AI and Robot Show, Ep. 6: Sharan Narang (Baidu)
In this episode of the ARCHITECHT AI and Robot Show, Derrick Harris interviews Baidu Research engineer Sharan Narang about the state of deep learning hardware performance. Narang discusses Baidu's DeepBench framework for benchmarking various Nvidia, Intel and ARM-based platforms on various workloads, and shares insights on how Baidu buys hardware and where the space is headed. In the news segment, co-hosts Derrick Harris, Signe Brewster and Chris Albrecht talk about the pros and cons of automation, including Elon Musk's controversial comments, the return of Google Glass, a few useful new robots and one that drove itself into a water fountain.
