AI Forward

About AI Forward

AI Forward — the podcast where we break down the world of artificial intelligence, one conversation at a time. I’m your host, Smriti Kirubanandan, and in each episode, we’ll explore the ideas, technologies, and people shaping the future of AI. Artificial Intelligence isn’t just one thing — it’s a collection of technologies working together to transform how we live, work, and connect. From machine learning that helps systems improve with data, to natural language processing that enables computers to understand us, to computer vision, robotics, and generative AI — each piece is building towards something bigger: intelligence that augments human potential. Think of AI as a spectrum. On one end, it powers everyday conveniences — like recommendation engines, voice assistants, and smart devices. On the other hand, it drives breakthroughs in medicine, climate science, creativity, and even space exploration. AI is already here, woven into the background of our lives — but its true impact is only just beginning. In this show, we’ll dive into how AI works, what it means for industries, and the ethical questions we must face as we move forward. Whether you’re an innovator, a curious learner, or someone who just wants to understand what’s next — you’re in the right place. Let’s move beyond the buzzwords, cut through the hype, and take a thoughtful, forward-looking journey into the world of artificial intelligence. This is AI Forward. Simi (Host) + AI Powered

Publisher

Smriti Kirubanandan

Category

business · business · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Sept 2025

Latest episode

3 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

6 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   3 Aug 2026

   Is Thinking Expensive? The Economics of Large Reasoning Models : Smriti Kirubanandan, AI Executive

   The economics of large reasoning models come down to one question: is thinking expensive? It turns out yes — thinking costs compute, time, and dollars, and like any input a firm uses, it can be allocated well or badly. An LRM isn't a fundamentally different kind of system from a standard LLM; it's the same underlying model put on a different labor contract. Instead of being paid piece rate to answer fast and move on, it's told to take its time, show its work, and get paid for the extra hours....

2. 

   21 Apr 2026

   The Inference Economy- Simi (Human) & NotebookLM (AI)

   As AI moves from its centralised, expensive early phase into mass diffusion, I see enterprises facing a structural reckoning: processing millions of inference calls against frontier large language models is no longer just a technology choice — it is a capital allocation decision with material consequences for margins and business model sustainability. I argue that Small Language Models are the efficient market response. A model fine-tuned on a narrow domain will consistently outperform a gene...

3. 

   22 Nov 2025

   Rosie’s Prophecy: How The Jetsons Imagined Our AI Future

   In the early 1960s, when humanity still looked up at the stars with unfiltered wonder, Hanna-Barbera dreamed a world suspended between magic and machinery—The Jetsons. Born from the spark of a space-age imagination, the show stitched together flying cars, talking screens, and automated everything, long before such things seemed possible. It didn’t just guess at the future; it cast a spell over it, whispering ideas of artificial intelligence and digital companions into the collective imaginati...

4. 

   20 Oct 2025

   Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Who Holds the Future, After All? Story of AlphaGo Vs Lee Sedol

   In 2016, the world watched in awe as AlphaGo, an artificial intelligence program developed by Google DeepMind, defeated Lee Sedol, one of the greatest Go players in history. Go, a game of seemingly infinite complexity, had always been a bastion of human intuition and creativity — the one arena machines were thought unable to conquer. Yet in just five games, AlphaGo did more than win; it revealed a new kind of intelligence. Its now-legendary move 37 stunned experts not because it was logical, ...

5. 

   16 Sept 2025

   The Birth of AI: Dreams, Winters, and Breakthroughs with Smriti Kirubanandan

   It’s the summer of 1956. On the quiet campus of Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, a small group of scientists gathered around chalkboards, buzzing with excitement. Their mission? To answer one of humanity’s boldest questions: Can machines think? That summer workshop, now known as the Dartmouth Conference, marked the official birth of artificial intelligence. It was here the very term “AI” was coined, and the dream of building machines that could learn, reason, and even converse took root. B...

6. 

   7 Sept 2025

   AI Forward: Introduction with Smriti Kirubanandan

   Welcome to AI Forward — the podcast where we break down the world of artificial intelligence, one conversation at a time. I’m your host, Smriti Kirubanandan, and in each episode, we’ll explore the ideas, technologies, and people shaping the future of AI. Artificial Intelligence isn’t just one thing — it’s a collection of technologies working together to transform how we live, work, and connect. From machine learning that helps systems improve with data, to natural language processing that ena...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings