In Machines We Trust

New In Machines We Trust Episodes

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  In Machines We Trust • May 17thWhen AI hears a problem

  Hidden away in our voices are signals that may hold clues to how we’re doing, what we’re feeling and even what’s going on with our physical health. Now, AI systems tasked with analyzing these signals are moving into healthcare.We meet:Lina Lakoczky-Torres, student at Menlo CollegeAngela Schmiede, Vice President of Menlo...

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  In Machines We Trust • May 10thEncore: Harvesting the future with AI and satellites

  AI is used in farming in some ways you might not expect, like for tracking the health of crops—from space. We travel from test farms to labs in the second installment of our series on agriculture, AI, and satellites. We Meet:Joseph Liefer, senior product manager of autonomy at John DeereJulian Sanchez,...

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  In Machines We Trust • May 6thLive: A conversation with Geoffrey Hinton

  In this special episode we bring you a live taping between the "Godfather of AI" Geoffrey Hinton and MIT Technology Review's Senior Editor for AI Will Douglas Heaven. This conversation was recorded at EmTech Digital, our signature AI event, in the MIT Media Lab.Credits:This episode was recorded in front of...

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  In Machines We Trust • May 3rdLive: The Chip War

  This episode, we get an insider's look at the ongoing chip war from the person who wrote the book on it, Chris Miller, professor at Tufts University and the author of Chip War. Join us for a live conversation from the MIT Media Lab at Tech Review’s Future Compute conference.Credits:This...

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  In Machines We Trust • Apr 26thI Was There When: AI reached a crossroads

  I Was There When is an oral history project that’s part of the In Machines We Trust podcast. It features stories of how breakthroughs and watershed moments in artificial intelligence and computing happened, as told by the people who witnessed them.In this episode we meet Cognitive Scientist Gary Marcus.CREDITS:This project...

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  In Machines We Trust • Apr 19thWhen AI watches the streets

  The term ‘smart city’ paints a picture of a tech-enabled oasis—powered by sensors of all kinds. But we’re starting to recognize what all these tools might mean for privacy. In this episode, we meet a researcher studying how this is being applied in Iran and visit one of the nation’s...

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  In Machines We Trust • Apr 12thConcerning AI ethics

  The best definitions of AI are vague, largely lack consensus and represent a huge challenge for lawmakers and legal scholars looking to regulate it. But back to back breakthroughs and rapid adoption of generative AI tools are making it feel a lot more real to everybody else. We examine how...

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  In Machines We Trust • Apr 5thGenerating creativity

  This episode we meet people building next generation tools for creativity who are thinking about how these AI models should be trained and deployed in order to be both useful and fair to artists.We hear from:Artist Holly HerndonAdobe Digital Services CTO Ely GreenfieldSoundful CEO Diaa El AllCredits: This episode was...

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  In Machines We Trust • Mar 29thEncore: AI births digital humans

  We're so excited this episode has been selected as a New York Festivals finalist! Please enjoy this encore edition and we'll see you back next week! Digital twins of humans capture the physical look and expressions of real humans. Increasingly these replicas are showing up in the entertainment industry and...

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  In Machines We Trust • Mar 22ndI Was There When: Robots Learned to Run

  I Was There When is an oral history project that’s part of the In Machines We Trust podcast. It features stories of how breakthroughs and watershed moments in artificial intelligence and computing happened, as told by the people who witnessed them.In this episode we meet Marc Raibert, the founder and...