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The Cybersecurity Crisis Is About More Than “Rogue AI” (with V.S. Subrahmanian)
AI is making cyberattacks cheaper, faster, and more sophisticated. Recent reports of autonomous agents compromising Hugging Face show how quickly mis…
9 hours ago
Will We Still Learn Languages When Machines Can Translate? (with Abby Walker)
Live AI translation tools are making it easier to converse across languages without a human translator, a phrasebook, or years of study. So will we a…
2 weeks ago
AI, Artists, and the Future of Creative Work
Generative AI is able to conjure new images, stories, and songs at lightning speed. So what does this mean for humans artists, storytellers, and mus…
4 weeks ago
Why AI Might Not Change Education Much at All (with Justin Reich)
“AI will revolutionize education!”
“No, it will destroy it!”
Well, which is it?
If history is any guide, the impact will be limited in either direct…
1 month, 1 week ago
An Optimist’s Take on AI and the Future of Learning (with Sébastien Martin)
As AI tools spread through classrooms, many educators see a “cheating factory.” Kellogg Professor Sébastien Martin sees things differently: as a ch…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Our Chatbot Friends and Lovers (with Pat Pataranutaporn)
What does a healthy relationship with AI look like? Pat Pataranutaporn, researcher at the MIT Media Lab, explores how chatbots can either support or …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Chatbots Don’t Fool Us, We Fool Ourselves (with Joshua Jay)
When people go to a magic show, they expect to be fooled. That’s part of the fun. And magician Joshua Jay says much of the magician’s work is helping…
2 months ago
Does AI Have to Be Bad News for the Planet? (with Meghan Busse)
Are you hurting the planet every time you query a chatbot? Economist Meghan Busse suggests that may be the wrong question. In this episode, we zoom o…
2 months, 1 week ago
To Thrive Alongside AI, Find the Bottlenecks (with Ben Jones)
Will AI actually take over every job ever? Economist Ben Jones doesn't think so. Drawing from historical evidence around innovation, Jones argues tha…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Coming July 15th! Life, Automated
Life, Automated explores the surreal, exciting, and occasionally terrifying ways AI and automation are reshaping our daily lives.
Through thoughtful c…
3 months, 1 week ago