Best Human Machine Interaction Podcasts (2025)

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The Story: McLaren F1 Racing's Human-Machine Interaction w/ Zak Brown 32:32

26d ago32:32

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Zak Brown is the CEO of McLaren Racing, the second-oldest Formula 1 team. When he joined in 2016, McLaren was in a difficult spot — lagging behind in race wins, sponsorships, and morale. Brown set out to transform the team by elevating their in-house racing technology and fostering active collaboration. He led the team to win the F1 Constructors’ C…

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AI Cybersecurity Wars, Federal Procurement Shakeup & China’s Rising AI Clout | AI Daily 28/04/25 5:00

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Decipher the collision of AI innovation, regulation, and global competition in today’s critical updates. Summary: Logan Reed breaks down Flashpoint and Palo Alto Networks’ AI security gambits at RSA Conference 2025, the White House’s push for open AI models, and China’s narrowing gap with U.S. AI dominance. Explore how Microsoft’s semantic search r…

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Week in Tech: Run, Robot, Run! 37:28

3d ago37:28

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Should you delete yourself from the internet? This week in the News Roundup, Oz and Karah dig into humanoid robots running a half-marathon, the AI-generated personas helping law enforcement interact with potential suspects and Google’s updated ‘Results About You’ tool. On TechSupport, Jeff Rosenthal, the co-founder of the venture capital firm CIV, …

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The Story: Stargate and the Rise of SoftBank’s Gambling Man w/ Lionel Barber 36:17

5d ago36:17

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Lionel Barber is a journalist, author, and former editor of the Financial Times. He’s interviewed state leaders like former US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. But in Gambling Man: The Wild Ride of Japan’s Masayoshi Son, Barber chronicles the life of SoftBank’s enigmatic CEO from his childhood as an ethnic Korean in Japan…

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Week In Tech: Zuck Takes the Stand 42:29

10d ago42:29

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How would Salvador Dalí have used generative AI? This week in the News Roundup, Oz and Karah dig into this year’s most common uses for generative AI, the rise of code editor, Cursor, and how Google DeepMind’s Veo2 interprets a surrealist screenplay. On TechSupport, The Washington Post’s staff writer, Naomi Nix, discusses the first week of Meta’s an…

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The Story: Me, My TV & My Second Screen w/ Jen Statsky 38:35

12d ago38:35

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Jen Statsky is a comedian, writer, and producer who’s worked on some of TV’s biggest comedies like The Good Place, Parks & Recreation and Broad City. Most recently, she’s been behind the scenes as one of the co-creators of the hit show Hacks. Jen sits down with Karah to talk about how writing and producing for TV has changed in the face of accelera…

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Week in Tech: Tariffs, Ands Or Buts 33:15

17d ago33:15

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What’s a ‘mega API’? This week in the News Roundup, Oz and Karah break down the ever-evolving landscape of tariffs and what it all means for tech companies, Tinder’s ChatGPT-powered dating game, and the rise of ‘Frankenstein’ laptops in India. On TechSupport, The Wall Street Journal’s Family & Tech Columnist Julie Jargon explains how imposter scams…

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The Story: Beyond AI Doom and Gloom w/ Reid Hoffman 42:46

19d ago42:46

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Reid Hoffman is a longtime entrepreneur, venture capitalist and author. Throughout his career, Hoffman has helped build or support some of the biggest tech companies we know today. He was one of PayPal’s first employees, a co-founder of LinkedIn and an early investor and board member for OpenAI. These days, Hoffman spends a lot of time thinking abo…

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Week in Tech: You, Me & Ghibli 41:08

24d ago41:08

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How do LLMs solve math problems? This week in the News Roundup, Oz and Karah explore what AI models could mean for the fashion industry, the humble-but-mighty device our modern world depends on, and what Anthropic’s researchers learned about the inner workings of their LLM. On TechSupport, The Washington Post’s technology reporter Gerrit De Vynck e…

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Breaking the Fourth Wall: When AI Hosts Know They're AI 1:43

25d ago1:43

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This episode explores NotebookLM's interactive podcast capabilities through a self-referential AI dialogue. The discussion covers technical implementation details, real-world business applications, and the philosophical implications of AI systems discussing their own artificial nature.By Logan Reed

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The AI-Powered Learning Revolution: Exploring LCM Through Podcasts 1:23

25d ago1:23

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This episode explores Latent Context Modeling (LCM) through an AI-generated dialogue, demonstrating NotebookLM's ability to transform technical documentation into accessible audio content. The discussion covers core mechanisms, real-world implementations, and future potential of LCM in AI systems.By Logan Reed

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Week in Tech: 23andBankruptcy 37:30

1M ago37:30

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What even is a crypto mixer? This week in the News Roundup, Oz and Karah dig into potential Slack-enabled corporate espionage, the recall of a Kim K-beloved product and the group chat that broke the internet. On TechSupport, The Washington Post’s technology columnist Geoffrey Fowler discusses 23andMe’s financial woes and what it means for the genet…

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The Story: Levittown Deepfakes 31:15

1M ago31:15

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This is the first episode of a new podcast called Levittown. It’s a real-life horror story for the AI generation. In this six-part series from Bloomberg, Kaleidoscope and iHeartPodcasts, reporters Olivia Carville and Margi Murphy take listeners from the quiet suburbs of New York to as far as New Zealand and into the darkest corners of the internet.…

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"Hi" is a versatile term primarily used as an informal greeting in English, equivalent to "hello." Originating in the 1800s from a Kansas Native American usage[1][4], it has become a universal casual salutation ... 2:03

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Generated from AI content.By Logan Reed

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Week in Tech: Careless People, Mindful Chatbots 27:56

1M ago27:56

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How do you calm down a chatbot? This week in the News Roundup, Oz and producer Eliza Dennis dig into the book that Meta doesn’t want you to read, chatbot reactions to stressful stimuli, and the new home of Pokémon Go data. On TechSupport, 404 Media’s Joseph Cox discusses a tool with surprising data scraping capabilities that is used by US agencies …

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The Story: An Innovation Playground w/ Astro Teller 34:22

1M ago34:22

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Astro Teller is Alphabet’s Captain of Moonshots. He oversees projects at X – the moonshot factory behind innovations like Waymo and Google Brain. To celebrate X’s 15 years of pushing boundaries, Astro Teller decided to take listeners inside the factory. On The Moonshot Podcast, inventors and entrepreneurs behind breakthrough technologies reflect on…

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AI Cures Paralysis, UN's Facial Recognition Passports & Weather Warfare Crisis | AI Daily 14/03/25 5:54

2M ago5:54

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Navigate today's most transformative AI breakthroughs and the ethical dilemmas they create. Summary: Logan Reed examines Neuralink's neural bridge restoring movement to paralyzed patients, the UN's controversial AI passport system, and DeepMind's quantum-proof encryption breakthrough. Explore Tesla's educational experiment showing troubling trade-o…

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Week in Tech: Duping Big Tech’s Tech Test 31:34

2M ago31:34

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Could AI help you land an internship? This week in the News Roundup, Oz and producer Eliza Dennis explore the rise of vibecoding, what it means for the future of software development and how one college programmer hopes to reform the Big Tech hiring process. On TechSupport, Oz chats with the founder and researcher of the Exponential View newsletter…

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Fusion Breakthrough, AI Patent Rights & Earthquake Prediction Saves Thousands | AI Daily 13/03/25 6:23

2M ago6:23

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Navigate today's most consequential AI developments—from unlimited energy to algorithmic diplomacy risks. Summary: Logan Reed explores ITER's fusion reactor breakthrough, the Supreme Court's revolutionary AI patent ruling, and Indonesia's life-saving earthquake prediction system. Discover how algorithmic hiring decisions face legal scrutiny and why…

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The Story: What is AI Love? w/ David Eagleman 30:29

2M ago30:29

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David Eagleman is a neuroscientist, author, entrepreneur and host of the podcast Inner Cosmos. In his podcast, he explores how our brains interpret the world and construct reality. Eagleman sits down with Oz to discuss AI relationships, the human urge to anthropomorphize chatbots and the benefits of living on the exponential curve. See omnystudio.c…

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AI’s Lifespan Breakthrough, Rescue Drones & School Surveillance Scandal | AI Daily 09/03/25 4:05

2M ago4:05

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Explore how AI is stretching lifespans, saving lives, and testing the limits of ethics and privacy. Summary: Logan Reed unpacks AI’s leap into longevity science, the drones outperforming humans in disaster zones, and the explosive EduSafe surveillance scandal. Discover how quantum farming is combating famine and why the line between innovation and …

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AI Robots Outthink Humans, Global Bank Heist & Element 151 Breakthrough | AI Daily 10/03/25 4:12

2M ago4:12

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Unpack AI’s leap into human-level reasoning, the chaos of AI-driven cyberwarfare, and the materials revolution rewriting tech’s future. Summary: Logan Reed dissects Boston Dynamics’ reasoning robots, the $200 billion AI cyberattack shaking global finance, and DeepMind’s superconducting element discovery. Explore how South Korea’s AI legal overhaul …

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Global AI Weapons Ban, NASA’s Rebel Rover & Healthcare Data Revolt | AI Daily 08/03/25 4:13

2M ago4:13

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Unpack the seismic shifts in AI ethics, space exploration, and data privacy—and what they mean for humanity’s future. Summary: Logan Reed breaks down the historic treaty banning lethal autonomous weapons, NASA’s Mars rover making autonomous decisions, and the explosive MedData scandal. Explore how AI-driven job losses are fueling policy battles and…

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Quantum AI Blackouts, Microsoft’s Robotics Gambit & Facial Recognition Riots | AI Daily 07/03/25 5:04

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Quantum AI Blackouts, Microsoft’s Robotics Gambit & Facial Recognition Riots | AI Daily 07/03/25 Show Notes: Decipher the chaos and potential of AI’s relentless march into energy, healthcare, and human rights. Summary: Logan Reed unpacks quantum AI’s catastrophic grid failure, Microsoft’s monopoly-defying merger, and London’s facial recognition rio…

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Week in Tech: Can a Woolly Mouse Make a Mammoth? 30:01

2M ago30:01

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What if AI could read your mind? This week in the News Roundup, Oz and producer Eliza Dennis explore the latest tech investment in the US, Meta’s brain-to-text breakthrough and the creation of the woolly mouse. On TechSupport, 404 Media’s Jason Koebler takes us to an AI-generated film festival… spoiler: the tech isn’t there yet. See omnystudio.com/…

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AI vs. Democracy, Climate Chaos Predictions & Louvre’s Robot Artist Revolt | AI Daily 06/03/25 4:44

2M ago4:44

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AI vs. Democracy, Climate Chaos Predictions & Louvre’s Robot Artist Revolt | AI Daily 06/03/25 Show Notes: Navigate the collision of AI, ethics, and human legacy in an era where machines reshape truth, creativity, and survival. Summary: Logan Reed unpacks the EU’s seismic AI regulations, MIT’s climate prediction models sparking global panic, and th…

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Memory-Editing AI, Quantum Internet Wars & Michelin-Star Robot Rebellion | AI Daily 05/03/25 3:48

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Show Notes: Unpack the ethical firestorms and technological leaps defining AI’s relentless march into uncharted territory. Summary: Logan Reed dissects NeuralTech’s memory-altering implants, China’s quantum internet supremacy, and the U.S. law letting corporations dodge AI accountability. Explore how a Michelin-starred AI chef’s self-destruction mi…

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The Story: A Spymaster Sheikh’s AI Ambitions w/ Bradley Hope 31:47

2M ago31:47

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Bradley Hope is a journalist, author and co-founder of Project Brazen, a narrative non-fiction production studio. His piece in Wired, ‘A Spymaster Sheikh Controls a $1.5 Trillion Fortune. He Wants to Use It to Dominate AI,’ outlines how one Gulf royal – Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed al Nahyan – came to control vast sums of sovereign wealth. Hope sits do…

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AI Controls Earth’s Thermostat, Robo-Judges Rule Dubai & Hollywood’s AI Takeover | AI Daily 04/03/25 4:49

2M ago4:49

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Unpack today’s most polarizing AI breakthroughs, where ethics, creativity, and survival hang in the balance. Summary: Logan Reed dissects the UN’s risky bet on AI climate engineering, Dubai’s AI judiciary revolution, and Digital Dawn’s box office dominance—proof that algorithms now rival human creativity. Dive into debates over AI’s role in medicin…

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Quantum Encryption’s AI Paradox, Neuralink’s Thought Leaks & Fusion Energy Breakthrough | AI Daily 03/03/25 5:22

2M ago5:22

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Unpack the seismic AI developments redefining security, privacy, and energy—straight from the frontlines of innovation. Summary: Logan Reed dissects AI’s dual role in creating and destroying “unbreakable” quantum encryption, Neuralink’s brain-chip privacy scandal, and the fusion energy milestone that could end the climate crisis—or ignite new disas…

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AI Asteroid Mining, Quantum Bitcoin Crack & Oscar-Winning Robot Writer | AI Daily 02/03/25 5:26

2M ago5:26

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Logan Reed unpacks AI’s leap into asteroid mining, quantum computing’s demolition of blockchain security, and the Oscar-winning AI script igniting Hollywood’s fury. Explore the dual-edged promise of cancer-curing gene editors, LA’s drone surveillance backlash, and the urgent policy debates these advances demand. Key Topics 1. AI in Space: The Aster…

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NVIDIA’s Trillion-Dollar Lawsuit, AI Grid Collapse & Cancer Detection Breakthrough | AI Daily 01/03/25 5:21

2M ago5:21

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Logan Reed dissects the DOJ’s landmark antitrust case against NVIDIA, Europe’s AI-driven energy crisis, and DeepMind’s cancer detection revolution. Explore how AI is rewriting Hollywood’s creative rules, why autonomous lawyers are entering courtrooms, and the urgent policy debates these advancements ignite. Key Topics 1. NVIDIA’s Monopoly: The CUDA…

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China’s AI Data Crackdown, Neuralink’s 1Gbps Brain Tech & Climate Warnings | AI Daily 28/02/25 5:56

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Navigate today’s AI upheavals with expert insights into regulation, neurotech, and climate science. Episode Summary Logan Reed dissects China’s data sovereignty law reshaping global AI, Neuralink’s unprecedented brain-data breakthrough, Tesla’s drone-driven delivery revolution, and a healthcare AI scandal exposing lethal biases. Plus, AI’s grim cli…

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What the Tech? w/ Jonathan Strickland in Doha 38:53

2M ago38:53

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This week, Oz is on the road, at the Web Summit Qatar, and he’s not alone. Joining him from the iHeart pop-up studio in Doha is a very familiar figure, Jonathan Strickland. Oz and Jonathan sit down to discuss some of the highlights of the Web Summit, including the future of the AI chip race, advances in augmented reality and how news organizations …

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AI Regulation, DeepMind Drug Breakthrough & Saudi Cloud War: Global AI Shakeup | 27/02/25 4:46

2M ago4:46

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Logan Reed unpacks seismic shifts in AI regulation, healthcare, and geopolitics. Explore the EU’s groundbreaking AI Liability Directive, DeepMind’s Parkinson’s breakthrough, Saudi Arabia’s $200B cloud gambit, and the deepfake crisis threatening India’s election. Learn how these events intersect with AI ethics, pharma R&D, and data sovereignty—and w…

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Stargate AI’s $500B Bombshell, Apple’s Texas Chip Revolution & Quantum Encryption Crisis | AI Daily 26/02/25 6:06

2M ago6:06

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Episode Summary In this explosive episode of Tomorrow’s AI Today, Logan Reed dissects four transformative AI events reshaping global industries. From the $500 billion Stargate AI project—a deregulated tech megaproject sparking debates about corporate dominance—to Apple’s semiconductor revolution in Texas and Microsoft’s quantum encryption crisis, w…

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The Story: Russia’s Espionage ‘Laboratory’ w/ Ben Taub 31:58

2M ago31:58

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Ben Taub is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and staff writer at The New Yorker. His piece, “Russia’s Espionage War in the Arctic,” covers tensions at the Russian border with Norway, an area Russia uses as a testing ground for future intelligence operations. Taub sits down with Oz to discuss the technology being used for survival a…

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TechStuff x Part-Time Genius: Redefining ‘Luddite’ w/ Brian Merchant 43:53

2M ago43:53

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This week, TechStuff teams up with Part-Time Genius for a special crossover episode. Oz and Mangesh Hattikudur, host of Part-Time Genius, discuss a largely misunderstood group of machine destroyers. The Luddites. Joining them is tech journalist Brian Merchant, author of Blood in the Machine, to dig into the history of humans fighting against job au…

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The Story: Liar, Liar, Deepfakes on Fire w/ Hany Farid 29:19

2M ago29:19

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Hany Farid is a professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. He's been a leading voice on digital forensics for over two decades—pioneering ways to identify if an image, audio or video has been digitally altered. Since the rise of social media, Farid has kept busy helping news organizations, g…

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Joel Lehman & AI: Innovation Through Divergent Thinking 7:01

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Joel Lehman is a pioneering researcher in artificial intelligence (AI), best known for his work on novelty search and divergent thinking in machine learning. His contributions challenge conventional optimization approaches by emphasizing exploration over direct goal-seeking behavior. Lehman argues that traditional AI algorithms often get stuck in l…

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Kenneth Owen Stanley and AI: Pioneering Evolutionary Creativity 5:24

2M ago5:24

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Kenneth Owen Stanley is a renowned computer scientist best known for his contributions to artificial intelligence, particularly in the fields of evolutionary computation, neuroevolution, and creative AI. His research challenges conventional optimization paradigms by emphasizing the importance of exploration, open-endedness, and divergent thinking i…

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Fei-Fei Li: Shaping the Future of AI with Vision and Ethics 6:13

2M ago6:13

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Fei-Fei Li is a pioneering figure in the field of artificial intelligence, particularly known for her groundbreaking work in computer vision and deep learning. As a professor at Stanford University and co-director of the Stanford Human-Centered AI Institute, she has significantly influenced the development of AI systems that perceive and understand…

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Week in Tech: Musk and Federal Money–A Love Story 28:32

2M ago28:32

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What do the Brits want from Apple? This week in the News Roundup, Oz and producer Eliza Dennis explore how lithium-ion batteries and wildfires don’t mix, the UK government’s demand for a backdoor to iPhones and the James Webb Space Telescope–it rocks! On TechSupport with 404 Media’s Emanuel Maiberg, a new study finds that AI might affect our critic…

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Sepp Hochreiter & AI: The Pioneer of Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) 4:15

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Sepp Hochreiter is a leading figure in the field of artificial intelligence, particularly known for his groundbreaking work on Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks. In 1997, together with Jürgen Schmidhuber, he introduced LSTM, a type of recurrent neural network (RNN) designed to overcome the vanishing gradient problem in deep learning. This inno…

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Risto Miikkulainen & AI: Evolutionary Computation and Neural Networks 4:55

2M ago4:55

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Risto Miikkulainen is a prominent researcher in artificial intelligence, particularly known for his contributions to neural networks, evolutionary computation, and cognitive modeling. As a professor of computer science at the University of Texas at Austin and a key figure at Cognizant AI Labs, he has played a crucial role in advancing neuroevolutio…

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The Story: Denial Isn’t the Answer w/ Geoffrey Hinton 36:18

3M ago36:18

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Geoffrey Hinton is a computer scientist, cognitive psychologist, and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics. His work on artificial neural networks earned him the title, ‘Godfather of AI,’ but in recent years, he’s warned that without adequate safeguards and regulation, there is an “existential threat that will arise when we create digital beings tha…

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Stan Franklin: Bridging Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence 3:59

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Stan Franklin is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI), cognitive science, and autonomous agents. His work focuses on Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and the development of software agents that mimic human-like cognitive processes. Franklin is best known for his LIDA (Learning Intelligent Decision Agent) …

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Yann LeCun: Pioneer of Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence 5:43

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Yann LeCun is one of the most influential figures in artificial intelligence, particularly in the field of deep learning. Born in France in 1960, he has significantly contributed to the advancement of machine learning, neural networks, and computer vision. His groundbreaking work on convolutional neural networks (CNNs) laid the foundation for moder…

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Ronald Williams & AI: A Pioneer in Neural Network Training 4:04

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Ronald Williams is a key figure in the field of artificial intelligence, particularly known for his contributions to neural network training and reinforcement learning. His most notable achievement is co-developing the REINFORCE algorithm, a fundamental method in policy gradient learning that enables neural networks to optimize decisions in uncerta…

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Geoffrey Hinton and the Evolution of Artificial Intelligence 5:12

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Geoffrey Hinton is one of the most influential figures in the development of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in the field of deep learning and neural networks. His groundbreaking research has shaped modern AI systems, enabling advancements in computer vision, natural language processing, and reinforcement learning. The Pioneer of Deep Le…

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