Machines Like Us

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79 Episodes

  1. Emily St. John Mandel Imagines The Future

    Published: 10/8/2024
  2. Yoshua Bengio Doesn’t Think We’re Ready for Superhuman AI. We’re Building it Anyway.

    Published: 9/24/2024
  3. There’s a Way to Cool the Planet. Scientists are Terrified of It.

    Published: 9/10/2024
  4. Gaza is a Window into the Future of War

    Published: 8/27/2024
  5. Why Journalism Made a Devil’s Bargain with Big Tech

    Published: 8/13/2024
  6. How to Hack Democracy

    Published: 7/30/2024
  7. How AI Turbocharged the Economy (For Now)

    Published: 7/16/2024
  8. Douglas Rushkoff Doesn’t Want to Talk About AI

    Published: 7/2/2024
  9. The Real World Cost of AI

    Published: 6/18/2024
  10. Can AI Bring Humanity Back to Health Care?

    Published: 6/4/2024
  11. The Battle for Your Brain

    Published: 5/21/2024
  12. Can AI Companions Cure Loneliness?

    Published: 5/7/2024
  13. Maria Ressa saw the dangers of social media. AI might be worse.

    Published: 5/7/2024
  14. Introducing Machines Like Us

    Published: 4/29/2024
  15. How Much Should We Worry about the Future of Tech Governance?

    Published: 4/21/2022
  16. All Eyes on Crypto

    Published: 4/14/2022
  17. Web3 — Technology of Control or Freedom?

    Published: 4/7/2022
  18. What Happens If We Live Forever?

    Published: 3/31/2022
  19. Borders Matter – Even in Cyberspace

    Published: 3/24/2022
  20. Inside the Russian Information War

    Published: 3/17/2022

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Machines Like Us is a technology show about people. We are living in an age of breakthroughs propelled by advances in artificial intelligence. Technologies that were once the realm of science fiction will become our reality: robot best friends, bespoke gene editing, brain implants that make us smarter. Every other Tuesday Taylor Owen sits down with the people shaping this rapidly approaching future. He’ll speak with entrepreneurs building world-changing technologies, lawmakers trying to ensure they’re safe, and journalists and scholars working to understand how they’re transforming our lives.