Podcast Episodes

Rethinking AI’s Chip

Season 2 Episode 22

Meet the CEO of Cerebras Systems in the latest installment of our oral history project.

We Meet: 

Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman

Credits:

This episode of SHIFT was produced by Jennifer Strong with help fro…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Discovering Drugs with AI

Season 2 Episode 21

Artificial intelligence is playing an increasingly important role in the way new drugs are discovered. It’s radically changing how this process works, and speeding up the development of new therapies…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Meet MAMA, the Mothers Fighting Against Media Addiction

Season 2 Episode 20

We know that kids spending time on social media are more likely to experience depression and anxiety. Less clear, and far more contentious, is the role we expect of schools, governments, and tech com…

Published on 5 months ago

Get Ready for AI Colleagues

Season 2 Episode 19

Anyone who’s had a job, knows what it means to have co-workers, but what happens when your colleague is an AI agent? As AI enters the workforce, we explore this question and more in the latest instal…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Companion Robots for Older Adults

Season 2 Episode 18

We meet a founder questioning the wisdom of the Turing Test as he works to address the loneliness epidemic among the elderly, in the latest installment of our oral history project.

We Meet: 

Intuition…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

SpaceTech is Booming

Season 2 Episode 17

A live conversation about the state of the space economy with the first Arab woman to fly to space and with a leading space investor. This episode was taped at the Middle East's largest tech event, w…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Helping AI Agents Spend Your Money

Season 2 Episode 16

In the not too distant future we might use AI agents for all sorts of things, though for now payments remain an obstacle because they can’t spend money without human help. 

We Meet: 

Amir Sarhangi, CEO…

Published on 6 months ago

The Alignment Problem

Season 2 Episode 15

Despite our best efforts, sometimes what we say we want isn’t precisely what we mean. Nowhere is that felt more acutely than when we’re giving instructions to a machine, whether that’s coding or offe…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Optimizing the Farm

Season 2 Episode 14

We chat with Organic Valley in the latest installment of our oral history project.

We Meet: 

Joshua Krzych, interim CIO at Organic Valley

Credits:

This episode of SHIFT was produced by Jennifer Strong wi…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Video Calls in 3D - Hold the Glasses

Season 2 Episode 13

In this encore episode, we tour Google's Project Starline at the 2024 TED Conference in Vancouver.

We Meet:

Andrew Nartker from Google’s Project Starline 

Credits:

This episode of SHIFT was produced by J…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago