The PRQL: Balancing Safety and Innovation for AI with Soheil Koushan of Anthropic

September 23, 2024

In this bonus episode, Eric and John preview their upcoming conversation with Soheil Koushan of Anthropic.

Notes:

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Transcription:

Eric Dodds 00:03
Welcome to the data stack show prequel. This is a short bonus episode where we preview the upcoming show. You’ll get to meet our guest and hear about the topics we’re going to cover. If they’re interesting to you, you can catch the full length show when it drops on Wednesday. Welcome back to the show. We are here with Soheil Koushan from Anthropic. Soheil, we’re so excited to chat with you. Thanks for giving us some time. Yeah, of course, I’m really excited to be here. All right. Well, give us just a brief background.

Soheil Koushan 00:33
So I started working in AI in 2018 self driving was my first gig. I worked on five for five years at a self driving trucking company called embark, trying to make big rigs that drive themselves. And then continued my work in AI by joining Anthropic I joined earlier this year, and I’ve been working on making cloud better for various use cases, especially in the knowledge work domain.

John Wessel 00:58
So so hail, we talked about so many topics before the show, it is hard to pick a favorite, but I’m really excited about talking use cases and talking about common mistakes people make when interacting with llms. What are some topics you’re excited about? Yeah, I

Soheil Koushan 01:13
think I’d love to just like, talk a bit about the anthropic philosophy, our convictions around safety and our theory of change, and then just talk also about where I think things are going from here. Awesome.

John Wessel 01:23
Let’s dig in.

Eric Dodds 01:26
All right. That’s a wrap for the prequel, the full length episode will drop Wednesday morning. Subscribe now so you don’t miss it.