Podcast Episodes

Are we living in a Simulated Universe? - Highlights - MELVIN VOPSON

Season 11

"We are at a crossroads, a paradigm shift with the emergence of artificial intelligence which is going to transform our planet and mankind that is not even anticipated by the people who created AI te…

Published on 2 years ago

MELVIN VOPSON - Physicist - Author of Reality Reloaded: The Scientific Case for a Simulated Universe

Season 11

Are we living in a Simulated Universe? How will AI impact the future of work, society & education?

Dr. Melvin M. Vopson is Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Portsmouth, Fellow of the…

Published on 2 years ago

Does privacy exist anymore? Or are humans just sets of data to be traded and sold? - Highlights - WENDY WONG - Author of We, the Data

Season 11

"Meta reaches between three and four billion people every day through their platforms, right? That's way more people than any government legitimately can claim to govern. And yet this one company wit…

Published on 2 years ago

WENDY WONG - Author of We, the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age

Season 1

Does privacy exist anymore? Or are humans just sets of data to be traded and sold?

Wendy H. Wong is Professor of Political Science and Principal's Research Chair at the University of British Columbia,…

Published on 2 years ago

MAX BENNETT - Author of A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains - CEO of Alby

Season 1

The more the science of intelligence (both human and artificial) advances, the more it holds the potential for great benefits and dangers to society.

Max Bennett is the cofounder and CEO of Alby, a st…

Published on 2 years ago

HOWARD GARDNER - Author of A Synthesizing Mind & Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences - Co-director of The Good Project

Season 1

How do we define intelligence? What is the point of creativity and intelligence if we are not creating good in the world? In this age of AI, what is the importance of a synthesizing mind?

Howard Gardn…

Published on 2 years ago

What distinguishes our consciousness from AI & machine learning? Highlights: LIAD MUDRIK - Neuroscientist, Tel Aviv University

Season 1

"Even when I send a query to chat GPT. I always say, 'Hi, can I please ask you something?' And when it replies, I say, 'Thank you.' As if I am kind of treating it as a person who cares about whether …

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

LIAD MUDRIK - Neuroscientist - Principal Investigator Liad Mudrik Lab, Tel Aviv University

Season 11

How we think, feel, and experience the world is a mystery. What distinguishes our consciousness from AI and machine learning?

Liad Mudrik studies high level cognition and its neural substrates, focusi…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

How is AI Changing Education, Work & the Way We Learn? - MICHAEL S. ROTH, President of Wesleyan University

Season 11

What is the purpose of education? How are we educating students for the future? What is the importance of the humanities in this age of AI and the rapidly changing workplace?

Michael S. Roth is Presid…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Highlights - MAX STOSSEL - Youth & Education Advisor, Center for Humane Technology, Award-winning Poet

Season 10

"Technology has very much changed the way we read and take in information and shortened it into quick bursts and attention spans. We're living in a new world, for sure. And how do we communicate in t…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago