Issues of Information

"A daily news analysis show on all things artificial intelligence. NLW looks at AI from multiple angles, from the explosion of creativity brought on by new tools like Midjourney, ChatGPT and AutoGPT to the potential disruptions to work and industries as we know them to the great philosophical, ethical and practical questions of advanced general intelligence, alignment and x-risk."

A weekly podcast where hosts Erik Torenberg and Nathan Labenz interview the builders on the edge of AI and explore the dramatic shift it will unlock in the coming years. The two aim to feature the “builders, researchers, and entrepreneurs who are shaping this moment. In upcoming episodes, Labenz and Torenberg hope to dive into the question of who will take the lead in AI between incumbents and startups, especially in the context of which businesses have competitive moats now and in the future. - Business Insider

Decoder is a show from The Verge about big ideas — and other problems. Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel talks to a diverse cast of innovators and policymakers at the frontiers of business and technology to reveal how they’re navigating an ever-changing landscape, what keeps them up at night, and what it all means for our shared future.

Hosted by Craig Smith (correspondent NYT). The podcast aims to put incremental advances into a broader context and consider the global implications of the developing technology.

“Hard Fork” is a show about the future that’s already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech.

Weekly summaries and discussion about the most interesting developments in AI, deep learning, robotics, and more! Hosts Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris

The latest machine learning, A.I., and data career topics from across both academia and industry are brought to you by host Dr. Jon Krohn on the Super Data Science Podcast.

"In our podcast, Your Undivided Attention, co-hosts Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin explore the unprecedented power of emerging technologies: how they fit into our lives, and how they fit into a humane future."

Your Undivided Attention has been covering the entire spectrum of issues of information since 2019.

"The 80,000 Hours Podcast features unusually in-depth conversations about the world’s most pressing problems and how you can use your career to solve them.
We invite guests pursuing a wide range of career paths – from academics and activists to entrepreneurs and policymakers — to analyse the case for and against working on different issues and figure out which approaches are best for solving them."

The a16z Podcast discusses tech and culture trends, news, and the future. It features industry experts, business leaders, and other interesting thinkers and voices from around the world.

"In a world with over 5 million podcasts, Dwarkesh Patel stands out as an unexpected trailblazer. At just 23 years old, he has caught the attention of influential figures such as Jeff Bezos, Noah Smith, Nat Friedman, and Tyler Cowen, who have all praised his interviews — the latter describing Patel as 'highly rated but still underrated!'" --- Shreeda Segan (Meridian)

The Future of Life Institute (FLI) is a nonprofit working to reduce global catastrophic and existential risk from powerful technologies. In particular, FLI focuses on risks from artificial intelligence (AI), biotechnology, nuclear weapons and climate change.
The Institute's work is made up of three main strands: grantmaking for risk reduction, educational outreach, and advocacy within the United Nations, US government and European Union institutions.

Big tech is transforming every aspect of our world. But how? And at what cost? This season of Land of the Giants – The Twitter Fantasy – will tell the story of Twitter (X) at a crucial moment for the platform, exactly one year after Elon Musk took over. Hosted by Vox senior correspondent Peter Kafka, the four-episode season will survey the company's outsize influence on politics and culture. How did Twitter become the Internet’s town square, for better and for worse? And where is it heading, now that Elon’s in charge?

Previous seasons include --- Season 6 | The Facebook/Meta Disruption --- Season 5 | The Apple Revolution --- Season 4 | Delivery Wars --- Season 3 | The Google Empire --- Season 2 | The Netflix Effect --- Season 4 | The Rise of Amazon

We cover Foundation Models changing every domain in Code Generation, Multimodality, AI Agents, GPU Infra and more, directly from the founders, builders, and thinkers involved in pushing the cutting edge. Striving to give you both the definitive take on the Current Thing down to the first introduction to the tech you'll be using in the next 3 months! We break news and exclusive interviews from OpenAI, tiny (George Hotz), Databricks/MosaicML (Jon Frankle), Modular (Chris Lattner), Answer.ai (Jeremy Howard), et al.

Twice a week, Kara Swisher and her executive producer Nayeema Raza invite a guest to be “On with Kara Swisher.” So why do newsmakers show up? “Smart people,” says Kara, “like difficult questions.”

Hosted by Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger, each episode features an interview with an ambitious builder or deep thinker on a topic, from art to geopolitics and from healthcare to education.

TechTank is a biweekly podcast from The Brookings Institution exploring ... artificial intelligence and racial bias in algorithms, to Big Tech, the future of work, and the digital divide

Series: Living Beyond Human Scale

Dr. S. Craig Watkins on Why AI’s Potential to Combat or Scale Systemic Injustice Still Comes Down to Humans

Dr. William Brady on Social Media, Moral Outrage, and Polarization.

Esther Perel on New AI – Artificial Intimacy.

New York Times Journalists Jennifer Valentino-DeVries and Michael H. Keller on "A Marketplace of Girl Influencers Managed by Moms and Stalked by Men"

Also from Unlocking Us:

Paul Leonardi and Tsedal Neeley on The Digital Mindset, Part 1 of 2.
Paul Leonardi and Tsedal Neeley on The Digital Mindset, Part 2 of 2.

Also from Dare to Lead:

Brené with Dr. Linda Hill on Leading With Purpose in the Digital Age

Named a best podcast of 2021 by Time, Vulture, Esquire and The Atlantic. Each Tuesday and Friday, Ezra Klein invites you into a conversation on something that matters.


Episodes on Emerging Technology

What if Dario Amodei is Right About A.I.? April 12, 2024 (1 hr 32 min)

Will A.I. Break the Internet? Or Save It? (Nilay Patel) April 5, 2024 (1 hr 25 min)

How Should I Be Using A.I. Right Now? (Ethan Mollick)April 2, 2024 (1 hr 14 min)

A.I. Could Solve Some of Humanity’s Hardest Problems. It Already Has. (Demis Hassabis) July 11, 2023 (1 hr 28 min)

The Culture Creating A.I. Is Weird. Here’s Why That Matters (Erik Davie). April 12, 2024 (1 hr 5 min)

Why A.I. Might Not Take Your Job or Supercharge the Economy (Roge Karma) April 7, 2024 (1 hr 3 min)

The Most Amazing — and Dangerous — Technology in the World. (Chris Miller April 4, 2023 ( 58 min)