founder and CEO of Ferrum Health. Pelu shares his deeply personal motivation behind founding Ferrum, why AI adoption in healthcare is slow, and how Ferrum aims to solve the “last mile” problem of bringing AI into clinical practice.

We explore everything from trust in algorithms, systemic challenges, and outdated infrastructure to the ethical implications of AI in medicine and the risk of over-efficiency. If you’re curious about the real-world application of AI in hospitals and how to bridge the gap between innovation and implementation, this is a must-listen.

Outline:

00:00 – Intro: AI and healthcare — promise vs. reality
01:00 – Meet Pelu Tran, CEO of Ferrum Health
03:10 – A personal tragedy leads to a mission: Ferrum’s origin
07:00 – The real reason AI adoption is slow in hospitals
10:00 – Infrastructure, security & why hospitals still use fax machines
13:30 – What Ferrum Health actually does
16:10 – Why FDA clearance isn’t enough for AI trust
19:00 – Ferrum’s approach: Validating models with AI itself
22:30 – AI performance drift & automated monitoring
25:00 – Diagnostic tools, LLMs, and AI's current limitations
28:40 – The illusion of language fluency and AI “hallucinations”
31:00 – Burnout, administrative burden & where AI helps
34:30 – Will AI speed things up or make hospitals worse?
38:00 – Hospital incentives & risks of productivity pressure
41:10 – AI replacing admin, not doctors (yet)
44:10 – Communicating AI performance to clinicians
47:30 – Measuring outcomes, not just accuracy
50:00 – Trust, governance, and safe deployment
53:15 – Why flexibility is key for AI in healthcare
56:00 – The future: Safe disruption vs. blind disruption
59:00 – Will AI replace doctors? Why not anytime soon
1:01:00 – Final thoughts: AI’s promise and pitfalls

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#21: ZeroEyes: The AI Weapon Detection System Protecting Public Safety - Sam Alaimo May 20, 2025

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In this gripping episode, we dive into the life-saving mission behind ZeroEyes, a pioneering company using artificial intelligence to detect visible weapons before shots are fired. The Deep View Team sits down with co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer Sam Alaimo, a former Navy SEAL, to explore how a tragic school shooting and military discipline inspired a groundbreaking solution to one of America’s most pressing issues: gun violence.

#20: The origins of artificial intelligence - Aaron Andalman Apr 29, 2025

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I sat down with Dr. Aaron Andalman, the Chief Science Officer and co-founder of Cognitiv. Andalman holds a PhD in neuroscience, and so today, we’re breaking down the gaps, connections and inspirations between AI and neuroscience; all the things we’ve learned and the many things we still don’t know.

Episode links:

The giant squid: https://medium.com/the-quantastic-journal/from-squids-to-ai-how-neuroscience-and-physics-sparked-a-technological-revolution-06d8c291717c
Neuroscience and AI: https://neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/neuroscience-and-ai-what-artificial-intelligence-teaches-us-about-brain-and-vice-versa
The specter of AGI: https://www.thedeepview.co/p/how-big-tech-is-using-the-ai-race-and-the-specter-of-agi-to-cement-its-power-agi-openai-google
Scale it up: https://www.thedeepview.co/p/progress-predictions-2025-robots-avs-and-technical-advancements
Animal intelligence: https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/how-intelligence-is-measured-in-the-animal-kingdom

Outline

0:00 – Intro

1:45 – The roots of AI
7:12 – The different types of intelligence

12:05 – Neural networks VS artificial neural networks

19:19 – Efficiency in intelligence

23:51 – Why pursue AGI at all?
28:44 – Reinforcement learning in machines VS animals

35:25 – Advancements in one, advancements in the other

43:46 – Being curious in the age of AI

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Artificial intelligence is a complicated topic, bound by a number of complex threads — technical science, ethics, safety, regulation, neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, investment and — above all — humanity. On The Deep View: Conversations, Ian Krietzberg, host and Editor-in-Chief at The Deep View, breaks it all down, cutting through the hype to make clear what's important and why you should care.

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