S37 E4: "The Coming Wave: Technology, Po...

People do puzzling things. We buy things to impress strangers, give to charities without checking whether they work, and dig in during negotiations even when a deal would help everyone. Game theory suggests there's a logic underneath all of it. In their 2022 book, Hidden Games, M ... Show More

It’s easy to feel optimistic when everything is going according to plan. But what happens when the plan falls apart—or the challenge lasts longer than expected? Positive psychology researcher Michelle Gielan says optimism isn’t just a feeling we either have or don’t. In Resilient ... Show More

Before you make plans for the future, how often do you stop to consider the life you’ve already lived? In Life in Perspective, productivity expert Tiago Forte makes the case for an annual review that starts with looking back—not judging yourself or rushing into resolutions. Then, ... Show More

Every so often, the entire landscape of cybersecurity shifts, all at once: The latest seismic shift in the field occurred just last year. So in this episode of Malicious Life we’re going to take a look into the future of cybersecurity: at how generative AI like ChatGPT will chang ... Show More

Technologist Tristan Harris has an urgent question: What if the way we’re deploying the world’s most powerful technology — artificial intelligence — isn’t inevitable, but a choice? In this eye-opening talk, he calls on us to learn from the mistakes of social media’s catastrophic ... Show More

When so-called "generative" Artificial Intelligences like Chat GPT and Google's Bard were made available to the public, they made headlines around the world and raised fears about how fast this type of AI was developing. But realistically, what harm could AI do to people? Is it a ... Show More

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 technologist, discuss how to protect our sense of reality.Learn more ab ... Show More

Will truth and reason survive the evolution of artificial intelligence? AI researcher Gary Marcus says no, not if untrustworthy technology continues to be integrated into our lives at such dangerously high speeds. He advocates for an urgent reevaluation of whether we're building ... Show More

Technologist Tristan Harris has an urgent question: What if the way we’re deploying the world’s most powerful technology — artificial intelligence — isn’t inevitable, but a choice? In this eye-opening talk, he calls on us to learn from the mistakes of social media’s catastrophic ... Show More

In this episode, “The Godfather of AI” Geoffrey Hinton joins One Decision hosts Kate McCann and Sir Richard Dearlove to discuss the growing global race to build and control superintelligent machines—and why artificial intelligence can no longer be simply switched off. Hinton warn ... Show More

It’s been claimed artificial intelligence will be as revolutionary as mobile phones or the internet, but there are fears that developments in AI could come at the cost of jobs. We assess the pros and cons of this rapidly-evolving technology, with insight from Marc Raibert, Execut ... Show More

For over seventy years, technologists have dreamed of building a true “thinking machine.” An artificial intelligence so powerful it would reshape every aspect of human life. Would it unlock unimaginable abundance? Or bring about our destruction? Today, many of the people closest ... Show More

As new artificial intelligence technologies, such as ChatGPT, capture the public’s imagination, are we at a tipping point in technological advancement — or is this the next bubble? In the latest episode of Exchanges at Goldman Sachs, Goldman Sachs Research’s Eric Sheridan, head o ... Show More