Careers in social services: opportunities and employability

Iriss.fm, Scotland's social services podcast

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Understanding the Elegant Math Behind Modern Machine Learning 1:14:43

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Artificial intelligence is evolving at an unprecedented pace—what does that mean for the future of technology, venture capital, business, and even our understanding of ourselves? Award-winning journalist and writer Anil Ananthaswamy joins us for our latest episode to discuss his latest book Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI . Anil helps us explore the journey and many breakthroughs that have propelled machine learning from simple perceptrons to the sophisticated algorithms shaping today’s AI revolution, powering GPT and other models. The discussion aims to demystify some of the underlying mathematical concepts that power modern machine learning, to help everyone grasp this technology impacting our lives–even if your last math class was in high school. Anil walks us through the power of scaling laws, the shift from training to inference optimization, and the debate among AI’s pioneers about the road to AGI—should we be concerned, or are we still missing key pieces of the puzzle? The conversation also delves into AI’s philosophical implications—could understanding how machines learn help us better understand ourselves? And what challenges remain before AI systems can truly operate with agency? If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform. Sign up for our newsletter at techsurgepodcast.com for exclusive insights and updates on upcoming TechSurge Live Summits. Links: Read Why Machines Learn, Anil’s latest book on the math behind AI https://www.amazon.com/Why-Machines-Learn-Elegant-Behind/dp/0593185749 Learn more about Anil Ananthaswamy’s work and writing https://anilananthaswamy.com/ Watch Anil Ananthaswamy’s TED Talk on AI and intelligence https://www.ted.com/speakers/anil_ananthaswamy Discover the MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellowship that shaped Anil’s AI research https://ksj.mit.edu/ Understand the Perceptron, the foundation of neural networks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptron Read about the Perceptron Convergence Theorem and its significance https://www.nature.com/articles/323533a0…

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The social services sector is growing and this means there are opportunities for people looking for a new career, whether that’s people changing jobs or people who are just starting out.

So what are these opportunities, and what role can employment support workers have in helping this important workforce to grow sustainably?

We speak to Kerry Cannon, Learning and Development Adviser at the Scottish Social Services Council and Susie Ferguson, Partnership Manager at the Department for Work and Pensions about current recruitment opportunities and the important role employability organisations can have in supporting these.

This will be interesting to people working in employment support, such as work coaches and key workers; and employers and those with an interest in social services workforce planning.

Topics:

Information about the life changing work available in social services, including childcare, social care and social work.
Information to support workforce planning including types of contract, salary, typical hours, reasons for vacancies and opportunities for flexible pathways.
The role that work coaches and employability key workers can have in supporting social service employers with sustainable recruitment.

Resources

Career stories and learning pathways.

Data about the social service workforce.

Learn more about the role of the SSSC and registration.

Follow the stories of employers and social service organisations at #LifeChangingWork

Transcript of episode.

Music Credit: Make your dream a reality by Scott Holmes.

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#Science #Social Sciences #Social Services #Social Work #Social Care #Scotland #Iriss #Podcasting Education

Iriss.fm, Scotland's social services podcast

Careers in social services: opportunities and employability

Iriss.fm, Scotland's social services podcast

published منذ 4 أعوام

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The social services sector is growing and this means there are opportunities for people looking for a new career, whether that’s people changing jobs or people who are just starting out.

So what are these opportunities, and what role can employment support workers have in helping this important workforce to grow sustainably?

This will be interesting to people working in employment support, such as work coaches and key workers; and employers and those with an interest in social services workforce planning.

Topics:

Information about the life changing work available in social services, including childcare, social care and social work.
Information to support workforce planning including types of contract, salary, typical hours, reasons for vacancies and opportunities for flexible pathways.
The role that work coaches and employability key workers can have in supporting social service employers with sustainable recruitment.

Resources

Career stories and learning pathways.

Data about the social service workforce.

Learn more about the role of the SSSC and registration.

Follow the stories of employers and social service organisations at #LifeChangingWork

Transcript of episode.

Music Credit: Make your dream a reality by Scott Holmes.

665 حلقات

#Science #Social Sciences #Social Services #Social Work #Social Care #Scotland #Iriss #Podcasting Education

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