Episode 45 20 Years Before ChatGPT: Neural Networks, Custom Chips & the Future of AI with Samer

Long before ChatGPT made headlines, Samer Hijazi was already deep in AI, from his 2000 thesis on neural networks to designing custom silicon at Tensilica. In this episode, he traces the real turning points of AI history, explains how attention mechanisms changed everything, and reveals how his company AZcare is building AI-powered voice agents for call centers with a candid discussion on AI risk, bias at scale, and why misuse is a human problem, not a machine one.