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The TED AI Show

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37 episodes

Sure, some predictions about AI are just hype – but others suggest that everything we know is about to fundamentally change. Creative technologist Bilawal Sidhu talks with the world’s leading experts, artists, journalists, and more to explore the thrilling, sometimes terrifying, future ahead.

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Episodes

  1. The Data Center Next Door with Dr. Sacoby Wilson | from TED Tech

    · 28 min

    Imagine if one day, your quiet neighborhood came alive with a steady hum… and it never went away? All throughout the United States, data centers are popping up next door and in your backyards. These buildings guzzle…

  2. Trends for 2025: AI x Crypto - From Agents in Games & DePIN to Proof of Personhood and More | web3 with a16z crypto

    · 41 min

    Today, we are sharing a special episode from the chart-topping tech podcast web3 with a16z crypto. Produced by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, the podcast explores the technology, people, and business ideas…

  3. The magic intelligence in the sky | Good Robot

    · 46 min

    This episode is part of a feed swap from our friend at Vox’s Unexplainable podcast. Good Robot is a miniseries hosted by Julia Longoria. Today’s episode, “The magic intelligence in the sky” examines how before AI…

  4. How Pokemon Go and augmented reality are transforming how we’ll navigate the world w/ Niantic's Brian McClendon

    · 1 h 09 min

    Whether you’re trying to find your way around a new city or just looking for a place to eat, it’s become second nature to many people to turn to Google Maps to get us from point A to point B. On the last episode of…

  5. How AI digital doppelgängers could change the way we communicate w/ Synthesia CEO Victor Riparbelli

    · 50 min

    As AI technology advances, it’s becoming harder and harder to distinguish between work done by humans and work done by computers. But is AI becoming more human, or are we becoming more digital? Synthesia is a video…

  6. Could AI really achieve consciousness? w/ neuroscientist Anil Seth

    · 57 min

    Human brains are often described as computers — machines that are “wired” to make decisions and respond to external stimuli in a way that’s not so different from the artificial intelligence that we increasingly use…

  7. How AI robots learn just like babies — but a million times faster w/ NVIDIA’s Rev Lebaredian

    · 53 min

    Computers have been outperforming humans for years on tasks like solving complex equations or analyzing data, but when it comes to the physical world, robots struggle to keep up. It can take years to train robots to…

  8. How to stop doom scrolling – and have a better experience online with Jay Van Bavel (from ReThinking)

    · 35 min

    It’s impossible to separate the way people engage with AI with the way they engage with the internet as a whole. This is an episode of ReThinking, another podcast from the TED Audio Collective, featuring a compelling…

  9. Building an AI creator community w/ Civitai founders Justin Maier and Maxfield Hulker

    · 50 min

    Ever since generative AI tools like Midjourney became available to the public in 2022, curious users and AI fanatics alike have been experimenting with the technology. But for tech aficionados and AI enthusiasts like…

  10. An AI chatbot that talks back w/ ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode

    · 31 min

    When it comes to preparing for an interview or making an important life decision, more and more people are turning to AI for advice. ChatGPT’s new voice interface, Advanced Voice Mode, allows users to speak out loud…

  11. How AI is changing national security w/ Kathleen Fisher

    · 55 min

    We’ve had conversations about AI’s online influence on politics, from deepfakes to misinformation. But AI can also have profound effects on hardware – especially when it comes to national security and military…

  12. How open-source AI will reshape power dynamics in tech w/ Hugging Face CSO Thomas Wolf

    · 40 min

    Many people associate innovation with secrecy—privately toiling away on a project until you're ready to share it with the world. While that may work for some, there's a benefit to putting all your cards on the table.…

  13. How AI is changing who gets hired – and who doesn’t w/ Hilke Schellmann

    · 39 min

    From vetting resumes to screening candidates, many employers are using AI tools to identify top talent. But what happens when companies start relying on AI to help them decide who to hire or promote…and who to fire?…

  14. How Meta wants to shape our digital future with open source AI w/ Ragavan Srinivasan

    · 50 min

    Llama is Meta’s Large Language Model trained on over 15 trillion tokens of publicly available information. It’s available to anyone – from people making custom fan-made entertainment on a smartphone… to, potentially,…

  15. Is Google’s reign over? The future of AI search w/ Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas

    · 36 min

    Whether finding a restaurant or fact-checking a new claim, search engines are one of the main avenues we use to navigate the world. So why are modern engines so clunky and frustrating – and how is AI already changing…

  16. How AI will transform dubbing in Hollywood w/ Scott Mann

    · 41 min

    If you've ever cringed at a poorly-dubbed film, you are not alone. That's why Scott Mann founded Flawless, a company that’s transforming the world of dubbing using AI. He talks with Bilawal about why good dubbing is…

  17. Your right to mental privacy in the age of brain-sensing tech (from TED Talks Daily)

    · 14 min

    Today's episode is from another podcast from the TED Audio Collective, TED Talks Daily. If you missed our newest episode, you can listen to it HERE. The TED AI Show will be back with new episodes soon! You've heard…

  18. The UN is speaking up about AI — here’s what they’re saying (w/ Ian Bremmer)

    · 54 min

    AI is shaping every aspect of our lives — but only a handful of tech giants are having a say in what this technology can do. So what’s going on with world governments? Bilawal sits down with geopolitical expert Ian…

  19. Humanity’s first AI election w/ WIRED's Vittoria Elliott

    · 39 min

    2024 is the biggest election year in modern history, with over 50 countries going out to the polls across the globe. And artificial intelligence has fully seeped into global politics – from deepfakes to AI bots that…

  20. Can AI read your mind? The battle for your brain w/ Nita Farahany

    · 35 min

    Imagine a world where your thoughts are no longer private – where employers, friends, and even companies can see, hack, or exploit your thinking. According to ethicist Nita Farahany, that reality is closer than you…

  21. Can AI predict (and control) the weather? w/ Dion Harris and Tapio Schneider

    · 37 min

    Cutting-edge technology and vast amounts of data are revolutionizing climate modeling with unprecedented accuracy. So could AI be the crystal ball we need to predict — and even control — Earth's climate? Bilawal sits…

  22. Sal Khan says AI won’t destroy education — but there’s a catch

    · 36 min

    Cheating has never been easier with the rise of AI like ChatGPT. It's definitely something to worry about, but what do we know about the upsides of AI in education? Khan Academy founder Sal Khan says education won't…

  23. Why Google search isn’t going anywhere anytime soon (from The Next Wave)

    · 50 min

    Is Google's dominance in search engines at risk with the rise of generative AI models? In this episode from The Next Wave, a podcast we think you'll like, hosts Matt Wolfe and Nathan Lands dive in to the conversation…

  24. How to make yourself more human in an automated world (from How to Be a Better Human)

    · 34 min

    Kevin Roose is a tech journalist who writes about the intersection of tech, business, and culture. In today’s episode from How to Be a Better Human, another podcast in the TED Audio Collective, he talks about the shift…

  25. Why AI needs a "nutrition label" (from TED Talks Daily)

    · 15 min

    What do sandwiches have to do with AI? Data reformist Kasia Chmielinski helps us think about artificial intelligence with a useful food metaphor — and breaks down why AI systems should have "nutrition labels" to ensure…

  26. will.i.am on AI – and the future of creativity (from ReThinking with Adam Grant)

    · 32 min

    You may know will.i.am as the 7-time Grammy-award winning singer, songwriter, producer, and frontman of The Black Eyed Peas. But his interests beyond music have also taken him down a surprising and creative path – from…

  27. Will AI replace me? with AJ. Jacobs (from Fixable)

    · 34 min

    How will AI change the way you work? A.J. Jacobs is a journalist and author who has written books like "The Year of Living Biblically", "The Puzzler", and "Thanks a Thousand." And although he's built a career off of…

  28. The AI-powered tools supercharging your imagination

    · 18 min

    The TED AI Show is going on a short summer break! In the meantime, we're sharing a special episode of TED Tech, another podcast from the TED Audio Collective that we think you'll love. Listen every Friday as TED…

  29. Is AI just all hype? w/ Gary Marcus

    · 39 min

    Are we mistaking the remarkable skills of tools like ChatGPT with genuine intelligence? AI skeptic Gary Marcus pulls no punches when he warns that believing in the hype of generative AI models might be distracting us…

  30. Will AI “eat software” — and what’ll happen to coders? w/ GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke

    · 30 min

    AI is reshaping software development so much that someday soon, anyone will be able to build an app or a game. What does that mean for programming now? Bilawal and Thomas Dohmke, CEO of GitHub, explore the soaring…

  31. AI therapy is here. What does it mean for you? w/ Dr. Alison Darcy and Brian Chandler

    · 40 min

    We may think the complexities of the human mind can only be understood by other humans. Yet research on chatbots and psychology suggests non-human bots can actually help improve mental health. Bilawal talks with Dr.…

  32. Your next best friend may be 100% AI w/ Purnendu Mukherjee

    · 30 min

    Non Player Characters --NPCs for short-- have always been a huge part of what makes video games engaging, from Cortana in Halo to Navi in The Legend of Zelda. But interactions with NPCs were always limited to a…

  33. Why we can't fix bias with more AI w/ Patrick Lin

    · 34 min

    Technology is supposed to make our lives better – but who gets to decide how that improvement unfolds, and what values it upholds? Tech ethicist Patrick Lin and Bilawal dig into the hidden -- and not so hidden --…

  34. AI may take jobs – but not our creativity w/ artist Claire Silver

    · 31 min

    Like many new, exciting artistic technologies before it, the development of AI is begging us to ask: what counts as art? In a provocative conversation, Claire Silver, an anonymous AI collaborative artist, sits down…

  35. What really went down at OpenAI and the future of regulation w/ Helen Toner

    · 40 min

    If there’s one AI company that’s made a splash in mainstream vernacular, it’s OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. Former board member and AI policy expert Helen Toner joins Bilawal to discuss the existing knowledge…

  36. Is AI destroying our sense of reality? with Sam Gregory

    · 27 min

    Could you spot a deepfake? We’re entering a new world where generative AI is challenging our sense of what’s real and what’s fiction. In our first episode, Bilawal and Sam Gregory, a human rights activist and…

  37. The TED AI Show - Coming May 21st

    · 1:12

    AI is changing every aspect of life – work, relationships, culture, art. But how will we navigate this new world? Host Bilawal Sidhu chats with the world’s leading experts, artists, journalists, and beyond, to guide…

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