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Short Stuff: Inside the UK’s Most Powerful AI Supercomputer
Season 2 Episode 12
In this episode, Kieren and Riku get a guided tour of Isambard-AI – the UK’s most powerful supercomputer, ranked 11th most powerful and 4th greenest …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
#26 - AI Rights and Consciousness
Season 1 Episode 26
In this episode, Kieren and Riku tackle the polarising question of whether AI deserves legal rights and if consciousness is actually the right metric…
10 months ago
Short Stuff: Which Chatbot is Best for You?
Season 2 Episode 11
In this Short Stuff episode, Kieren and Riku ask which chatbot is actually best for you? With so many models (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and now m…
11 months ago
#25 - The Most Important Conversation About AI
Season 1 Episode 25
In this pivotal episode, Kieren and Riku are joined by Dr Huw Day, researcher and co-organiser of Data Ethics Club at the University of Bristol — an …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Short Stuff: Is the AI Bubble About to Burst?
Season 2 Episode 10
In this Short Stuff episode, Kieren and Riku ask whether today's AI boom is overheating. They weigh up record-breaking valuations and concentrated ma…
1 year ago
#24 - AlphaFold: AI’s Biggest Breakthrough — with Dr Jennifer Fleming, Coordinator, Protein Data Bank in Europe (AIBIO-UK Mini-Series)
Season 1 Episode 24
In this episode, Kieren and Riku unpack AlphaFold, widely hailed as one of AI’s biggest breakthroughs. We demystify the staggeringly hard problem of …
1 year ago
Short Stuff: How Can We Trust AI? The Case for Open Source
Season 2 Episode 9
In this Short Stuff episode, Kieren and Riku ask a simple question: how can we trust chatbots with our most personal data? They unpack what "open so…
1 year, 1 month ago
#23 - How AI Understands Your DNA — with Prof Ewan Birney, Non-Executive Director at Genomics England (AIBIO-UK Mini-Series)
Season 1 Episode 23
In this special episode, hosts Kieren and Riku welcome Professor Ewan Birney, a pioneer of the Human Genome Project, to explore how AI helps us under…
1 year, 1 month ago
Short Stuff: AI’s Drinking All the Water!
Season 2 Episode 8
In this Short Stuff episode, Kieren and Riku dive into the hidden cost of AI: its thirst! They unpack why data centres are guzzling billions of litre…
1 year, 2 months ago
#22 - Is ChatGPT Making Us Stupid?
Season 1 Episode 22
Join Kieren and Riku as they ask: Is ChatGPT Making Us Stupid? This episode explores the long-term impacts of AI chatbots on human intelligence and k…
1 year, 2 months ago