Helen & Dave Edwards: Becoming Synthetic
A lecture on Becoming Synthetic: What AI Is Doing To Us, Not Just For Us.
Our conversations with some of the great minds at the intersection of minds meeting machines.
An interview with Gerd Gigerenzer about his book How to Stay Smart in a Smart World
An interview with Eric Pliner about his book Difficult Decisions: How Leaders Make the Right Call with Insight, Integrity, and Empathy.
A conversation with Tom Hale about Oura Ring and the new data of health.
An interview with Frank Rose about his book Storytelling in a Data-Driven World
An interview with Ben Shneiderman about his book Human-Centered AI.
An interview with Julio Mario Ottino about his book The Nexus.
In this episode, we talk with Mark Nitzberg who is Executive Director of CHAI or the UC Berkeley Center for Human-Compatible AI and head of strategic outreach for Berkeley AI Research.
In this episode, we talk with Barbara Tversky about spatial thinking as the foundation of abstract thought, the linearity of spaces and perception of distances, putting thought into the world, and the creative power of sketching.
In this episode, we talk with Megan Brown, the Director of Data Science for Starbucks’ Global Center of Excellence.
In this episode, we talk with Peter Sterling, the author of What is Health. Peter caught our attention with his concise and understandable description of how evolution, by optimizing for energy efficiency, has built human brains.
In this episode, we talk with Stephen Fleming, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London, about his book, Know Thyself.
In this episode, we talk with Jevin West, assistant professor in the Information School at the University of Washington, co-founder of the DataLab, director of the Center for an Informed Public and co-author of the acclaimed book, Calling Bullshit.