
About this podcast
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…
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Machines Like Us
About this podcast
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…
Recent episodes
- Demis Hassabis wanted to solve intelligence. Then came ChatGPT.18 Aug · 51 min
- Can You Really Teach a Robot Empathy? This Roboticist Says Yes.4 Aug · 32 min
- Age Gates & AI: Minister Marc Miller on The Safe Social Media Act21 Jul · 34 min
- Canada’s AI minister to Big Tech: “We Won’t be a Digital Colony’7 Jul · 29 min
- We Can Now Bet on Almost Anything. Should We?23 Jun · 52 min
- Social Media Bans Are Wildly Popular. They Might Also Be a Mistake.9 Jun · 58 min
- Animals are Talking to Each Other. Can AI Help Us Understand Them?5 May · 42 min
- Does 21st Century Politics Still Need Politicians?21 Apr · 44 min
- Michael Pollan Says AI Isn’t Conscious – But Plants Might Be7 Apr · 40 min
- Why Did We Stop Talking About The AI Apocalypse?24 Mar · 47 min