Podcast Episodes

Can and Should We Create Conscious Machines - with Dr. Peter Boltuc

Dr. Peter Boltuc has a PhD in Philosophy and is currently a Professor at University of Illinois Springfield.  His background in Moral and Political Philosophy has leveraged his research into the subj…

Published on 10 years, 4 months ago

What Our Brains are Good at, and Bad at, and Why That Matters - with Dr. Gary Marcus

Dr. Gary Marcus is the Director of the NYU Center for Language and Music, and Professor of Psychology at New York University, and is author of well known books such as The Birth of the Mind, The …

Published on 10 years, 4 months ago

Public Opinion Around Artificial Intelligence, is the Media Helping or Hurting? - with Dr. Joanne Pransky

Dr. Joanne Pransky received her doctorate from Tufts University in the mid 1980's, and began championing public awareness and exposure to robotics and AI technology, playfully calling herself the "f…

Published on 10 years, 5 months ago

We're Cyborg's Now, but Here's What Cyborg's Will Be in the Future - with Dr. Chris Hables Gray

Dr. Hables Gray graduated with a PhD in applied philosophy from UCAL Santa Cruz, and is best known for his writings on technology, war, and cyborgs (the combination of organic and inorganic, the ev…

Published on 10 years, 5 months ago

The Work and Death - an Interview with Filmmaker Sean Blacknell

Sean Blacknell has spent the last year working on a filmed called "The Future of Work and Death," based on interviews with futurists, economists, philosophers, and other experts - with an aim to br…

Published on 10 years, 5 months ago

The Kind of Artificial Intelligence That Google Doesn't Care to Build - with Dr. Roger Shank

Dr. Roger Schank received his PhD from Stanford, taught at Yale, and altogether has spent around three decades attempting to solve the big problems of artificial intelligence.

In this interview, …

Published on 10 years, 5 months ago

Computers Do Their Own Kind of "Creative," Not Like Ours - with MIT's Nick Montfort

Dr. Nick Montfort doesn't hold Shakespeare and DaVinci as the high water mark of "creativity," nor does he believe that human creative endeavor is the only worthwhile kind.

In this interview, …

Published on 10 years, 6 months ago

How "Ordinary" Civilian Needs Drive "Extraordinary" Biotech Advancement - with UPENN's Jonathan Moreno

Dr. Jonathan Moreno's book "Mind Wars" has contributed to his current reputation as one of the most prominent bioethicists in America today.

In this interview, Dr. Moreno shares his thoughts a…

Published on 10 years, 6 months ago

Inevitably Transhuman - Human Nature's Momentum Beyond Itself - with Neuroscientist and Philosopher Nayef Al-Rodhan

Published on 10 years, 6 months ago

Did the Evolution of the Brain… Evolve Our Morality? - Interview with Neurophilosopher Dr. Patricia Churchland

Published on 10 years, 6 months ago