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AI Has Mastered Chess, Poker and Go. So Why Do We Keep Playing?
Episode 18
The board game Go has more possible board configurations than there are atoms in the universe.
Because of that seemingly infinite complexity, developi…
1 year, 5 months ago
How Silicon Valley Monopolized Our Imagination
Episode 17
The past few months have seen a series of bold proclamations from the most powerful people in tech.
In September, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta …
1 year, 6 months ago
Margrethe Vestager Fought Big Tech and Won. Her Next Target is AI
Episode 16
Margrethe Vestager has spent the past decade standing up to Silicon Valley. As the EU’s Competition Commissioner, she’s waged landmark legal battles …
1 year, 6 months ago
Bonus ‘Lately’: The Great Decline of Everything Online
Episode 15
We’re off this week, so we’re bringing you an episode from our Globe and Mail sister show Lately.
That creeping feeling that everything online is get…
1 year, 7 months ago
Musk, Money and Misinformation: Tech & The U.S. Election
Episode 14
The tech lobby has quietly turned Silicon Valley into the most powerful political operation in America.
Pro crypto donors are now responsible for alm…
1 year, 7 months ago
Emily St. John Mandel Imagines The Future
Episode 13
What kind of future are we building for ourselves? In some ways, that’s the central question of this show.
It’s also a central question of speculative…
1 year, 8 months ago
Yoshua Bengio Doesn’t Think We’re Ready for Superhuman AI. We’re Building it Anyway.
Episode 12
A couple of weeks ago, I was at this splashy AI conference in Montreal called All In. It was – how should I say this – a bit over the top. There were…
1 year, 8 months ago
There’s a Way to Cool the Planet. Scientists are Terrified of It.
Episode 11
In 2015, 195 countries gathered in Paris to discuss how to address the climate crisis. Although there was plenty they couldn’t agree on, there was on…
1 year, 8 months ago
Gaza is a Window into the Future of War
Episode 10
For nearly a year now, the world has been transfixed – and horrified – by what’s happening in the Gaza Strip. Yet for all the media coverage, there s…
1 year, 9 months ago
Why Journalism Made a Devil’s Bargain with Big Tech
Episode 9
Things do not look good for journalism right now. This year, Bell Media, VICE, and the CBC all announced significant layoffs. In the US, there were c…
1 year, 9 months ago