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Can a Chatbot Treat Depression?
Season 1 Episode 135
Nick Jacobson and his team at Dartmouth medical school spent over 100,000 hours trying to build an AI chatbot that can serve as a safe, effective the…
1 year, 5 months ago
Will AI Radically Change the World by 2027?... from Risky Business
Season 1
This week, Nate and Maria discuss AI 2027, a new report from the AI Futures Project that lays out some pretty doom-y scenarios for our near-term AI f…
1 year, 5 months ago
Is the Future of Flight Supersonic?
Season 1 Episode 134
Blake Scholl is the founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic. Blake's problem is this: Can you build a commercial airplane that flies faster than the speed…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Secrets of Silk
Season 1 Episode 133
Fiorenzo Omenetto is a professor of biomedical engineering at Tufts University and the director of Silklab. Fiorenzo's problem is this: How do you tu…
1 year, 5 months ago
Infiltrating an International Ransomware Gang
Season 1
A few years ago, a ransomware gang called LockBit rose from obscurity to extort over $100 million from organizations around the world. A security str…
1 year, 5 months ago
Preparing for the Future of War
Season 1 Episode 132
Christopher Kirchhoff helped launch a Defense Department office that aimed to bring Silicon Valley technology to the US military. Christopher’s prob…
1 year, 6 months ago
Stopping HIV Without a Vaccine
Season 1 Episode 131
Jared Baeten is senior vice president in virology at Gilead Sciences. Jared's problem is this: In a world without a vaccine, how do you make a medici…
1 year, 6 months ago
Harnessing the Heat Deep Beneath Our Feet
Season 1 Episode 130
Carlos Araque is the co-founder and CEO of Quaise Energy. Carlos' problem is this: How do you make drilling for geothermal energy as routine, widespr…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Brain Implant That Could Change Medicine
Season 1 Episode 129
Ben Rapoport is the co-founder and CSO of Precision Neuroscience. Ben's problem is this: Can you build a device that allows a paralyzed person to use…
1 year, 7 months ago
Building a Mass Market Robot
Season 1 Episode 128
Jeff Cardenas is the co-founder and CEO of Apptronik. Jeff's problem is this: Can you make a safe, reliable humanoid robot – for less than $50,000?
I…
1 year, 7 months ago