In March 2016, more than 200 million people watched AlphaGo become first computer program to defeat a professional human player at the game of Go, a milestone in AI research that was considered to be a decade ahead of its time. Since then the team has continued to develop the system and recently unveiled AlphaZero: a program that has taught itself how to pla ... Show More
Mar 2023
Humans vs. Machines with Gary Marcus
From the producers of The World as You’ll Know It, a new series about the perils and promise of artificial intelligence with cognitive scientist, Gary Marcus. For all the progress in artificial intelligence over the last 70 years — computers can now beat people at chess and Go, d ... Show More
3m 33s
Oct 2024
Never Too Much AI: Upwork's Andrew Rabinovich
Andrew Rabinovich began his career in technology working on AI applications for cancer detection. He also spent time at Google, working on early iterations of products like Google Glass. Now at Upwork, as vice president and head of AI and machine learning, Rabinovich and his team ... Show More
35m 37s
Apr 2025
Demis Hassabis on AI, Game Theory, Multimodality, and the Nature of Creativity | Possible
How can AI help us understand and master deeply complex systems—from the game Go, which has 10 to the power 170 possible positions a player could pursue, or proteins, which, on average, can fold in 10 to the power 300 possible ways? This week, Reid and Aria are joined by Demis Ha ... Show More
58m 49s
Jul 2025
The Future of Humans, AI and Intelligent Technologies
Dr. Ja-Naé Duane talks about her book, coauthored with futurist Steve Fisher, SuperShifts: Transforming How We Live, Learn, and Work in the Age of Intelligence. Ja-Naé is a leading behavioral scientist, an MIT research fellow, and an innovation strategist with deep expertise in e ... Show More
28m 2s
Jan 2025
619. How to Poison the A.I. Machine
<p>When the computer scientist Ben Zhao learned that artists were having their work stolen by A.I. models, he invented a tool to thwart the machines. He also knows how to foil an eavesdropping Alexa and how to guard your online footprint. The big news, he says, is that the A.I. b ... Show More
52m 5s
Jul 2024
689: How to Use AI to Think Better, with José Antonio Bowen
José Antonio Bowen: Teaching With AI José Antonio Bowen has won teaching awards at Stanford and Georgetown and is past president of Goucher College. He has written over 100 scholarly articles and has appeared as a musician with Stan Getz, Bobby McFerrin, and others. He is the aut ... Show More
39m 23s
May 2023
EP 84 | Will AI Replace Chess Coaching?
AI, the invisible grandmaster, is changing the game of chess. Join the ChessDojo sensei - IM Kostya Kavutskiy, IM David Pruess, and GM Jesse Kraai - in talking about the impact of artificial intelligence in chess and life. 0:00 Intro 4:15 Can AI give meaningful chess feedback? 21 ... Show More
53m 13s
Jun 2025
Neil Lawrence on taking down the 'digital oligarchy' and why we shouldn't fear AI
When you think of Artificial Intelligence, does it inspire confidence, or concern?Although it's now generally accepted that this technology will play a major role in our future, a lot of conversations around AI and machine learning come back to the argument over us losing control ... Show More
28m 35s