Podcast Episodes

Creative Technology at Pixar

Season 1 Episode 64

Danielle Feinberg is a Visual Effects Supervisor at Pixar Animation Studios. Danielle’s problem is this: How do you optimize technology so that you can spend more time being creative?

Danielle Feinbe…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

How To Make AI Safer & More Reliable

Season 1 Episode 63

Yaron Singer is the founder and CEO of Robust Intelligence. Yaron’s problem is this: How do you reduce AI’s security and reliability risks?

Yaron was a computer science professor at Harvard and worke…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Quantum Computers Could Change Everything

Season 1 Episode 62

Chris Monroe is the co-founder and chief scientist of IonQ. Chris’s problem is this: How do you build a quantum computer that will actually work? Quantum computing has the potential to transform fiel…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

The 2023 Unhedged Stock Draft

Season 1

Seven stocks are powering the market: Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla. How will they do in the second half of this year? Ethan Wu hosts as Rob ‘Value This’ Armstrong takes …

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Predicting Human Health with AI

Season 1 Episode 61

Charles Fisher is the co-founder and CEO of Unlearn AI. Charles’ problem is this: How do you build an AI model that can predict human health?

Charles and his colleagues have built a predictive model …

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Breastfeeding, Black Market Baby Formula, and Bobbie

Season 1 Episode 60

Laura Modi is the founder and CEO of Bobbie, a company that makes baby formula and sells it directly to parents. Laura’s problem is this: how do you launch a startup in a highly regulated industry th…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Making Immigration Cheaper & Easier

Season 1 Episode 59

Xiao Wang is the founder of a company called Boundless. Xiao’s problem is this: How do you make it cheaper and easier for people to navigate the U.S. immigration system?

Xiao moved to the U.S. from C…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

The Wind Power Pioneer Still Pushing the Frontier

Season 1 Episode 58

Henrik Stiesdal got his start in wind power back in the 70s. The price of oil had gone way up, and he wanted to help his parents figure out a cheaper source of electricity for their farm. He went on …

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

The Mystery at the Heart of ChatGPT

Season 1 Episode 57

One of the most amazing things about ChatGPT and other, similar AI models: Nobody really understands what they can do. Not even the people who build them. On today’s show, we talk with Sam Bowman abo…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Scrubbing Carbon from the Air

Season 1 Episode 56

Dan Friedmann is the CEO of Carbon Engineering. The company is at the frontier of a new industry, direct air capture. They just broke ground on a big plant in Texas that will pull carbon dioxide out …

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago