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Social Media Bans Are Wildly Popular. They Might Also Be a Mistake.
Episode 48
Towards the end of last year, Australia did something no other country had ever tried: it banned social media for kids under 16. And a bunch of other…
4 hours ago
Animals are Talking to Each Other. Can AI Help Us Understand Them?
Episode 47
The people running technology companies love to make wild predictions about the future. They’ve told us that artificial intelligence will cure cancer…
1 month ago
Does 21st Century Politics Still Need Politicians?
Episode 46
When Prime Minister Mark Carney took the floor at the recent Liberal convention, he described a future where AI benefits all Canadians – not just a l…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Michael Pollan Says AI Isn’t Conscious – But Plants Might Be
Episode 45
Four years ago, a Google engineer named Blake Lemoine went public with a strange claim: he thought the large language model he’d been working on had …
2 months ago
Why Did We Stop Talking About The AI Apocalypse?
Episode 44
Just a few years ago, it seemed like all anyone in AI wanted to talk about was existential risk – this idea that an artificial super intelligence cou…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
In the Wake of Tumbler Ridge, Can We Trade Privacy for Safety?
Episode 43
On Feb. 10, 2026, an 18-year-old opened fire at a high school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., killing eight people before turning a gun on herself. In the we…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
When Did Common Sense AI Policy Become Radical?
Episode 11
A couple of months ago, I joined the Canadian government’s AI strategy task force. Out of thirty members, I was one of only four focused on safety. E…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Bonus: Inside the New Social Media Platform for AI Agents
Episode 42
Scrolling through Moltbook, the new social-media platform for AI agents, is a bit like walking into a fever dream. There are threads where bots debat…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The Future According to Gen Z
Episode 41
No one has adopted artificial intelligence more enthusiastically than Gen Z. And not just to help with their homework. Half of American teens are in …
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Is China Winning the Technological Arms Race?
Episode 39
If we don’t build it, China will.
That’s the rallying cry of the tech companies and governments racing to develop artificial intelligence as fast as h…
4 months, 1 week ago