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The three words that saved my life | Blake Mycoskie

On paper, Blake Mycoskie is a glowing success story: he founded TOMS Shoes, building a global brand that has given away more than 100 million pairs of shoes to children in need. Yet despite his success, his struggle with depression nearly cost him his life. In this personal talk, ... Show More

18m 48s

Oct 8

How imaginary worlds help kids learn | Anna Rainio

All children develop at different paces — so why do schools expect every student to learn the same way? Early education researcher Anna Rainio introduces "playworlds," a learning activity where adults and kids create imaginary stories together. She shows how pretend play helps st ... Show More

17m 42s

Oct 7

What my politically divided family teaches me | Tami Pyfer

Tami Pyfer has five kids who belong to five different political parties, and sometimes family conversations get heated. Drawing on her work as a former policy advisor to the governor of Utah, she wanted to find a healthier way for people to talk about politics without contempt. T ... Show More

14m 3s

Feb 2022

Visions for the future | Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan

How will the rise of artificial intelligence change our world? Former head of Google China Kai-Fu Lee and science-fiction writer Chen Qiufan (aka Stanley Chan) set out to answer this question in their new book "AI 2041: Ten Visions for the Future." In this wide-ranging discussion ... Show More

29m 46s

Jun 2023

Chen Qiufan — AI 2041: 10 Visions of Our Future (EP.164)

<div class="ql-block" data-block-id= "block-d556fa4c-9bdb-464b-9165-c1ec789c5756">Chen Qiufan (AKA Stanley Chan) is an award-winning science fiction writer, screenwriter, creative producer, and columnist. He is the president of the World Chinese Science Fiction Association and th ... Show More

1h 13m

Sep 2021

Exploring AI 2041 with Kai-Fu Lee - #516

Today we’re joined by Kai-Fu Lee, chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures and author of AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future. In AI 2041, Kai-Fu and co-author Chen Qiufan tell the story of how AI could shape our future through a series of 10 “scientific fiction” short stories. I ... Show More

47m 12s

Dec 2021

AI Pioneer Kai-Fu Lee Discusses His New Work of Fiction - Ep. 158

One of AI’s greatest champions has turned to fiction to answer the question: how will technology shape our world in the next 20 years? Kai-Fu Lee, CEO of Sinovation Ventures and a former president of Google China, spoke with NVIDIA AI Podcast host Noah Kravitz about AI 2041: Ten ... Show More

30m 19s

Sep 2021

AI 2041: Why the Future is Already Here, with Kai-Fu Lee

Kai-Fu Lee is one of the world’s leading AI experts and a bestselling author. He founded Microsoft Asia’s research lab that has trained CTOs and AI heads at Baidu, Tencent, Alibaba and Huawei. As President of Google China he helped establish the company in the Chinese market. And ... Show More

1h 1m

Jun 2019

Kai-Fu Lee on the future of AI

Technologist Kai-Fu Lee describes the high-stakes battle between the West and China in artificial intelligence and what it means for the future of work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 5m

Mar 2023

How will AI change the world? | George Zaidan and Stuart Russell

In the coming years, artificial intelligence is probably going to change your life -- and likely the entire world. But people have a hard time agreeing on exactly how AI will affect our society. Can we build AI systems that help us fix the world? Or are we doomed to a robotic tak ... Show More

7m 45s

Nov 2023

The Worlds She Sees with Fei-Fei Li

<p>Fei-Fei Li, PhD, Professor in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University, and Co-Director of Stanford’s Human-Centered AI Institute, joins Bio + Health founding partner Vijay Pande.</p><p>In this candid conversation, Li unfolds her transformation from a young immi ... Show More

30m 15s

May 2025

Season 4, Episode 9: Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity is Nearer: When We Merge with AI

Send us Fan MailJoin Professor Jeffrey Sachs and futurist Ray Kurzweil for a compelling conversation on the accelerating pace of technological change and its profound implications for the future of humanity. In his new book, The Singularity Is Nearer, Kurzweil revisits and update ... Show More

49m 11s

Oct 2024

7. Wonderland

In the 1990s a group of futurist thinkers meet on one of the world’s first email lists. The Extropians imagine a world of augmented human bodies, nanotechnology, cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence. Now, some of the thinkers on that email list are turning that AI future ... Show More

39m 48s

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