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Behind The Tech with Kevin Scott - Podcast

Behind The Tech with Kevin Scott

Behind the Tech invites listeners to geek out with an amazing line-up of tech heroes, inventors and innovators. Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott takes tech enthusiasts behind-the-scenes to meet AI experts, computer scientists, authors, musicians, digital leaders, bioengineers and neuroscientists who have made discoveries, built tools, and literally helped make our modern world possible.

Tech Technology Education
Update frequency
every 32 days
Average duration
59 minutes
Episodes
72
Years Active
2018 - 2025
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Ashley Llorens: Artificial intelligence and robotics

Ashley Llorens: Artificial intelligence and robotics

Join Kevin and this new distinguished scientist at Microsoft, Ashley Llorens, as they explore the future promise of artificial intelligence, robotics and autonomous systems. Ashley is also a hip-hop …

01:00:01  |   Tue 30 Mar 2021
Jacob Collier and Ben Bloomberg: Bonus Episode

Jacob Collier and Ben Bloomberg: Bonus Episode

Kevin’s conversation with this amazing duo was so fascinating, we’re publishing this bonus episode! Grammy-award winning musician Jacob Collier and MIT PhD Ben Bloomberg reflect on human and artifici…

00:40:05  |   Wed 10 Mar 2021
Jacob Collier & Ben Bloomberg: Grammy award-winning duo

Jacob Collier & Ben Bloomberg: Grammy award-winning duo

In this episode, Kevin talks tech and music with Grammy-award winning musician Jacob Collier and MIT PhD Ben Bloomberg, who designs the tech behind the music. Their unique collaborations are breaking…

01:12:23  |   Wed 24 Feb 2021
Dr. Mae Jemison: Astronaut, engineer, physician and educator

Dr. Mae Jemison: Astronaut, engineer, physician and educator

The first African American woman in space chats with Kevin about human interstellar flight, the 100 Year Starship project, and experiential education. She talks about achieving one’s own level of exc…

00:44:45  |   Wed 27 Jan 2021
Behind the Tech: 2020 Year in Review

Behind the Tech: 2020 Year in Review

How can we use technology to better the lives of everyone on the planet? That’s a theme running through our favorite conversations of the year – from artificial intelligence to synthetic biology. Lis…

01:17:06  |   Wed 09 Dec 2020
Oren Etzioni, PhD: CEO of Allen Institute for AI

Oren Etzioni, PhD: CEO of Allen Institute for AI

Oren is a leading thinker in neural networks and Natural Language Processing. His research is focused on foundational issues relating to intelligence, machine learning and web search. He’s received n…

01:05:30  |   Tue 20 Oct 2020
Charles Stross: Award-winning sci-fi author

Charles Stross: Award-winning sci-fi author

Did sci-fi books inspire you to enter science or engineering? In this fascinating conversation, Kevin talks with one of his favorite authors about a broad range of topics from Trotskyism to bioscienc…

01:06:14  |   Tue 22 Sep 2020
Daphne Koller, PhD: CEO and founder of insitro

Daphne Koller, PhD: CEO and founder of insitro

Former Stanford University professor Daphne Koller's cutting edge work combines machine learning and biology to transform pharmaceutical drug development. Her work at insitro is part of an emerging f…

01:01:23  |   Tue 25 Aug 2020
Tom Daniel:  Neuroscientist and bioengineer

Tom Daniel: Neuroscientist and bioengineer

Tom Daniel’s groundbreaking research melds neuroscience, engineering, computing, and biomechanics. Learn how three transformations in bioscience and technology are propelling us forward to better und…

01:06:54  |   Tue 21 Jul 2020
Drew Endy: Bioengineering pioneer

Drew Endy: Bioengineering pioneer

Learn how Drew Endy, one of the world’s most well-known experts in synthetic biology, believes it can be harnessed to solve some of today’s most pressing issues – and why taking biology for granted i…

01:13:45  |   Tue 23 Jun 2020
Dr. Eric Horvitz: Chief Scientific Officer, Microsoft

Dr. Eric Horvitz: Chief Scientific Officer, Microsoft

Microsoft’s first Chief Scientific Officer, Technical Fellow and world-renowned AI researcher, Dr. Eric Horvitz, gives us an insider’s look into how the experts are approaching the fight against Covi…

01:04:38  |   Thu 28 May 2020
Kevin Scott and Reprogramming the American Dream

Kevin Scott and Reprogramming the American Dream

Listen in for a sneak peek into Kevin's new book “Reprogramming the American Dream.” Co-author Greg Shaw interviews Kevin about the future of AI and how it can evolve to better serve us all, from rur…

00:41:56  |   Tue 14 Apr 2020
Percy Liang: Stanford University Professor, technologist, and researcher in AI

Percy Liang: Stanford University Professor, technologist, and researcher in AI

We talk with Stanford University Professor Percy Liang. They discuss the challenges of conversational AI and the latest leading-edge efforts to enable people to speak naturally with computers.

Visit …

01:05:11  |   Thu 19 Mar 2020
Chris Urmson: Aurora CEO - Autonomous Driving

Chris Urmson: Aurora CEO - Autonomous Driving

Learn about the latest thinking for autonomous driving technology from Aurora CEO Chris Urmson, who led Google’s self-driving car program. This former Carnegie Mellon professor also tells us about hi…

01:10:54  |   Thu 30 Jan 2020
Behind the Tech: 2019 Year in Review

Behind the Tech: 2019 Year in Review

To wrap up the year, we revisit podcast conversations with a few of the incredible thinkers and innovators who have been on the show. Topics range from the democratization of artificial intelligence,…

01:07:23  |   Fri 20 Dec 2019
Danny Hillis: Inventor, entrepreneur, scientist

Danny Hillis: Inventor, entrepreneur, scientist

If you’ve heard of the 10,000 Year Clock, you know Danny. He’s a computer scientist, who pioneered parallel computers and their use in artificial intelligence. Danny founded Thinking Machines Corpora…

01:07:50  |   Thu 21 Nov 2019
danah boyd:  Researcher, activist, tech scholar

danah boyd: Researcher, activist, tech scholar

danah is a partner researcher at Microsoft Research, and founder of Data & Society. Her work examines where technology and society intersect. Kevin and danah discuss the dangers of a “move fast and b…

01:02:56  |   Thu 24 Oct 2019
Neha Narkhede:  Author, entrepreneur and Confluent cofounder

Neha Narkhede: Author, entrepreneur and Confluent cofounder

Neha is cofounder and CTO of Confluent, a company whose mission is to help other companies use Apache Kafka to adopt modern streaming infrastructure.

 

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00:58:33  |   Thu 26 Sep 2019
Sam Altman:  Entrepreneurial prodigy, Y Combinator President and OpenAI CEO

Sam Altman: Entrepreneurial prodigy, Y Combinator President and OpenAI CEO

Sam started his first company at 19 – and has launched many more since then. From Y Combinator to OpenAI, his insights and determination spark inspiration. Hear Sam’s ideas about career motivation, a…

00:59:00  |   Thu 22 Aug 2019
Bill Coughran:  Bell Labs researcher, Google executive, Sequoia Capital VC

Bill Coughran: Bell Labs researcher, Google executive, Sequoia Capital VC

Bill is one of Kevin’s engineering heroes. Listen as they talk careers, leadership and scaling teams – as well as a revolution in computer architecture and the resurgence of tech from the 70s, 80s an…

01:07:09  |   Fri 26 Jul 2019
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