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) ➞ Link to Track: https://youtu.be/d8Y2sKIgFWc 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