How AI Happens

About How AI Happens

How AI Happens features experts and practitioners explaining their work at the cutting edge of Artificial Intelligence. Tune in to hear AI Researchers, Data Scientists, ML Engineers, and the leaders of today’s most exciting AI companies explain the newest and most challenging facets of their field. Powered by Sama.

Publisher

Sama

Category

business · science · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 May 2021

Latest episode

5 May 2025

Latest episodes

34 of 122 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   5 May 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Amdocs Group President Anthony Goonetilleke

   Rob interviews Amdocs Group President Anthony Goonetilleke, who explores the evolution of technology, the rise of AI avatars, and the critical role of empathy in shaping effective AI solutions.

2. 

   20 Mar 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Physics & Machine Health with Algorithms Lead Mica Rubinson, Ph.D

   Algorithms lead Mica Rubinson, Ph.D., explains how her physics background informs her work with AI-driven insights into machine health and complex systems in manufacturing; this is an interview.

3. 

   28 Feb 2025TRANSCRIPT

   AWS Director of Generative AI Apps Srini Iragavarapu

   Srini Iragavarapu, AWS Director, examines the progression from generative AI models to advanced agents with autonomous decision-making capabilities in this interview.

Inside a recent episode

Amdocs Group President Anthony Goonetilleke

Published 5 May 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And you go, why? There was some attachment, some association with the character, right? So I almost feel like the research kind of showed that, yeah, people would like to kind of build their own care agent and then have their own care agent deliver the results to them. And for whatever, you know, I'm sure some psychologists would have a good reason. For some reason, they would believe this person much more than a random person that was given to them. And of course, depending on age groups, so we found that if you were like Jen Alpha or Jen Z, you'd just prefer to create your own avatar. You didn't even want to deal with a human -like person, which also kind of, you know, makes sense. […]

Who has been a guest on How AI Happens

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Anthony Goonetilleke
• Mica Rubinson
• Srini Iragavarapu
• Nitzan Mekel-Bobrov
• Dr Satyajit Wattamwar

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

40,695

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 80 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

92

Social presence

0

YouTube

85

Engagement

85

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