Post Mortem

About Post Mortem

In Post Mortem, engineers reflect on real-life incidents of IT systems they experienced. In each episode, we zoom on a specific event, ranging from a system outage, a cyber-attack, or a machine learning algorithm going wild with production data. We try to understand what happened and how the people behind those systems solved the situation. Along the way, you'll get hands-on advice shared by experienced practitioners that you can implement within your team to limit the risk of such incidents.

Publisher

François Paupier

Category

technology

Language

fr

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Sept 2020

Latest episode

4 Feb 2024

Latest episodes

26 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Feb 2024

   #24 The New Face of Conflict: AI in Warfare with COL ANTAL

   In this episode of the Post Mortem podcast, we dive deep into the impact of artificial intelligence in modern warfare with retired Colonel John Antal. With over 30 years of experience in the US Army and a prolific career as an author and software industry expert, COL Antal shares his insights into the future of warfare. We explore the concept of decision dominance in the digital age, discussing the nuances of data & AI applications in military strategy, from 'man in the loop' to 'man out of the loop' systems. COL Antal breaks down the complexities of AI, explaining the progression from Artificial Narrow Intelligence (ANI) to the potential of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and the concept of Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI). The conversation shifts to the practical implications of AI in military operations, highlighting the evolution from traditional kill chains to AI-enabled kill webs. We also touch on the lessons learned from recent wars, the Russian/Ukraine war, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Israel/Hamas war, and the importance of continuous adaptation in the face of rapidly advancing technologies. This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in the intersection of technology and military strategy. Bibliography Below are some of the resources used to prepare for this episode and mentioned in it : - Lessons of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, US Army Fires Conference, accessed January 2023, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLq4WJMl7Zc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLq4WJMl7Zc) - John Antal presentation at the Manoeuvre Warfighter Conference (MWFC), accessed September 14, 2022, at https://youtu.be/EOrc4x-DlmI (https://youtu.be/EOrc4x-DlmI) - Testimony of Christian Brose. To the House Armed Services Committee. Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation. The Future of War: Is the Pentagon Prepared to Deter and Defeat America’s Adversaries. Feb. 2023. https://armedservices.house.gov/sites/republicans.armedservices.house.gov/files/Brose Written Testimony.pdf - ANTAL, J. (2023). Artificial Intelligence and the Accelerating Tempo of War. Retrieved Jan 7 2024, from https://www.schumer.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/John%20Antal%20-%20Statement.pdf (https://www.schumer.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/John%20Antal%20-%20Statement.pdf) US Senate AI Symposium. - Next War: Reimagining How We Fight, 2023, John F Antal, https://www.amazon.com/Next-War-Reimagining-How-Fight/dp/1636243355 (https://www.amazon.com/Next-War-Reimagining-How-Fight/dp/1636243355) - Aerorozvidka NGO, Unmanned aerial vehicles, situational awareness, cybersecurity https://aerorozvidka.ngo/ (https://aerorozvidka.ngo/) - Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict&oldid=1198631897 (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict&oldid=1198631897) (last visited Jan. 28, 2024). - ‘The Gospel’: how Israel uses AI to select bombing targets in Gaza, The Guardian, Dec 1 2023, Retrieved Feb 2 2024, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/01/the-gospel-how-israel-uses-ai-to-select-bombing-targets (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/01/the-gospel-how-israel-uses-ai-to-select-bombing-targets) - Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2), United States DoD, https://media.defense.gov/2022/Mar/17/2002958406/-1/-1/1/SUMMARY-OF-THE-JOINT-ALL-DOMAIN-COMMAND-AND-CONTROL-STRATEGY.PDF (https://media.defense.gov/2022/Mar/17/2002958406/-1/-1/1/SUMMARY-OF-THE-JOINT-ALL-DOMAIN-COMMAND-AND-CONTROL-STRATEGY.PDF) - Haut-Karabagh : dix enseignements d'un conflit qui nous concerne, Rapport d'information n° 754 (2020-2021), déposé le 7 juillet 2021, https://www.senat.fr/rap/r20-754/r20-754_mono.html#toc167 (https://www.senat.fr/rap/r20-754/r20-754_mono.html#toc167) - Compte rendu Commission de la défense nationale et des forces armées, Audition, à huis clos, de M. le général d’armée Thierry Burkhard, chef d’état-major de l’armée de Terre sur l’actualisation de la LPM 2019-2025, page 14,  https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/15/comptes-rendus/cion_def/l15cion_def2021068_compte-rendu.pdf (https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/15/comptes-rendus/cion_def/l15cion_def2021068_compte-rendu.pdf)

2. 

   14 Mar 2023

   #23 D'entrepreneur à investisseur - le parcours de Philippe Laval

   Dans l’épisode #23 du podcast Post Mortem, je reçois Philippe Laval (https://www.jolt-capital.com/philippe-laval), ingénieur & fondateur de plusieurs entreprises dont SINEQUA, Philippe est aujourd’hui CTO à Jolt Capital (https://www.jolt-capital.com/), un fonds d’investissement dans la DeepTech en Europe. Dans la tech, les parcours de carrières pour les ingénieurs logiciels (https://www.swyx.io/career-ladders) se distinguent souvent en deux voies proposées en entreprise : - Une voie contributeur individuel (IC – Individual Contributor) qui offre la satisfaction de résoudre des problèmes techniques complexes ; - Une voie management (management track) pour gérer des équipes techniques et influer sur le produit. Philippe a choisi d’aller au-delà de cette dichotomie. En se lançant dans l’entreprenariat, il voulait « build something people want » comme le dit la devise de YCombinator (https://www.ycombinator.com/library/4D-yc-s-essential-startup-advice). Entre la France et San Francisco, il a développé des algorithmes de traitements big data et des approches sémantiques de haut vol, tout en continuant de développer sa vision produit pour piloter ses business. Dans cet épisode on revient sur l’aventure entrepreneurial de Philippe, les victoires, les difficultés, et les enseignements que l’on peut tirer de sa carrière avant d’ouvrir sur sa mission actuelle en tant que CTO de JOLT Capital. --- La recommandation de lecture de Philippe, Termination Shock, Neal Stephenson (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/57094295)

3. 

   15 Oct 2022

   #22 L'évolution de la boîte à outils du Data Scientist

   Dans l’épisode #22 du podcast Post Mortem, je reçois Alex Combessie. Alex est co-fondateur et CEO de Giskard – une solution d’évaluation de modèles d’IA. Avec Alex, on revient sur les différentes prises de consciences qui ont touché les équipes data autour de la mise en production de projets IA. On s’interroge également sur la disponibilité de l’outillage des équipes data & IA, notamment dans le cas de l’error analysis afin d’assurer que l’introduction de régression « ML » est maitrisée. Bibliographie - Applying ML – Blog de Eugene Yan, https://applyingml.com/ (https://applyingml.com/) - Blog Post de Giskard sur le ML - https://www.giskard.ai/knowledge-categories/blog (https://www.giskard.ai/knowledge-categories/blog) - Le cours de Andrew NG sur l’error analysis, « Carrying Out Error Analysis (C3W2L01) » - issue de la specialization Structuring Machine Learning Projects (Course 3 of the Deep Learning Specialization) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoAxZsdw_3w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoAxZsdw_3w)

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