Alexei Baevski - data2vec and the future of multimodal learning

Alexei Baevski, a researcher at Meta AI one of the creators of data2vec, came on the podcast to talk about how data2vec works and what's next for that research direction, as well as the future of multi-modal learning.

Intro music:
➞ Artist: Ron Gelinas
➞ Track Title: Daybreak Chill Blend (original mix)

0:00 Intro
2:00 Alexei’s background
10:00 Software engineering knowledge
14:10 Role of data2vec in progression
30:00 Delta between student and teacher
38:30 Losing interpreting ability
41:45 Influence of greater abilities
49:15 Wrap-up