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Is AI your next hire? | Fixable
What do you do when there’s too much work but not enough people to do it? Bring in some support! This week, Anne and Frances talk to a listener whose expert sales team can no longer keep up with ever…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Why AI is our ultimate test and greatest invitation | Tristan Harris
Technologist Tristan Harris has an urgent question: What if the way we’re deploying the world’s most powerful technology — artificial intelligence — isn’t inevitable, but a choice? In this eye-openin…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Are we cooked? How social media shapes your language | Adam Aleksic
Gen Z slang is rife with new words like "unalive," "skibidi" and "rizz." Where do these words come from — and how do they get popular so fast? Linguist Adam Aleksic explores how the forces of social …
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
The best way to lower Earth’s temperature — fast | Daniel Zavala-Araiza
There's an invisible super-pollutant heating up the planet — but it's surprisingly easy to reduce, if we try. Revealing how methane contributes (way) more in the short term to global warming than car…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Are we still human if robots help raise our babies? | Sarah Blaffer Hrdy (Kelly Corrigan takeover)
AI is transforming the way we work — could it also reshape what makes us human? In this quick and insightful talk, evolutionary anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy explores how the human brain was shap…
Published on 3 months ago
Can AI companions help heal loneliness? | Eugenia Kuyda
AI companions could either be the cure to our loneliness epidemic … or humanity’s final downfall, says Eugenia Kuyda, creator of Replika — an app that allows you to create AI friends. She explores th…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
Why are we sending critical metals to the dump? | Jeff More
The world is heading toward a massive copper shortage that could derail the clean energy transition, says mining expert Jeff More. He shows how advanced sensing technology could get us back on the ri…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Information Inoculation: Defending Against Medical Myths: Why we need to fight misinformation about vaccines | TED Health
Ethan Lindenberger never got vaccinated as a kid. So one day, he went on Reddit and asked a simple question: "Where do I go to get vaccinated?" The post went viral, landing Lindenberger in the middle…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
What a wolf’s howl can tell us about the future of AI | Jeffrey T. Reed
“Everybody likes nature, even though we’re watching it slowly degrade away. And that’s the big challenge of our time,” says linguist software engineer Jeffrey T. Reed, a research affiliate with the C…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
The best invention since sliced bread? | Rachel Yang
Industrial manufacturers spend a huge amount of energy generating heat to make everyday materials and objects, like cement, steel, and paper. And since most companies use fossil fuels to reach these …
Published on 4 months ago