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AI Applied Fluency

AI Applied Fluency

Written by: Robert Moran
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This is AI Applied Fluency. The podcast that makes artificial intelligence… make sense. We cut through the noise to bring you *clarity*, context*, and *real-world relevance*— No hype. No jargon. No BS.Robert Moran
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  • 005: AI/Human Bonding, Hacking, and Jailbreaking with Andrew Mead
    Dec 21 2025

    Listen in as we talk with Andrew Mead, Principal consultant at Vector Lab and host of the "AI News by the Vector Lab" podcast.


    Andrew is a Machine Learning engineer focused on code generation and local AI.


    In the episode he shares his knowledge about:


    --AI & Human Bonding

    --Character.ai and Noam Shazeer

    --Shared history with the LLM

    --System prompts vs Input prompts

    --Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

    --Summarizing a Chat and Starting Fresh vs Long Single Conversation

    --Mental Health, Suicide

    --Dropping F-bombs, Harmful Activity

    --Guardrails that Benchmark LLM Safety

    --Jailbreaks, Jailbreaking



    Vector Lab is an AI consultancy that provides comprehensive AI resources to help you stay informed, implement solutions, and grow your business.


    --Weekly AI news

    --Expert consulting, and

    --Practical guides for software engineers, business leaders, and AI enthusiasts.


    Andrew received his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from UMass Amherst. Prior to launching Vector Lab he worked at several tech companies including Amazon on the Alexa project. He is also an integral part of the team at Sundai.Club and their weekly AI Hackathons at MIT in Cambridge.




    GUEST LINKS

    ===========

    Newsletter Sign-up

    https://vectorlab.dev/news/


    AI News by the Vector Lab (Andrew's podcast)

    https://open.spotify.com/show/7LKYxvGAGSj1pso4aklh9O


    Vector Labs (Andrew's AI Consultancy)

    https://vectorlab.dev/


    LinkedIn profile for Andrew Mead

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewmead10/


    Sundai.Club (Weekly AI Hackathons at MIT)

    https://www.sundai.club/




    HOST LINKS

    ==========

    Robert Moran

    Boston, MA


    LinkedIn profile

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobmoran/


    Director Audience, Community, and Revenue

    Howland, Gorham & Wolf Productions

    E: Robert (at) hgandw.com




    STATION LINKS

    =============

    Brookline Interactive Group (BIG)

    46 Tappan St, Brookline, MA 02445

    https//brooklineinteractive.org


    BIG is an integrated media and technology education center and a community media hub for Brookline, MA and the region. BIG facilitates diverse community dialogue, incubates and funds hyperlocal storytelling, arts, journalism, media literacy, and technology projects, including Virtual Reality (VR), and serves over 500 youth and adults annually through innovative classes and partnerships.



    BIG on Instagram

    https://www.instagram.com/brooklineinteractive/



    The BIG Newsletter Archive

    https://us13.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=7992ace09f245d6a5d4410c3f&id=d0ba9e849c






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    29 mins
  • 004: Training the Model and More with Andrew Mead
    Dec 12 2025

    Listen in as we talk with Andrew Mead, Founder of Vector Lab and host of an AI podcast.


    Andrew is a Machine Learning engineer focused on code generation and local AI.


    In the episode he shares his knowledge about


    --how AI companies train their Large Language Models (LLM's)

    --astronomical hiring salaries at Meta for AI engineers

    --AlphaGo

    --the Protein Folding Problem & the AlphaFold model

    --Reinforcement learning & Gradient descent

    --ChatGPT 4.0's fan base community


    Vector Lab is an AI consultancy that provides comprehensive AI resources to help you stay informed, implement solutions, and grow your business.


    --Weekly AI news

    --Expert consulting, and

    --Practical guides for software engineers, business leaders, and AI enthusiasts.


    Andrew received his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from UMass Amherst. Prior to launching Vector Lab he worked at several tech companies including Amazon on the Alexa project. He is also an integral part of the team at Sundai.Club and their weekly AI Hackathons at MIT in Cambridge.




    GUEST LINKS

    ===========

    Newsletter Sign-up

    https://vectorlab.dev/news/


    AI News by the Vector Lab (Andrew's podcast)

    https://open.spotify.com/show/7LKYxvGAGSj1pso4aklh9O


    Vector Labs (Andrew's AI Consultancy)

    https://vectorlab.dev/


    LinkedIn profile for Andrew Mead

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewmead10/


    Sundai.Club (Weekly AI Hackathons at MIT)

    https://www.sundai.club/




    HOST LINKS

    ==========

    Robert Moran

    Boston, MA


    LinkedIn profile

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobmoran/


    Director Audience, Community, and Revenue

    Howland, Gorham & Wolf Productions

    E: Robert (at) hgandw.com




    STATION LINKS

    =============

    Brookline Interactive Group (BIG)

    46 Tappan St, Brookline, MA 02445

    https//brooklineinteractive.org


    BIG is an integrated media and technology education center and a community media hub for Brookline, MA and the region. BIG facilitates diverse community dialogue, incubates and funds hyperlocal storytelling, arts, journalism, media literacy, and technology projects, including Virtual Reality (VR), and serves over 500 youth and adults annually through innovative classes and partnerships.



    BIG on Instagram

    https://www.instagram.com/brooklineinteractive/



    The BIG Newsletter Archive

    https://us13.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=7992ace09f245d6a5d4410c3f&id=d0ba9e849c


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    28 mins
  • 003: The Andrew Mead Episode
    Dec 4 2025

    Listen in as we talk with Andrew Mead, principal consultant at Vector Lab and host of an AI podcast


    Andrew is a Machine Learning engineer focused on code generation and local AI.


    In the episode he shares his knowledge about tokens, AI models ChatGPT & Claude, AI hallucinations


    Vector Lab is an AI consultancy that provides comprehensive AI resources to help you stay informed, implement solutions, and grow your business.


    --Weekly AI news

    --Expert consulting, and

    --Practical guides for software engineers, business leaders, and AI enthusiasts.


    Andrew received his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from UMass Amherst. Prior to launching Vector Lab he worked at several tech companies including Amazon on the Alexa project. He is also an integral part of the team at Sundai.Club and their weekly AI Hackathons at MIT in Cambridge.




    GUEST LINKS

    ===========

    Newsletter Sign-up

    https://vectorlab.dev/news/


    AI News by the Vector Lab (Andrew's podcast)

    https://open.spotify.com/show/7LKYxvGAGSj1pso4aklh9O


    Vector Labs (Andrew's AI Consultancy)

    https://vectorlab.dev/


    LinkedIn profile for Andrew Mead

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewmead10/


    Sundai.Club (Weekly AI Hackathons at MIT)

    https://www.sundai.club/




    HOST LINKS

    ==========

    Robert Moran

    Boston, MA


    LinkedIn profile

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobmoran/


    Director Audience, Community, and Revenue

    Howland, Gorham & Wolf Productions

    E: Robert (at) hgandw.com




    STATION LINKS

    =============

    Brookline Interactive Group (BIG)

    46 Tappan St, Brookline, MA 02445

    https//brooklineinteractive.org


    BIG is an integrated media and technology education center and a community media hub for Brookline, MA and the region. BIG facilitates diverse community dialogue, incubates and funds hyperlocal storytelling, arts, journalism, media literacy, and technology projects, including Virtual Reality (VR), and serves over 500 youth and adults annually through innovative classes and partnerships.



    BIG on Instagram

    https://www.instagram.com/brooklineinteractive/



    The BIG Newsletter Archive

    https://us13.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=7992ace09f245d6a5d4410c3f&id=d0ba9e849c






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    33 mins
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