Mind Matters
On the Mind Matters podcast, Discovery Institute’s Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence considers the implications and misconceptions, the opportunities and limitations, and the applications and challenges presented by intelligent agents and their algorithms. Episode notes and archives available at mindmatters.ai/podcast.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 212
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Animal Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence
Did you know that animals have built-in algorithms? Some of these amazing algorithms allow animals to migrate to new places and navigate back to previous locations. Insects also have a wide variety o…
01:25:53 |
Thu 25 Aug 2022
The NFT Anti-Bubble
When new technology is introduced, there is often a buildup of incredible hype. But eventually, people are going to recognize the limitations of the new technology and it can become irrelevant. Where…
00:29:36 |
Thu 18 Aug 2022
What Are NFTs?
What’s the big deal with non-fungible tokens (NFTs)? Is it worth it to invest in NFTs? How does copyright work with NFTs? Adam Goad, Dr. Austin Egbert, and Dr. Robert J. Marks discuss non-fungible to…
00:32:00 |
Thu 11 Aug 2022
Web3: The Next Generation of the Internet
Futurist George Gilder forecasts that decentralization of the web is going to be the future of the internet. Data will become more personalized and stored on your local computer instead of in the clo…
00:29:33 |
Thu 04 Aug 2022
Mysteries of the Mind
It’s hard to know where the brain ends and the mind begins. How can studying our brains give us insight into our minds? Neuroscientist Andrew Newberg and neurosurgeon Michael Egnor sit down for a cha…
01:07:16 |
Thu 28 Jul 2022
Who Controls the Tech?
Technology companies spend a lot of money trying to determine the best way to hook customers on their products. They have tremendous influence, but you have the final say. Andrew McDiarmid discusses …
00:32:10 |
Thu 21 Jul 2022
Weaving the Technology of Our Lives
We have the ability to choose how to weave technology into our lives. How can we use technology in a healthy way? What are the consequences of being always connected and having everything available i…
00:19:22 |
Thu 14 Jul 2022
Why Computers Will Never Understand What They are Doing
Can computers be sentient? Are there things which humans can do that computers can’t? Is artificial intelligence really creative? Robert J. Marks talks about his new book Non-Computable You: What You…
00:19:54 |
Thu 07 Jul 2022
AI: The Potential and the Problems
Despite the hype regarding the seemingly infinite possibilities surrounding AI technology, artificial intelligence still has a number of humbling hurtles to overcome. Justin Bui and Samuel Haug join …
01:21:05 |
Thu 30 Jun 2022
Card Counting Strategies and Dangers
Some of the most successful card counting strategies include working with others as a team. Of course, casinos aren’t happy about successful card counters, so you might run into some trouble. Robert …
00:29:33 |
Thu 23 Jun 2022
Can A Good Hustler Count Cards Like A Computer?
Do you have to be a genius to count cards? What are the skills needed to learn this algorithmic art? And what happens if you get caught? Robert J. Marks and Sal Cordova discuss the ins and outs of ca…
Thu 16 Jun 2022
When The House Can’t Win The Game, It Will Change The Rules
Intelligent gamblers can try and beat the house, but the house will fight back. Casinos protect their investment in a variety of ways including surveillance, banning players, and even changing the ga…
Thu 09 Jun 2022
The House Always Wins In The Long Run
In statistics, there’s a theorem called the law of large numbers. It teaches you can’t win in the long run at casino games. It’s why casinos always get rich, and the gambler always gets poor. Robert …
00:28:15 |
Thu 02 Jun 2022
It’s a Wonderful, Complex, and Finely-Tuned Universe
What does it mean for something to be finely-tuned? Does fine-tuning extend beyond our own man-made systems and into biology and the universe itself? If so, what or who has done the fine-tuning? Robe…
02:12:16 |
Thu 26 May 2022
Good and Bad Algorithms in the Practice of Medicine
Computers and artificial intelligence are restricted to being algorithmic. If something is non-algorithmic, it is not computable. Creativity, nuance, and insight are human characteristics that are no…
00:35:16 |
Thu 19 May 2022
A First-Hand Account of Kicking Fentanyl Addiction: Reversing Hebb’s Law
Donald Hebb, the father of neuropsychology, is known for Hebb’s Law which states “neurons that fire together wire together.” This means that as you repeatedly perform an action which gives you pleasu…
00:48:28 |
Thu 12 May 2022
Exercising Free Won’t in Fentanyl Addiction: Unless You Die First
In the 1960s, neurosurgeon Benjamin Libet noticed there was a signal in the brainthat occurred before you knew you were going to do something. On the surface, it looks like you don’t have free will. …
00:34:41 |
Wed 04 May 2022
The National Science Foundation and Advancement in Artificial Intelligence
Early in his career, IEEE fellow and retired National Science Foundation program director Paul Werbos developed the neural network training algorithm known as error backpropagation, which has been fo…
01:55:04 |
Thu 28 Apr 2022
How to Sever Big Tech’s Strings
Doug Smith, author of [Un]Intentional: How Screens Secretly Shape Your Desires and How You Can Break Free, explains to Andrew McDiarmid how we can escape the subtle influence of Big Tech. He also emp…
00:22:05 |
Thu 21 Apr 2022
The Secret Scheme of Screens
Our obsession today with screens is, often unintentionally, taking us to places we regret. We use these windows into the world for hours every day, often unaware how intentional content creators and …
00:20:33 |
Thu 14 Apr 2022
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