Best Matthew Boyer Podcasts (2025)

1
Understanding the Next Battle Ground for Tech and the Power of Play with Kaave Pour from Space10 1:01:33

10M ago1:01:33

1:01:33

In this episode, Kaave Pour, the co-founder of Space 10, a company dedicated to improving everyday life for people and the planet, and I discuss how to navigate uncertainty and create spaces for collaboration. Kaave shares insights on the importance of VALUES and how they can evolve as a company grows. We also explored the role of play in work, and…

1
Emergent Design and the Art of Taming Chaos with Matthew Claudel 52:44

1y ago52:44

52:44

In this podcast episode, Matthew Claudel, the founder of Field States, shares valuable insights on emergent design and managing complexity. We discuss the importance of experimentation, learning from failures, and the role of curiosity in driving innovation. Matthew offers a thought-provoking discussion on how cities learn and evolve, with useful l…

1
Optimizing for Luck and Calibrating your Uncertainty Compass with Alexander Vilinskyy 53:10

1y ago53:10

53:10

In this episode, Alexander Vilinskyy talks about his perspectives on embracing chaos, innovation, and learning from mistakes. We dive into the importance of junior team members and why we should optimize for luck. We also touch on the future of devices and interaction - where I learned about how we can potentially interact with devices in a near fu…

1
Design, Complexity, and the Intersection of Cities and Technology with Brian Boyer 48:39

1y ago48:39

48:39

In this episode, Brian Boyer, co-founder of Dash Marshall and director of the Urban Technology program at the University of Michigan, shares his insights on navigating the complexities of design and the intersection of cities and technology. We discussed the difference between complexity and opacity, the value of design in decision-making, and the …

1
A Masterclass on Navigating Chaos and Complexity in Business with Benjamin Yoskovitz 56:21

1y ago56:21

56:21

In this episode, Benjamin Yoskovitz, Founding Partner at Highline Beta, shares valuable insights on navigating the complexities of business and life. We discusses the importance of identifying trends and patterns in the market, balancing chaos and creativity, and making data-driven decisions amidst chaotic information. Benjamin also shares lessons …

1
Jitendra Malik: Building AI from the ground-up, sensorimotor before language 1:15:50

2y ago1:15:50

1:15:50

Jitendra Malik, Professor of EECS at UC Berkeley discusses with host Pieter Abbeel building AI from the ground-up and sensorimotor before language. Subscribe to the Robot Brains Podcast today | Visit therobotbrains.ai and follow us on YouTube at TheRobotBrainsPodcast and Twitter at @pabbeel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati…

1
Seb Boyer of Farmwise: AI that helps feed the world 50:26

2y ago50:26

50:26

Seb Boyer of Farmwise discusses with host Pieter Abbeel AI that helps feed the world. Subscribe to the Robot Brains Podcast today | Visit therobotbrains.ai and follow us on YouTube at TheRobotBrainsPodcast and Twitter at @pabbeel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1
John Schulman of OpenAI on ChatGPT: invention, capabilities and limitations 42:29

2y ago42:29

42:29

John Schulman, co-founder OpenAI, discusses with host Pieter Abbeel the invention, capabilities, and limitations of ChatGPT. Subscribe to the Robot Brains Podcast today | Visit therobotbrains.ai and follow us on YouTube at TheRobotBrainsPodcast and Twitter at @pabbeel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

1
Yaniv Altshuler: reducing cow methane emissions with AI 53:49

2y ago53:49

53:49

Yaniv Altshuler, MIT Media Lab researcher, joins Pieter Abbeel to discuss reducing cow methane emissions with AI and more. Subscribe to the Robot Brains Podcast today | Visit therobotbrains.ai and follow us on YouTube at TheRobotBrainsPodcast and Twitter at @pabbeel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

1
Woody Hoburg: NASA Astronaut directly from the International Space Station 17:39

2y ago17:39

17:39

Woody Hoburg, a member of NASA’s Expedition 69 crew, joined Pieter Abbeel to discuss his life and work currently aboard the International Space Station. Subscribe to the Robot Brains Podcast today | Visit therobotbrains.ai and follow us on YouTube at TheRobotBrainsPodcast and Twitter at @pabbeel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info…

1
Jesse Levinson of Zoox: reinventing personal transportation from the ground up 1:00:47

2y ago1:00:47

1:00:47

Jesse Levinson, co-founder and CTO of Zoox joins Pieter Abbeel to discuss reinventing personal transportation from the ground up. Subscribe to the Robot Brains Podcast today | Visit therobotbrains.ai and follow us on YouTube at TheRobotBrainsPodcast and Twitter at @pabbeel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

1
Noam Brown: from Open AI on solving Poker and Diplomacy with AI 1:14:38

2y ago1:14:38

1:14:38

Noam Brown joins host Pieter Abbeel to discuss solving poker and Diplomacy with AI. Subscribe to the Robot Brains Podcast today | Visit therobotbrains.ai and follow us on YouTube at TheRobotBrainsPodcast and Twitter @therobotbrains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1
Stephen Balaban: building the most cost-effective AI cloud 39:23

2y ago39:23

39:23

Stephen Balaban, CEO and founder of Lambda joins host Pieter Abbeel to discuss building the most cost-effective AI cloud. Subscribe to the Robot Brains Podcast today | Visit therobotbrains.ai and follow us on YouTube at TheRobotBrainsPodcast and Twitter @therobotbrains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

1
Rocky Duan: from OpenAI to Covariant and building foundation models for robotic automation 57:02

2y ago57:02

57:02

Rocky Duan, CTO of Covariant joins joins Host Pieter Abbeel to talk about his time at OpenAI to founding Covariant to build foundation models for robotic automation. Subscribe to the Robot Brains Podcast today | Visit therobotbrains.ai and follow us on YouTube at TheRobotBrainsPodcast and Twitter @therobotbrains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv…

1
Raffaello D'Andrea of Verity: how drones can find misplaced items and put on art shows 56:38

2y ago56:38

56:38

Raffaello D'Andrea of Verity, Kiva Systems, and ETH Zurich joins Host Pieter Abbeel to discuss how drones misplace items and put on art shows. Subscribe to the Robot Brains Podcast today | Visit therobotbrains.ai and follow us on YouTube at TheRobotBrainsPodcast and Twitter @therobotbrains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio…

1
Yejin Choi: teaching AI common sense and morality 56:38

2y ago56:38

56:38

Yejin Choi joins Host Pieter Abbeel to discuss how we can teach AI common sense and morality and what ChatGPT can't do yet. Subscribe to the Robot Brains Podcast today | Visit therobotbrains.ai and follow us on YouTube at TheRobotBrainsPodcast and Twitter @therobotbrains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

1
Geoff Hinton Returns: the Godfather of AI on quitting Google to warn of AI risks 56:36

2y ago56:36

56:36

Geoff Hinton, the "Godfather of AI" returns to the Robot Brains with Pieter Abeel to discuss quitting Google to warn of AI risks. Geoff and Peter discuss whether AI is smarter than people, the role of regulation, fusing human and artificial intelligence, and what Geoff's next steps will be. Subscribe to the Robot Brains Podcast today | Visit therob…

1
Lukas Biewald of Weights and Biases: solving pain-points of AI researchers 51:10

2y ago51:10

51:10

Lukas Biewald of Weights and Biases joins Host Pieter Abbeel to discuss solving the pain-points of AI researchers and practitioners. Subscribe to the Robot Brains Podcast today | Visit therobotbrains.ai and follow us on YouTube at TheRobotBrainsPodcast and Twitter @therobotbrains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

1
Nando de Freitas of DeepMind: generalizable AI to benefit everyone 1:08:36

2y ago1:08:36

1:08:36

Nando de Freitas of DeepMind joins Host Pieter Abbeel to discuss generalizable AI to benefit everyone. Subscribe to the Robot Brains Podcast today | Visit therobotbrains.ai and follow us on YouTube at TheRobotBrainsPodcast and Twitter @therobotbrains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

1
Richard Socher of You.com: the David taking on the "Search" Goliath Google 1:29:23

2y ago1:29:23

1:29:23

Richard Socher from You.com (and before that, Stanford, MetaMind, Salesforce) joins Host Pieter Abbeel to discuss the future of search, LLMs, AGI, You.com, Metamind, AIX Ventures. Subscribe to the Robot Brains Podcast today | Visit therobotbrains.ai and follow us on YouTube at TheRobotBrainsPodcast and Twitter @therobotbrains. Hosted on Acast. See …

1
Raluca Ada Popa: how to train AI and keep your data confidential 56:08

2y ago56:08

56:08

Raluca Ada Popa from UC Berkeley, Opaque Systems, PreVeil joins Host Pieter Abbeel to discuss data privacy and AI, cloud enclaves, confidential and encrypted computing, differential privacy, PreVeil, and Opaque Systems. Subscribe to the Robot Brains Podcast today | Visit therobotbrains.ai and follow us on YouTube at TheRobotBrainsPodcast and Twitte…

1
Aidan Gomez of Cohere: building instructable agents 45:52

2y ago45:52

45:52

Aidan Gomez, co-founder and CEO of Cohere joins Host Pieter Abbeel to discuss transformers, large language models, command and instruct models, prompt engineering, and LLMs competitive landscape. Subscribe to the Robot Brains Podcast today | Visit therobotbrains.ai and follow us on YouTube at TheRobotBrainsPodcast and Twitter @therobotbrains. Hoste…

1
Alexandr Wang of ScaleAI: in AI your data writes the program 1:03:50

2y ago1:03:50

1:03:50

Alexandr Wang from Scale AI joins Host Pieter Abbeel to discuss data, labeling, foundation models, LLMs, truthfulness, reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF), and AI for defense. Subscribe to the Robot Brains Podcast today | Visit therobotbrains.ai and follow us on YouTube at TheRobotBrainsPodcast and Twitter @therobotbrains. Hosted on A…

1
Chelsea Finn: how to build AI that can keep up with an always changing world 1:02:05

2y ago1:02:05

1:02:05

Chelsea Finn joins Host Pieter Abbeel to discuss distribution shift, meta-learning, editing LLMs, single-life RL, and what can AI not (yet) do today. Subscribe to the Robot Brains Podcast today | Visit therobotbrains.ai and follow us on YouTube at TheRobotBrainsPodcast and Twitter @therobotbrains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf…

1
Yoshua Bengio: equipping AI with higher level cognition and creativity 1:17:32

2y ago1:17:32

1:17:32

Yoshua Bengio joins Host Pieter Abbeel to discuss large language models, higher level cognition, causality, responsible AI, and human creativity. SUBSCRIBE TO THE ROBOT BRAINS PODCAST TODAY | Visit therobotbrains.ai and follow us on YouTube at TheRobotBrainsPodcast, Twitter @therobotbrains, and Instagram @therobotbrains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.…

1
Twitter Q&A with Geoff Hinton 43:32

3y ago43:32

43:32

Last week, we were honored to have Professor Geoff Hinton join the show for a wide-ranging discussion inspired by insights gleaned from Hinton’s journey in academia, as well as past 10 years with Google Brain. The episode covers how existing neural networks and backpropagation models operate differently than how the brain actually works; the AlexNe…

1
Geoff Hinton on revolutionizing artificial intelligence... again 1:23:08

3y ago1:23:08

1:23:08

Over the past ten years, AI has experienced breakthrough after breakthrough in everything from computer vision to speech recognition, protein folding prediction, and so much more. Many of these advancements hinge on the deep learning work conducted by our guest, Geoff Hinton, who has fundamentally changed the focus and direction of the field. A rec…

1
Clement Delangue of Hugging Face on building the GitHub of machine learning 57:12

3y ago57:12

57:12

Originally created to be an open domain conversational AI, your own ‘artificial BFF' that you could chat with when your real friends weren’t available — fast forward six years, and Hugging Face is the leading Natural Language Processing (NLP) start-up. The company is currently valued at $2B with over 10,000 companies using the open-source AI platfo…

1
Amit Aggarwal of THE YES is making AI fashionable 44:40

3y ago44:40

44:40

As we all re-entered society over the last year, after months of WFH sweatpants and t-shirts, a personal stylist would have been helpful. Well, now there’s AI for that - THE YES. By taking a quick style quiz, you’ll have daily product and brand recommendations and a personalized feed displaying exactly what you’re looking for — in your size, budget…

1
Spotify's Gustav Söderström on machine learning to personalize user experiences 52:42

3y ago52:42

52:42

Music is universal. It transcends language. Melodies have the power to trigger strong emotions. In fact, our brains release dopamine - the “feel good” hormone - when we listen to music. Today’s guest, Spotify’s Chief R&D Officer Gustav Söderström, has been helping to bring the magic of music, personalized playlists, and more recently, podcasts to p…

1
Adam Bry of Skydio is leading the next generation of autonomous drones 48:02

3y ago48:02

48:02

When you are skiing down a mountain, riding your bike along a forest trail, or surfing 6-footers, it is hard enough just to concentrate on what you are doing, let alone try to capture a video of the moment. But what if you could hire a professional videographer to follow you and capture every move? Well, now you can in the form of AI-powered drones…

1
Catapult Sports on AI that is changing the game 41:30

3y ago41:30

41:30

Sports and artificial intelligence aren’t two areas that often intersect. That has begun to change as IoT and wearables have begun to be adopted by more professional sports teams. The data that’s produced can be used to identify areas of performance improvement, potential future injuries and insights about team structure on the field. Today’s guest…

1
Amit Prakash of ThoughtSpot on empowering companies to make data-driven decisions 54:46

3y ago54:46

54:46

Every business wants to be a data-driven business these days; basing decisions on tangible facts derived from historical precedents and clear-cut numbers. But that’s a lot easier said than done. This episode’s guest, Amit Prakash, is on a mission to change that. Based on his experience working on Microsoft’s Bing and then at Google working on Googl…

1
Eric Horvitz of Microsoft on AI for the greater good 57:43

3y ago57:43

57:43

On Episode 15 of Season 2, we’re joined by Eric Horvitz, Microsoft’s first ever Chief Scientific Officer. His research spans theoretical and practical challenges with developing systems that perceive, learn, and reason. He’s the company’s top inventor since joining in 1993 with over 300 patents filed. He has been elected Fellow of the Association f…

1
Andrew Song of Whisper AI on solving hearing loss with AI 47:27

3y ago47:27

47:27

The five senses...touch, sight, smell, taste, and hearing. They are critical to how we perceive the world around us. Without them, we are lost. And as we grow older, they tend to weaken particularly when it comes to sight and hearing. Today’s guest, Andrew Song, is the co-founder and CEO of Whisper AI, and he is on a mission to help give people gre…

1
Dean Ayanna Howard on why AI can never be truly unbiased 52:39

3y ago52:39

52:39

For Episode 13, we're joined by industry pioneer, Dean Ayanna Howard. She began working at NASA's JPL at 18-years old to help build the Mars Rover and never slowed down from there. She is a successful roboticist, entrepreneur, educator, and is the author of the recent book: Sex, Race, and Robots: How to be Human in the Age of AI. Dr. Ayanna Howard …

1
Shakir Mohamed of DeepMind on the power of deep learning 52:26

3y ago52:26

52:26

If any company is at the top of most people’s minds when it comes to AI, it’s DeepMind. They have been at the forefront of many major breakthroughs including AlphaGo, the first AI to beat a human Go world champion and AlphaFold, which revolutionized protein structure prediction. Our guest on this week’s episode, Shakir Mohamed, joined DeepMind in t…

1
Revolution Robotics is bringing a robotics team to every school 40:38

3y ago40:38

40:38

It doesn’t matter what country you live in, or what industry you build a career in, STEM skills are increasingly important - particularly for children and students who are yet to join the world of work. Introducing robotics to children at a young age in the same way that we enroll them in soccer or piano lessons should be a real consideration. Howe…

1
George Netscher of SafelyYou on the role of AI for fall detection 50:03

3y ago50:03

50:03

On Episode 10 of Season 2, Pieter is joined by the CEO of SafelyYou, George Netscher. Pieter and George first met at UC Berkeley's AI lab when George was pursuing a PhD with a clear picture in his mind of how he would use it. And seven years later, George has stayed true to his mission of building AI to help people with dementia live better. Safely…

1
Flora Tasse on building computer vision-based customer service models 53:50

3+ y ago53:50

53:50

For Episode 9, we welcome an AI researcher and entrepreneur who has been on a remarkable journey, Flora Tasse. She grew up in Cameroon, where she completed her Bachelors in Mathematics at the University of Buea. She received a second Bachelors and a Masters in Computer Science at Rhodes and Cape Town in South Africa. She then went on to the UK, and…

1
How Wayve is teaching cars to drive 57:12

3+ y ago57:12

57:12

For Episode 8, Pieter Abbeel interviews Alex Kendall, the co-founder and CEO of Wayve, the London-based company pioneering AI technology to enable autonomous vehicles to drive in complex, never-seen-before environments. Alex is a world expert in deep learning and computer vision. Before founding Wayve, Alex was a research fellow at Cambridge Univer…

1
Meet Ross Wightman, a prolific contributor to the AI/ML open source movement 36:19

3+ y ago36:19

36:19

One thing every AI researcher knows is that most foundational AI research is actually happening in open-source. Indeed, most AI researchers publish their research findings openly on arxiv, a freely accessible, open repository originally mostly used by physics researchers. And the code underlying many AI breakthroughs is often published on github, w…

1
Cathy Wu of MIT on the future of our highways and roads 34:11

3+ y ago34:11

34:11

Previous guests on our podcasts - from Tesla, Aurora, Waymo - are building the brains of the cars and trucks of our future. This episode's guest, Professor Cathy Wu, is building the roadways of our future. She is building machine-learning to predict the ideal infrastructure for the world's future mobility, the cost of building this infrastructure, …

1
Tanay Tandon of Athelas on the future of blood diagnostics using machine-learning 44:29

3+ y ago44:29

44:29

Analyzing a person’s blood (and the cells within it) is often used to diagnose many health conditions and illnesses, from infections to leukemia and bone marrow disorders. Generally it's a long and expensive process. You have to go to the doctor, have a sample taken, wait for a couple of days for a trained professional to analyze the blood, and fin…

1
What matters in tech according to Benedict Evans 47:57

3+ y ago47:57

47:57

*Warning* Explicit language used in the episode. Benedict Evans, long-time technology analyst and occasional VC at firms such as Andreessen Horowitz, is well-known for his analysis of mobile, media and technology trends. He writes a popular weekly newsletter on the most important happenings in tech and he is also famous for his annual presentations…

1
David Rolnick on how machine learning can help tackle climate change 33:27

3+ y ago33:27

33:27

While the world’s temperature rises, there are scores of scientists working around the globe to study causes and solutions. One scientist in particular, David Rolnick, has stood out as a pioneer of machine-learning in the fight against climate change. David successfully built a broader movement including others like Andrew Ng, Yoshua Bengio, Demis …

1
Mike Fisher of Etsy talks AI and E-commerce 38:12

3+ y ago38:12

38:12

In the second episode of Season Two of The Robot Brains, Pieter Abbeel interviews the Chief Technology Officer of Etsy, Mike Fisher. Etsy is a global online marketplace, where people come together to make, sell, buy, and collect unique items. It was founded in 2005 as an accessible listing site for DIY crafters and artists to sell their wares befor…

1
Sergey Levine explains the challenges of real world robotics 50:03

3+ y ago50:03

50:03

In Episode One of Season Two, Host Pieter Abbeel is joined by guest (and close collaborator) Sergey Levine, professor at UC Berkeley, EECS. Sergey discusses the early years of his career, how Andrew Ng influenced him to become interested in machine learning, his current projects, and his lab's recent accomplishments. The conversation concludes with…

1
Season Two: Trailer 2:14

3+ y ago2:14

2:14

Join host Pieter Abbeel on Season 2 of the The Robot Brains podcast as he explores how far humanity has come in its mission to create conscious computers, mindful machines, and rational robots. Episode 1 of Season Two will air on 1/5/22. Over the course of the season, you’ll learn about robots and AI that can drive you around a city, diagnose your …

1
14 — Phil Balgatas on using speculative design to shape chaos 55:59

3+ y ago55:59

55:59

Speculative design helps individuals and organizations shape their future success by enabling everyone to think outside their focus. During this inspiring conversation, Phil shares how he managed chaos when unsure what to do and how he uses speculative design to develop solutions for problems that are yet to come.…

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Matthew Boyer Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Quick Reference Guide