The Thread - S2
Season Two: Documentary Series (2024-25)
In this fascinating episode of The Thread, Dave Ferrucci, Founder and CEO of Elemental Cognition, takes us on the intensely personal journey that led him to become one of the world’s leading architects of artificial intelligence. Ferrucci famously led the IBM Watson team that designed the first computer system that won on Jeopardy! Now his mission is to design artificial intelligence systems that combine the ChatGPT large language models (LLM) with reasoning engines that offer greater protection from the potential dangers of AI. Dave Ferrucci is a true visionary. His unique gift is his ability to put technology in human terms that help us see the future with hope and excitement.