Podcast Episodes

How can we ensure that AI is aligned with human values? - RAPHAËL MILLIÈRE

Season 2

How can we ensure that AI is aligned with human values? What can AI teach us about human cognition and creativity?

Dr. Raphaël Millière is Assistant Professor in Philosophy of AI at Macquarie Universi…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Is understanding AI a bigger question than understanding the origin of the universe? - Highlights, NEIL JOHNSON

Season 2

“It gets back to this core question. I just wish I was a young scientist going into this because that's the question to answer: Why AI comes out with what it does. That's the burning question. It's l…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

How can physics help solve real world problems? - NEIL JOHNSON, Head of Dynamic Online Networks Lab

Season 2

How can physics help solve messy, real world problems? How can we embrace the possibilities of AI while limiting existential risk and abuse by bad actors?

Neil Johnson is a physics professor at George…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Exploring Consciousness, AI & Creativity with JOSEPH LEDOUX - Highlights

Season 1

“We've got four billion years of biological accidents that created all of the intricate aspects of everything about life, including consciousness. And it's about what's going on in each of those cell…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

How does the brain process emotions and music? JOSEPH LEDOUX - Neuroscientist, Author, Musician

Season 1

How does the brain process emotions? How are emotional memories formed and stored in the brain, and how do they influence behavior, perception, and decision-making? How does music help us understand …

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Emotional Intelligence in the Age of AI - Highlights - DANIEL GOLEMAN

Season 1

“AI is brilliant at cognitive empathy. However, the next kind is emotional empathy. Emotional empathy means: I know what you feel because I'm feeling it too. And this has to do with circuitry in the …

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Author of Emotional Intelligence DANIEL GOLEMAN on Focus, Balance & Optimal Living

Season 1

How can we enhance our emotional intelligence and avoid burnout in a changing world? How can we regain focus and perform in an optimal state? What do we mean by ecological intelligence?

Daniel Goleman…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Feminism, Resistance & AI in the Global South w/ INTAN PARAMADITHA - Author of The Wandering

Season 1

“I've been playing with AI just to see what it can do. People who are not privileged with the skills of conceptualizing, the skills of abstract thinking, they will be replaced. And I'm just thinking …

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Exploring Science, Music, AI & Consciousness with MAX COOPER - Highlights

Season 1

“As technology becomes more dominant, the arts become ever more important for us to stay in touch the things that the sciences can't tackle. What it's actually like to be a person? What's actually im…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

What can music teach us that science can’t? - MAX COOPER - Musician, Fmr. Computational Biologist

Season 12

How is being an artist different than a machine that is programmed to perform a set of actions? How can we stop thinking about artworks as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for exper…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago